#penguin diplomacy

[o-uncle-newt]

A guide to John Finnemore (in particular his Double Acts) for the Good Omens S2 lovers, haters, and everyone in between (I promise, there's something for all of you!)

Found this in my drafts recently and honestly, I feel this is evergreen, so here y'all go:

As I mentioned semi-facetiously in my previous post, I don't care whether you loved or hated Good Omens S2- you're probably sleeping on John Finnemore. He's a super talented writer and while he's collaborated with other writers like Mitchell and Webb and Armando Iannucci before, I still think his best stuff is his solo stuff.

But where to start? Behold! I shall now recommend a different Double Act (that is, a different episode of his radio series of excellent half-hour two-hander comedies) for every kind of person who has reacted in literally any kind of way to Good Omens.

If you love stories about two people working on opposite sides in a conflict who over time break down each other's defenses to become valued friends despite the continued conflict between their sides, with some queer undertones: Unquestionably you want S2 E4, Penguin Diplomacy

If you loved Good Omens S2 because it's quiet, gentle, and romantic: S1 E6, Hot Desk

If you like quiet, gentle and romantic in principle but wish there was a bit more plot structure: Still Hot Desk

If you like quiet, gentle and romantic but watched Good Omens S2 and were like "this is quiet, gentle and romantic?!?!": DEFINITELY still Hot Desk

If you hate quiet, gentle and romantic and want something darker and more cynical: S1 E3, Red Handed

If you were meh on S2 but did find yourself enjoying the Job minisode: FREE ROLL! You can choose any Double Act at random and will probably enjoy it.

If you loved Good Omens S2 because you love characters who give off vibes of being dim yet helpful: Well, really you want to meet Arthur in Cabin Pressure, but from Double Acts you'll do great with S2 E5, Here's What We Do, and in a very different way S2 E2, Mercy Dash

If you loved Good Omens S2 because lesbians: S2 E3, The Rebel Alliance

If you like lesbians in theory but wish that Good Omens S2 had maybe sketched out theirs a bit more: Still try Rebel Alliance

If you were annoyed by the minisodes because there wasn't enough old-timey dialogue in the olden-day bits: S1 E4, The Goliath Window

If you like the Victorian minisode because you like the era: check out S2 E1, The Queen's Speech, which literally has Queen Victoria in it

If you think that Crowley making gentle fun of Aziraphale's magic tricks is entertaining: try S2 E6, The Wroxton Box

If you like relationship dynamics where one half is trying/pretending to be cool and the other one has absolutely no interest in it and likes the first half just how they are: try Here's What We Do

If you enjoy the whole corporate-nonsense aspect of Good Omens: give S1 E2, WYSINNWYG a whirl

If you think that one of the main flaws of S2 was that it didn't have Mr Young in it anymore: S1 E1, A Flock of Tigers

If you like Good Omens because you like fandom and fanfic: S1 E5, English for Pony Lovers

And, if you love the idea of a cliffhanger but also want the satisfaction of knowing there's an amazing ending coming: Wait on Double Acts and just listen to Cabin Pressure. And when you get to the end of Yverdon-les-Bains, before you move on to Zurich just take a moment to remember all of us who nearly died for two years waiting for the finale.

Anyway, happy listening!

[archerdork]

if any of my fellow good omens peeps are like me and need some comfort content right now, I can wholeheartedly recommend the audio duologue comedy Double Acts, which coincidentally is written by John Finnemore who co-wrote Good Omens 2.

especially series 2 episode 5, Penguin Diplomacy. it has unlikely friendships, funny banter, convoluted bureaucracy and gay penguins. it’s also very easy to put on and view it through shipping glasses, if one is so inclined

i love it with my whole heart and it heals my soul

[benzedrine-calmstheitch]

please listen to Penguin Diplomacy written by John Finnemore co-writer of gomens s2

please listen to Penguin Diplomacy written by John Finnemore co-writer of gomens s2

please listen to Penguin Diplomacy written by John Finnemore co-writer of gomens s2

I don't care what theory you believe in, this is a very important detail that I think needs to be mentioned.

Aziraphale, when telling Crowley about the promotion, is visibly excited. However as the scene cuts back to the Metatron asking him, he's not. He looks confused and annoyed. The camera cuts away each time before Aziraphale can respond to the Metatron.

So my question is, what did Aziraphale say? What changed to make him excited about this promotion?

