Oct 22, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 21 segments
We're looking back at Rob's conversation with "The Office" and "The Hangover" star Ed Helms! Find out about Ed's podcast SNAFU, which Hangover star does the best Christopher Walken impression, and how…
And in 1983, that NATO exercise was misinterpreted by the Russians as a or by the Soviet Union, rather, as a buildup to a possible nuclear strike from the United States or from the West.
And so the Soviets went on high alert and it became this incredibly tense moment that where people thought maybe missiles were getting launched and there were weird kind of like misinterpreted radar signals and this and that.
And, and it just, it's a moment where the world almost ended, like nuclear winter almost happened.
It just came up in, uh, Honestly, in this context of like we have an idea for a podcast and I was just talking with some creative partners and this this sounds cool.
one of my also favorite things in in the in the research about you and the podcast is my favorite sentence.
And in 1983, that NATO exercise was misinterpreted by the Russians as a or by the Soviet Union, rather, as a buildup to a possible nuclear strike from the United States or from the West.
And so the Soviets went on high alert and it became this incredibly tense moment that where people thought maybe missiles were getting launched and there were weird kind of like misinterpreted radar signals and this and that.
And, and it just, it's a moment where the world almost ended, like nuclear winter almost happened.
It just came up in, uh, Honestly, in this context of like we have an idea for a podcast and I was just talking with some creative partners and this this sounds cool.
one of my also favorite things in in the in the research about you and the podcast is my favorite sentence.
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