Wiki Wormhole

Wiki Wormhole

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

Mike Vago

4/03/16 12:00AM

Billy Wilder’s frantic Cold War comedy deserves another look

Gwen Ihnat

4/01/16 12:00PM

Interview

Interview

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

Caitlin PenzeyMoog

4/01/16 12:00AM

Scenic Routes

Scenic Routes

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

Mike D'Angelo

4/01/16 12:00AM

For Our Consideration

For Our Consideration

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

Sarah Kurchak

4/01/16 12:00AM

AVQ&A

AVQ&A

Who’s your favorite fictional communist?

Mike Vago, 

Zack Handlen, 

Erik Adams, 

Marah Eakin, 

Alex McLevy, 

Matt Gerardi, 

William Hughes, 

John Teti, 

Molly Eichel, 

Caroline Siede, 

Jesse Hassenger, 

and Gus Spelman

4/01/16 12:00AM

George Clooney takes an unusual look at the Cold War

Jesse Hassenger

3/31/16 12:00PM

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

Samantha Nelson

3/31/16 10:00AM

Great Job Internet

Great Job Internet

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

Rob Dean

3/31/16 8:58AM

For Our Consideration

For Our Consideration

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

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

3/31/16 12:00AM

For Our Consideration

For Our Consideration

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

Tegan O'Neil

3/31/16 12:00AM

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

Danny Bowes

3/30/16 1:00PM

Great Job Internet

Great Job Internet

Red Nightmare awkwardly exposes the perils of communist living

Rob Dean

3/30/16 9:04AM

For Our Consideration

For Our Consideration

Reds is the political epic America still needs

Kenji Fujishima

3/30/16 12:00AM

Inventory

Inventory

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

Nick Wanserski, 

Mike Vago, 

Danette Chavez, 

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, 

Gwen Ihnat, 

Caitlin PenzeyMoog, 

William Hughes, 

Molly Eichel, 

Jesse Hassenger, 

Becca James, 

Noel Murray, 

and Evan Rytlewski

3/30/16 12:00AM

Can the love of an enemy agent ever be trusted?

Peter Labuza

3/29/16 1:00PM

Great Job Internet

Great Job Internet

Relax with hours and hours of Soviet military parades

Chris Dart

3/29/16 9:00AM

A Very Special Episode

A Very Special Episode

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

Noel Murray

3/29/16 12:00AM

For Our Consideration

For Our Consideration

Soviet sci-fi: The future that never came

Greg Afinogenov

3/29/16 12:00AM

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

Nick Schager

3/28/16 1:00PM

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