[pea-green]

not to harp on about John Finnemore's writing but I want some appreciation for him writing gay people as completely ordinary, where the sketch wouldn't change if they were heterosexual (the train manager/driver, the bassoonist who hides his job from his husband), while others speak deeply about homophobia and acceptance (Gally and Susannah, the entirety of the double act Rebel Alliance) and others, most importantly, are funny (Patsy Straightwoman having a wife, who is also called Patsy Straightwoman).

[woolys-assortment-of-stuff]

Dragonronpa

(Wings of Fire x Danganronpa AU)

Emperor of the Icewings : Ultimate Affluent Progeny

Byakuya Togami

There is no room for failure in the Penguin family, as is to be expected from a prestigious first-circle family. Even still, they’re known for having a very peculiar inheritance system.

On his seventh hatching day, Emperor and his fifteen half-siblings were forced to battle against one another to become the next head of the family. To lose is to be exiled not just from the palace, but from the Icewing kingdom entirely as a member of the unofficial “eighth circle”— a fate akin to death.

The cold and intelligent Emperor emerged victorious and now sits as the heir to the Penguin family name and business, continuing to amass his own personal fortune through day trading. He wants to take his family legacy to new heights, and he won’t let those lesser than him get in the way.

Notes:

- Really, is anyone surprised that Byakuya is an Icewing?

- His coloring is loosely based on baby emperor penguins, lol

- “Family names” aren’t really a thing in dragon society, so I had to be a bit creative here. The family is descended from Penguin, the animus who created the gift of diplomacy, in which each new generation of the lineage goes through the same “there can be only one” battle, leaving one dragon as the heir and carrier of the family name. It is traditional to name dragonets of this lineage after different penguins (Rockhopper, Chinstrap, Gentoo, etc). I would hate to be the dragonet named after the Macaroni penguin…

Check out aetherjay’s WOF bases. Bases for every tribe, and two bases for every possible hybrid! Seriously awesome!!

[depressed-deranged-clown]

So,

This is literally for no one but me but I don’t really mind much.

This is a hell of a post for my first actual one that isn’t a reblog, but here you go.

My interests switch every other month at least but I’m really invested in Spy X Family rn and for the past six months. And while scrolling through tumblr today I found the Spy X Family swap AU. So I wanted to put my own thoughts down for anybody to look at and comment as they please. Enjoy :)

The beginning of the mission

Code name: Agent Starlight

Specialty: Disguises, infiltrations, cons

Despite how clumsy she is, she is the best spy from Westalis

Her clumsiness actually helps her in her missions sometimes by leading people into a false sense of security

Sometimes it leads to a setback

But she always gets the job done

That leads her to her current mission: infiltrate the prestigious Eden Academy to get close to Donovan Desmond, a man so suspicious of others he is almost a complete recluse

This leads to her needing a child to have a way in

Her disguise for this mission: Anya Forger, loving mother and wife and hardworking psychiatrist

She goes to a really sketchy orphanage to get a kid for the mission

When she said she wanted a smart child, the director lead her to a boy playing by himself with a small penguin plushie

This young boy’s name is Loid

He’s a telepath

He reads Anya’s mind and is able to find out she’s a spy fairly quickly

But though that interests him, he just wants a family

He (like canon Anya) is obsessed with the show Spy Wars once he sees it but not because spies are cool, but because his mama is a spy and he wants to understand her job and her thoughts better

Loid (like canon) is still really smart and perceptive, but he’s also a child so Anya isn’t able to make sense of everything he does and everything he does isn’t calculated but more of a spur of the moment thing

Of course there has to be that one moment where Loid reads Anya’s mind where she thinks, Basic diplomacy states that understand the other party is the first step to peace.

And Loid hears this (thinking, understanding me means world peace?) so he stands as tall as he can and says “I really like to eat strawberries. But broccoli is gross. Oooo! Bacon from bacon-ries!!”

“I’m sure you means bakeries, and sadly they don’t sell bacon” Anya replies, leading Loid to continue on their shopping trip

Getting into Eden

Anya goes to her best friend and coworker Becky Blackwell to get a copy of the test to get into Eden

Becky specializes with electronics and gadgets but she is able to get information when needed

Anya makes Loud memorize the answers to the best of his ability (which is better than she expected and it makes her pretty proud)

On the actual test, though Loid memorized it all, all the other kids and their panicked thoughts overwhelm him

He does pass (are we surprised) but barely due to the fact that he couldn’t differentiate his own thoughts from others at times

Then Anya received the letter detailing the second part of the admission

There has to be an interview with both parents. No exception.

And as Loid states “but there is no papa”

The next day, Anya calls Becky over and dresses her up to look like a man

Doesn’t work (Loid: I don’t want this papa)

Becky gives her stacks of papers of any single man in the area who Anya could possibly marry, but at least half of them had some crime to their name and she needs a husband with a flawless record

She and Loid later go to the tailor shop nearby simply because they needed some air and because they both needed some outfits for the interview (if they could even find a man willing to marry her to go to the interview with)

Then enters Damian Desmond

He had to go to the tailor shop because the night before he ripped the pants to his only nice outfit while on his main job

Name: Damian Desmond

Job: civil servant

Actual job: Assassin

Code name: Nightshade (named that due to his tendency to use daggers covered with poison)

He became an assassin do to wanting to make the world a better place where children wouldn’t have to be neglected or taken advantage of like he had in the past

His older brother called him the day previous cause he heard Damian promised some people at work that he was going to go to a party of one of his coworkers with his girlfriend

He doesn’t actually have one and hasn’t dated anyone his whole life so his brother truly was happy to hear he was bringing a date

Upon seeing Anya he was ready to ask if she wanted to pretend to be his girlfriend when Loud ran up to her

He thought in his head, of course she would be married. How despicable am I, ready to ask a married woman to date me just because she’s beautiful?

Loid, hearing Damian’s thoughts, decides to put on the show of a life time

He tugs slightly on Damian’s pant leg asking “are you going to be my papa?”

Anya goes wide eyed and lifts up Loid saying, “it’s rude to ask people to be your father”

He sniffles in response, fake tears welling in his eyes as he speaks “but there is no papa”

Damian perks up “you aren’t here with your husband”

Anya puts Loid down again. “No, my husband died a while ago so it’s just me and my son now”

Damian and Anya have a talk and decide to help each other

Anya then last minute has to go on a little side mission and arrives late to the party with the classic “I’m Damian’s wife” “I asked for a girlfriend, not a wife”

And it leads to them deciding to just stick to that cover story and living together

Damian of course is like canon and goes total tsundere whenever Anya shows affection because of her mission and when she wants to

I have so many ideas with the tests and the interview but I’ll leave that out for now cause this is already very long and I’m not done

Just know that they did pass

Honestly just give me an episode (I haven’t read most of the chapters of the manga so please no spoilers past what is also shown in the anime) and I’ll change it to this AU with pleasure

[sarahthecoat]

must rb with penguin pic.

Île des Pingouins, or Penguin Island, is an uninhabited island in the subantarctic Crozet Archipelago of the southern Indian Ocean. It is small — just 1 square mile (3 square km) — with coastal cliffs ranging from 164 to 984 feet (50-300 meters) tall, making it virtually inaccessible by sea. The island is an important nesting site for seabirds and has an exceptionally high density of avian residents, including a million pairs of macaroni penguins.

-46.416667°, 50.400000°

Source imagery: Airbus Space

[thisnameisnotspokenfor]

Could it be possible that stars true form are similar to biblical accurate angels?

(This won't leave my head when you mentioned eyes at the back of Cephs head.)

Something incomprehensible to humans.

On a side note how well-learned is Asha about her world? Since her mom was a sailor I wondered what stories she would have told Asha about her time as a merchant. Does Asha have any cousins and how well is her relationship with her uncle?

Can she identify what a penguin is?Or animals not native to her home? If she were to travel to another kingdom for a possible vacation where would be her first choice?

What are her other interests other than astronomy,crocheting,science,inventing,sketching and surviving?

What are her current skill sets? Can she pick a lock? Because I don't believe Sabino would not teach her how to get out of a cage or such if she were to ever be kidnapped. Her paranoia must come from somewhere?

Sorry if these were all to much.

I enjoy and am very invested in your Asha,her story and your world building.

(Sorry Ceph but I just prefer Asha and world building more than you. PS.Cloaks and shawls are better capes)

Thank you! ❤️ I’m glad you like my Asha and my story/worldbuilding 🥹

((

Ceph: *starts choking*

Asha: are you okay?

Ceph; no! There’s so much audacity in this comment that I’m literally dying! You’re killing me north towards me- YOU ARE KILLING A STAR!

Magnifico: *elsewhere in a room full of confused advisors* why do I feel like I am being challenged?

Ceph: there’s absolutely no way you expect me or any other star to honestly answer that question after your little ‘shawl’ comment- no seriously! That’s just not right! This is crazy! And that’s something coming from me!

