On September 26, 1983, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Soviet army saved the world.
When the Oko nuclear-warning system erroneously reported an incoming barrage of American missiles, Stanislov Petrov chose not to alert his superiors, and averted the apocalypse. But what if he had made a different decision? Would civilization still exist? What would the world look like today?
Join the boys as they examine the uniquely human obsession with revising history, and take a journey down the "what if" rabbit hole.
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Episode Transcript
Weird Science: Psychology Edition
Host Swap: Scottish Facts and Fictions
Diets Debunked: The Sketchy Science of Health and Weight Loss
Uncool: Failed Fads and Terrible Trends
Substandard Superheroes: The Bad, the Worse, and the Ugly
Misnomers and False Advertising
Forbidden Tourism: The Most Dangerous Locations on Earth
MFFI Challenge: can Shane make an entertaining episode from the world’s most hated subject?
Murdersville U.S.A: Ed Kemper
Murdersville U.S.A: The Serial Killers of Santa Cruz
Modern Snake Oil: From Cryotherapy to The Secret
Unhinged Tyrants and Sadistic Monarchs
Nuclear Power: Evil or Misunderstood? (It’s a Little of Both)
Stupid Criminals
Memes: They’re Literally Everything
Cults: QAnon, a.k.a W the Actual F
Scandals: Television Edition
Urban Legends
Ridiculous, Silly, Frivolous Lawsuits
More Idioms, a.k.a Say What?
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