This podcast reviews the decisions President John F. Kennedy made to respond to the Cuban Missile Crisis--a crisis he inadvertently provoked. It features archival recordings of the Excom committee--the group that advised Kennedy to the successful resolution of the crisis.

Executive Decision is a podcast that looks at some of the most significant presidential decisions in American history: Why they happened; how they happened; and what they ultimately tell us about the process of decision making. This is part two, episode one: John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis.