Beneath the quiet farmlands of Arkansas, a single dropped tool set off a chain of events that could have changed history forever. In this episode, Shea and Jody take you deep underground into the Titan II missile program — the Cold War’s most volatile secret. What happens when human error meets doomsday weapons? And how close did we really come to nuclear apocalypse in 1980?
Strap in. This rabbit hole goes from darkly funny to downright terrifying.
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⏱ Episode Chapters
00:00 – Welcome to Rainy Day Rabbit Holes
04:15 – Stepping into a Titan II missile silo
09:40 – The Cold War and Mutually Assured Destruction
15:50 – America’s 103-foot “doomsday stick”
21:30 – Accidents in Kansas and Arkansas silos
28:00 – The Damascus Incident begins
36:20 – A socket wrench drops… and disaster unfolds
45:10 – Explosion in the silo
54:00 – The end of the Titan II program
01:00:15 – Women’s peace movements take a stand
01:08:30 – Why remembering this near-apocalypse matters today
01:15:00 – Closing thoughts (and a little levity)
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