Peter Levenda

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2,372 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 13 Apr

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And the McCarthy era.

And then suddenly out of nowhere comes Jack Kennedy.

And now suddenly it's like a brand new day.

Jack Kennedy is saying, no, we're gonna straighten this out.

And then there's the Cuban Missile Crisis.

So we're living through the Cuban Missile Crisis.

And at any moment, we think it's gonna be mutual assured destruction.

We're all gonna die, right?

But I had a friend in school who was totally 100% convinced we're all gonna die.

And I bet him $1 million.

This was in 1961, 62, Cuban Missile Crisis.

I bet him $1 million that Kennedy would get us out of it.

For some reason, I thought Kennedy was the man.

It was the first time I became politically aware

focused on a politician, focused on a person who was not Jesus or the Soviets.

And this guy was going to do it.

And I never collected the million.

I'm still owed, right?

But Tommy Hale, if you're listening, you owe me that million dollars.

But

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