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Episode #179 -- Mikhail Gorbachev
It Was 20 Years Ago Today
English - March 11, 2015 16:00 - 5 minutes - 4.96 MB - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsHistory News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Thirty years ago today, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union -- and, as it turns out, the last. Today, I'm taking a step back thirty years to look at what turned out to be one of the most pivotal events of our lifetimes. There is an entire generation of young adults alive today who have no memory of the Cold War!
I also have a shout-out for the womeninpodcasting.org website.