60 Churchill, the Cold War, and My Apple Watch

Dr. Liam reflects on what it means to be born in another century. The simple purchase of an Apple Watch to pair with his iPhone sparks memories of a very different world: the Cuban Missile Crisis, backyard fallout shelters, and a childhood lived in the shadow of nuclear war. From there, he discusses idea of a "short twentieth century" running from 1914 to 1989, coving seventy-five years that amounted to one long struggle. He then examines Winston Churchill's 1946 speech at Fulton, Missouri, better known as the Iron Curtain Speech, arguing that its real message wasn't a curtain of division but what Churchill called "the sinews of peace": the idea that strength and diplomacy must work together.