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Chris Wallace, host of Fox News Sunday, stops by to discuss his new book Countdown 1945, the state of American politics, and the intersection of technology and journalism.

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    DougAz

    Just want to say - it was great hearing Chris Wallace. I'm a Never-Fox, Never-Trump guy, but I will find more Chris Wallace - his takedown of Trump was priceless..

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    Aaron Nicholes

    And now that I read the comments below I see that lots of good folks already thought of this!

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    Aaron Nicholes

    I think a great “countdown“ book would be the dominoes that included the Polish and Hungarian revolutions, Eric Honecker, etc. that led up to the fall of the Berlin wall.

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    Gary Hunt

    How about Able Archer 83? (Military exercise nearly triggers WWIII.)

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    Bill

    Based on this podcast, I've started reading "Countdown 1945", right after finishing Liza Mundy's "Code Girls" and would highly recommend others also consider reading them together. I can't explain how/why, but at least in my mind, they fit very nicely together to fill in related historical details that were never mentioned in any history classes I took.

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    Dan Jett

    EZRA FREAKING KLEIN?? Jonah, I really hope you gave him a copy of Suicide of the West so he doesn’t go around giving credit to Ezra for your IP...

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    JohnF

    My suggestion would be "Countdown to the Magna Carta", starting with King John's war losses in 1214, proceeding through the Baron's rebellion, and culminating with the creation and signing of the Charter.

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    Bruce Mamont

    I think the Jonah has a good point about the failure/weakness of political parties as institutions to the dysfunction of politics and governance. I'd love to hear a Remnant episode in which the guest (guests?) talked about how the parties could restore their influence? I share Jonah's aversion to "mono-ism", than One Thing explains or solves problems, especially one that may have been decades in the making.

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      Bruce Mamont

      BTW, I knew where the conversation was heading toward "What have I done?" as soon as someone said Nicholson.

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  9. Jeff Minter

    The discussion re the non-zero chance that the atomic bomb would ignite the atmosphere - "We ended the war, but we also terminated all life on the planet" - reminded me of the line from the Flight of the Conchords "Humans are Dead": "There are no more elephants. There is no more unethical treatment of elephants either."

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  10. Richard Kennedy

    Countdown to the Election of 1994. The emergence of the GOP and the origins of 50/50 legislative standoff (I believe it was Micheal Barone at the time who thought that Dems and GOP might trade control every few elections. He was close to correct).

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