Hosted by Ed Helms, SNAFU is a podcast about history's greatest screw-ups. On Season 1, we tell the story of Able Archer... more
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From Executive Producer Ed Helms comes a new podcast, Broomgate: A Curling Scandal. Over the course of six episodes, semi-professional... more
Back in World War II, a group of Nazis tried to overthrow American democracy, with the help of some U.S.... more
Bonus Episode – Ed speaks with former sleeper agent for the KGB, Jack Barsky. Together, they recount Jack’s life trajectory... more
Bonus Episode – Ed speaks with actor Matthew Broderick, and director John Badham about their time on the seminal 1983... more
The Finale of Snafu: Season One! The holy grail of classified Able Archer documents is finally revealed. Will it hold... more
Sheer terror about the near disaster recedes over time, and intrigue sets in. Competing theories emerge as Nate Jones and... more
Lt. General Leonard Perroots faces down the single most critical decision of his career: to escalate, or not? He knows... more
It’s Opening day for Able Archer 83. The Soviets have front row seats to NATO’s autumn military exercises. Tens of... more
The situation is getting dire. Mind games and twitchy nerves lead to tragedy in Russian airspace. Finger-pointing only makes it... more
Tension mounts as Reagan's aggression deepens Andropov's paranoia. Surely, an attack from the West is imminent! Meet Oleg Gordievsky and... more
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