Asha: finally someone with good taste!

Ceph: and this is why none of you will know my birth name. Ever. ))

During her earlier years in her apprenticeship Asha ended up shadowing a lot of ministers when magnifico had basically turned his attention to the other apprentices. She spent a lot of time studying about other countries and their histories- Arendelle and Corona to name a few, and tends to socialize with their diplomats to learn more about their technology/science (so she can strengthen her argument on the science’s legitimacy!) so overall I think it’s a bit safe to say that Asha knows a lot more about the world beyond Rosa’s than your average Rosa’s native born (most don’t really plan to leave Rosa’s ya know? So they’ve never been too bothered about learning about distant countries in depth)

Sakina has told her a lot about her times sailing and the crazy adventure she did. She had a lot of dangerous run ins with supernatural creatures like Davy Jones and sirens. And also met Calypso (POTC Calypso) she got collections of picture books from her time abroad to show Asha the world beyond Rosa’s. So She can identify a lot of animals non-native to Rosas

Asha also has a few little cousins and her relationship with her uncle is very good (they built her sailboat together) and he always brings her gifts whenever he comes around, but he hasn’t been too big on visiting Rosas since Tomas passed. If she were to travel to another country I think she’d definitely want to visit Corona- so she can nerd out over Lord Demanatus’s work. In a perfect world she’d also love to visit Atlantis (maybe even moreso than Corona!) (She’s not too big on Arendelle and Scotland for their magic and bears and magical bears tbh 😬)

Asha: there’s more to life than survival? (Jk) she loves diplomacy and history. She does still love art here too but she draws less frequently due to being overworked. if her life had gone better she’d still be huge on musical theatre. She also likes wrestling/grappling too- the main branches of self defense her grandfather taught her that would be advantageous against bigger people due to her smaller size! Asha is also a firm believer in stress baking (don’t tell Sabino)

As for her current skill set Asha can definitely pick a lock (she’s so good at fixing them that there’s no way she doesn’t know how to break a few) and there’s also no way Sabino would teach some noble boy how to pick the lock but not his own granddaughter. Asha is also quite well trained for her circumstances unless magic comes in. Then she’s kinda toast.

[gregor-samsung]

" President Nixon's chief foreign policy aide, Henry Kissinger, was also bathed and frustrated by the Communists during his secret negotiations with them. Kissinger had tried above all to avoid a repetition of the Inconclusive Korean war armistice talks, which had dragged on for two years because, he believed, America had not stiffened its diplomacy with the threat of force. He calculated that the North Vietnamese would compromise only if menaced with total annihilation—an approach that Nixon privately dubbed his "madman theory." But, like his predecessors, Kissinger never found their breaking point. His later claims to the contrary, the Communists agreed to a cease-fire in October 1972 only after he had handed them major concessions that were to jeopardize the future of the South Vietnamese government. The real pressure on the Nixon administration to reach a settlement in Vietnam came from the American public, which by that time wanted peace at almost any price—for reasons that Kissinger himself had perceived four years before. Early in 1968, on the eve of Tet, the Asian lunar New Year, the Communists had launched a dramatic offensive against towns and cities throughout South Vietnam, which Kissinger saw as the "watershed" of the American effort in Vietnam: "Henceforth, no matter how effective our actions, the prevalent strategy could no longer achieve its objectives within a period or with force levels politically acceptable to the American people." Americans had been prepared to make sacrifices in blood and treasure, as they had in other wars. But they had to be shown progress, told when the war would end. In World War II, they could trace the advance of their army across Europe; in Vietnam, where there were no fronts, they were only given meaningless enemy "body counts"—and promises. So the United States, which had brought to bear stupendous military power to crack Communist morale, itself shattered under the strain of a struggle that seemed to be interminable. An original aim of the intervention, first enunciated by President Eisenhower, had been to protect all of Southeast Asia, whose countries would presumably "topple like a row of dominoes" were the Communists to take over Vietnam. Ironically, as Leslie Gelb of The New York Times observed, the real domino to fall was American public opinion. The public, distressed by mounting casualties, rising taxes, and no prospect of a solution in sight, turned against the war long before America's political leaders did. "

Karnow Stanley, Vietnam - A History. The First Complete Account of Vietnam at War, Penguin Books, 1985 [1983]; pages 19-20.

