8. Armageddon

8. Armageddon

Update: 2024-06-02
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The clock is ticking for Mark and Gray, as The Swinging Christies examines Agatha Christie's references to the advancement of technology in the 1960s and the Cold War!


You can find us on X and Instagram under @Christie_Time. Our website is Christietime.com.


The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.


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00:00:00 - Opening titles


00:00:50 - Introductory chat


00:05:38 - Why did it feel like the end of the world in the 1960s?


00:15:31 - The Cuban Missile Crisis aka a Caribbean Mystery


00:30:11 - The Doomsday Clock and The Clocks


00:37:45 - The Bomb and Ban the Bomb, MAD, détente


00:49:46 - Global student movements and Passenger to Frankfurt


00:53:15 - Espionage


01:17:52 - Scientific advancements


01:33:10 - Space exploration


01:39:02 - Next episode, how to get in touch


01:40:27 - Closing titles


01:40:53 - Coda




Solutions revealed! - The Clocks, Ordeal by Innocence

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