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1988: The World Before the Great Collapse

1988: The World Before the Great Collapse

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In 1988, the world seemed to be preparing for a much larger transformation. This episode explores Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms, the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Seoul Olympic Games, and Ben Johnson’s doping scandal. It also covers the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, the ceasefire between Iran and Iraq, the downing of Iran Air Flight 655, the Armenia earthquake, Chile’s plebiscite, Benazir Bhutto’s rise in Pakistan, the creation of the IPCC, and the Morris worm. A year full of signals before the historic turning point of 1989.

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