[enignoema-a]

🗨️

Overheard conversations || Not accepting

"Oh I'm sorry. I don't recall asking for some fat egotistical psychopath's opinion." The room is deathly silent for a long moment, one could hear a pin drop. Then just as suddenly the two men erupt into laughter, followed gradually by the nervous laughter of the henchmen surrounding them

"Eddie, your problem is you're determined to be a nuisance to every damned person you meet. You don't understand diplomacy. There's no need to sneak around like a roach. We'll just arrange a meeting"

"I understand diplomacy just fine Ozzie, I just hate dealing with these bastards. They aren't like you, they have no taste. And I'm pretty sure the moment I opened my mouth they'd start shooting"

"Oh you mean most crime bosses don't take kindly to some annoying brat in a party city costume insulting them? I wonder why." Penguin laughs. Their relationship worked because the both of them understood no harm was meant by their insults. They understood how to toe the line without pushing too far "Diplomacy, Eddie, includes swallowing your pride and knowing how to talk with respect."

"I'm not going to give respect to someone who doesn't respect me! I don't care that I'm young, they shouldn't look down on me! If I wanted to I could take down Falcone's whole organization."

There's another silence, and then a heavy sigh from Penguin "... There's that pride again. What are we going to do with you, Ed"

[honourablejester]

While working with Wally West on a case, a new type of drug that's been popping up in Blüdhaven and Central City, Dick's worlds start to collide a little bit. Old history and new land on his shore, because it turns out this drug is a Gotham drug. And given the type of drug, Oswald Cobblepot, Uncle Penguin, isn't about to let it touch him unscathed. His friendship with Wally is still tentative enough, but the Flash can roll with representatives of the Gotham mob rocking up on Blüdhaven's shore, right? Or, some of the further consequences of Diplomacy on the Shore hit Blüdhaven, and Wally West gets introduced to Nicoletta, and Gotham's way of doing things. Not that he knows it's Gotham, yet, but still.

Part of the Wings Over Gotham AU.

[o-uncle-newt]

Mood in the NYC subway system is grim this morning, but if you see someone cackling like a maniac with laughter know that it’s me listening to Cabin Pressure

Today’s very hard for me for a whole bunch of reasons (some, ah, political in nature but plenty not) but the power that Mr Finnemore has to just flip a switch and make me feel not just okay but joyful for half an hour is an actual blessing. Today’s one of the many days when I’ve felt like I’m not sure I could survive, pretty literally, without him. (I pulled out the big guns too- St Petersburg. Was perfect.)

Next I think I’ll move to Double Acts and go for Penguin Diplomacy, another sure fire mood booster.

Highly recommend this approach in general to all in need of a serotonin pick me up!

[angelcloves]

Penguin fic follow up philip watches the penguins first time swimming and the scientists watch from a far but not even this keeps philip from attacking them and they try diplomacy but don't speak English so...

this is one of the silliest things ive ever written

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[sleeppaw]

What will be Classics in fifty years ( Children's and YA Edition)

With news that "Night Watch" is set to become a Penguin Classic, the first Discworld novel to attain Classic Status, I have been wondering what books published in the last thirty years will become Classics.

1990's

Sabriel: The first book in the Old Kingdom series was published in 1995, and has pretty timeless themes; more importantly it's obscurity today will help it gain classic status.

Holes: The 1998 novel has been called "The last Classic novel of the 20th Century" as it deals with racism, poverty and human rights abuses alongside a story of friendship, justice and bravery.

2000's

The Mortal Engines: This 2001 novel tells the story of a world where larger cities eat smaller towns and villages, told from the POV of two children, Tom and Hester, and the unique concept of cities on wheels makes it a classic in YA Sci-Fi.

Twiight: The 2005 novel tells the story of a teenage girl, Bella Swan, who moves to the town of Forks, Washington, where she meets a strange boy named Edward Cullen. After discovering he is a vampire, Bella falls for him. Criticised at the time for being "female focused", it has undergone a renaissance as a result of the backlash against both "Cringe Culture" and "Not Like Other Girls" characters. Indeed, the renaissance saw better appreciation of both Edward and Bella as characters and interest in the side characters while acknowledging the racism, misogyny and general bad choices prevalent in the books.

Uglies: Released the same year as Twilight, Uglies tells the story of fifteen-year-old Tally Youngblood as she looks forward to her sixteenth birthday, when she undergoes plastic surgery to become a "Pretty". Throughout the series Tally learns the dark truth of the world she lives in. With themes such as beauty standards and mental health and how they affect people being openly discussed in the 2020's, Uglies is more relevant today than it was in 2005.

