MYS213: Sixty years ago, the world was locked in a 13-day crisis between the USA and Soviet Union. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the Cuban Missile Crisis and the little-known details about how the world came within a whisker of a global nuclear war. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Sheldon Stern’s book The Cuban Missile Crisis in American Memory * Robert Kennedy’s book Thirteen Days * 2000 movie Thirteen Days (streaming) * Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (streaming, 1964) * Dr. Strangelove (Blu-Ray) * Episode 12 (Dead Hand, Perimeter, Soviet Doomsday Device) * Kennedy Library on the Cuban Missile Crisis (multi-media) * Online archive of secret White House Tapes (JFK, LBJ, RMN) * DEFCON * Oct. 26 Secret Khrushchev Telegram * Oct. 26 Castro Telegram to Khrushchev * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to mysterious@sqpn.com or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 Mysterious Headlines * Artificial Wombs Can Change Abortion Debate * Iron Man-like Jet Suits to the Rescue This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Aaron Vurgason Electric and Automation at AaronV.com. Making Connections for Life for your automation and smart home needs in north and central Florida. Catechism Class, a dynamic weekly podcast journey through the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Greg and Jennifer Willits. It’s the best book club,