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How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Update)

Dec 9, 2024 · 39m

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Last week, we heard a former U.S. ambassador describe Russia’s escalating conflict with the U.S. Today, we revisit a 2019 episode about an overlooked front in the Cold War — a “farms race” that, decades later, still influences what Americans eat.