The Hunger Games: This 2008 book and sequels is destined to be a classic, with the characters, plot and themes being universal. The ending is bittersweet, in that Panem is peaceful but with a cost: many people, including Finnick, Rue, Prim and Cinna, are dead while those that survived are left with trauma, a fact made clear wth Annie, Katniss and Peeta's kids; Annie's son represents a new era where children don't have to die while Katniss and Peeta's children represents unity.

2010's:

The Hate U Give: This 2017 book tells the story of sixteen-year-old Starr, who witnesses her childhood friend get shot by police. The book deals with themes such as racism and justice. In fact,

2020's:

Meet Me At The Moon Tree: The most recent book on the list, this 2023 novel tells the story of ten-year-old Carina, a girl dealing with several changes; the death of her father and moving into a new home. Wishing to honour her father's wish, Carina explores the woods to search for a "Moon Tree". The themes includes grief, science, change, nature, friendhips and healing.

Might be Classics in the future:

2000's:

Percy Jackson: This YA series centres on a Son of Poseidon, Perseus "Percy" Jackson, as he learns of his half-blood heritage. Sent to a camp, he learns how to control his powers as well as going on quests.

Princess Academy: This book series centres on fourteen-year-old Miri, who lives in a mountain village. After priests of the kingdom of Danland receives a vision of a potential princess living in the mountain village, a school is set up with the girls of the mountain as pupils, and Miri is one of the girls. While at the Academy, she discovers that she is good at Diplomacy, a skill she later teaches to the merchants in the village.

[nuriasalinasss12]

The Cold War

The Beginning of the Cold War

The post-World War II era witnessed significant geopolitical tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, marking the beginning of what we now know as the Cold War. The Yalta and Potsdam conferences laid the groundwork for the division of Germany and the emergence of two ideological blocs. It is intriguing to consider whether these divisions were inevitable or if, at some point, collaboration among the allied powers could have prevented this protracted conflict.

The Truman Doctrine and its policy of containment were direct responses to Soviet expansionism. The implementation of plans such as the Marshall Plan sought to curb communist influence in Europe. Reflecting on the effectiveness of these policies in preventing the spread of communism and shaping the Cold War is crucial to understanding how events unfolded.

Cold War Conflicts

Conflicts in Korea, the Suez Crisis, and the subsequent Cuban Missile Crisis are emblematic episodes of the Cold War. Each reveals the complexities of the rivalry between superpowers. Considering whether these events were inevitable or if there were opportunities for peaceful dispute resolution provides valuable insight into the nature of the East-West confrontation.

The Vietnam War, in particular, raises crucial questions about U.S. military and political strategy. Evaluating whether this conflict was necessary, avoidable, or could have been handled differently sheds light on the lessons learned amidst the Cold War.

Changes in Strategy

The evolution of strategy during the Cold War is a fascinating aspect of this historical period. The arms race, space race, and penguin diplomacy are milestones marking significant shifts in how superpowers addressed their differences. Analyzing how these strategies influenced international relations and the perception of nuclear risk offers a clear view of the complexity of this period.

Detente and the end of the Cold War, symbolized by the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, are culminating moments. Reflecting on how quickly this change occurred and how the lessons of the Cold War continue to resonate in current politics is essential to understanding the legacy of this historical period.

Final Reflections

The Cold War has left a lasting legacy on the global stage. Examining how it has influenced the shaping of the present world and considering the most important lessons we can extract from this period is essential. This critical analysis allows us not only to comprehend our recent history but also to apply this knowledge to face contemporary challenges and forge a more stable and cooperative future.

METACOGNITION QUESTION

How did reflecting on the beginning, conflicts, and changes in the strategy of the Cold War influence your overall understanding of the historical period, and in what ways do you believe this reflective exercise contributes to your ability to analyze and contextualize historical events?

[o-uncle-newt]

...may this be the start of a John Finnaissance! Not just an "oh I remember I used to love Cabin Pressure a decade ago when I was into Superwholock" (which I respect) but a REAL MODERN-DAY Finnaissance.

(And of course Double Acts deserves a shout out too in addition to the above shows. Alongside the other excellent episodes, Penguin Diplomacy is practically perfect in every way.)

OH GOD I REALLY NEED GO2 TO BE GOOD, TOO MUCH IS RIDING ON THIS

have you ever listened to Cabin Pressure? it's one of my favorite shows of all time, and I wish I still had my full collection but it got deleted unfortunately

I love Cabin Pressure. That, and John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme are why I asked John Finnemore to cowrite Season 2 with me.