About this episode

The episode discusses President Kennedy's blockade on Cuba and the tensions with Premier Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

President Kennedy sends shockwaves around the world with a televised speech to the nation. He imposes a blockade on all ships bound for Cuba - Premier Khrushchev brands it “an act of piracy”. But he knows that hidden in a tiny Cuban port, there’s a Soviet ship laden with unimaginable destructive power. Hosts Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy, relatives of the superpower leaders, tell the personal and political history of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

People in this episode

Hosts: Nina Khrushcheva, Max Kennedy

Topics covered

• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Cold War
• US-Soviet relations
• political history
• televised speeches

Keywords

• Kennedy
• Khrushchev
• Cuba
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• blockade
• televised speech
• Cold War

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Cuba, Cuban port

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