The Inventory

Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed.

4/3/16

1:00 AM

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Wiki Wormhole4/3/16

Wiki Wormhole4/3/16

Risk time in the gulag by reading about Soviet-era underground media

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4/1/16

1:00 PM

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Billy Wilder’s frantic Cold War comedy deserves another look

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4/1/16

1:00 AM

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Interview4/1/16

Interview4/1/16

A theater ensemble turns mutually assured destruction into a live-action game

Caitlin PenzeyMoog

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4/1/16

1:00 AM

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Scenic Routes4/1/16

Scenic Routes4/1/16

The Cold War is over, but the terror WarGames tapped into remains

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4/1/16

1:00 AM

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For Our Consideration4/1/16

For Our Consideration4/1/16

Puppet state: The growing Cold War anxiety of Gerry Anderson’s supermarionation shows

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4/1/16

1:00 AM

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Who’s your favorite fictional communist?

Mike Vago,

Zack Handlen,

Erik Adams,

Marah Eakin,

and 8 more

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3/31/16

1:00 PM

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George Clooney takes an unusual look at the Cold War

Jesse Hassenger

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3/31/16

11:00 AM

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Cold War board games explore the conflict’s history, spycraft, and humor

Samantha Nelson

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3/31/16

9:58 AM

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Great Job Internet3/31/16

Great Job Internet3/31/16

In Soviet Russia, Yakov Smirnoff’s TV commercials watch you

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3/31/16

1:00 AM

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For Our Consideration3/31/16

For Our Consideration3/31/16

The villain gap: Why Soviet movies rarely had American bad guys

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

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3/31/16

1:00 AM

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For Our Consideration3/31/16

For Our Consideration3/31/16

How the Cold War saved Marvel and birthed a generation of superheroes

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3/30/16

2:00 PM

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Against all odds, the 2001: A Space Odyssey sequel is actually good

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3/30/16

10:04 AM

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Great Job Internet3/30/16

Great Job Internet3/30/16

Red Nightmare awkwardly exposes the perils of communist living

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3/30/16

1:00 AM

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For Our Consideration3/30/16

For Our Consideration3/30/16

Reds is the political epic America still needs

Kenji Fujishima

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3/30/16

1:00 AM

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Inventory3/30/16

Inventory3/30/16

“Sunshine on the waste land”: 20 songs about nuclear annihilation

Nick Wanserski,

Mike Vago,

Danette Chavez,

and 9 more

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3/29/16

2:00 PM

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Can the love of an enemy agent ever be trusted?

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3/29/16

10:00 AM

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Great Job Internet3/29/16

Great Job Internet3/29/16

Relax with hours and hours of Soviet military parades

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3/29/16

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A Very Special Episode3/29/16

A Very Special Episode3/29/16

In the 1980s, G.I. Joe fought “Cobra” instead of communism (but also communism)

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3/29/16

1:00 AM

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For Our Consideration3/29/16

For Our Consideration3/29/16

Soviet sci-fi: The future that never came

Greg Afinogenov

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3/28/16

2:00 PM

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Clint triumphs by thinking like a Russian in this Cold War adventure

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