Episode 360: Here's Some Money, Go Buy Yourself A Star War

Show Notes Episode 360: “Here’s Some Money, Go Buy Yourself A Star War This week Host Dave Bledsoe proposes a complex system of interlocking free drinks to protect him from needing to pay a bar tab, only to find the technology isn’t there yet. (Because people don’t like him!) On the show this week we talk about the time Ronald Reagan got really excited about a movie and cost the taxpayers 30 billion dollars for his own personal Death Star! Along the way we learn how Dave stopped worrying and learn to love the bomb! (Yeah, the Jaeger Bomb!) After a quick tour of the Cold War, we dive right into 1983’s Strategic Defense Initiative, a program so technologically advanced, we can’t even do it now! (Or any time in the next fifty years!) We learn how Ronnie conceived of the idea (It really was Star Wars) and instantly figured out how it could help his reelection chances! (So much money for defense contractors!) Then we learn what the rest of the world thought about Star Wars. (Loved the movies, hated the crazy ass space lasers!) Our Sponsor this week is Moishie’s Space Lasers, made by Jews but fine for goyim to use. We open the show with The Gipper talking crazy and close with the Sky Pipe Choir singing about guns in the sky!  Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/yL7Vq6Kf1e0 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/  Citations Needed:   He Found It at the Movies How Hollywood films informed Ronald Reagan’s worldview https://www.bookforum.com/print/2603/how-film-informed-ronald-reagan-s-worldview-23617 A look at President Reagan’s Star Wars program, 33 years later https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/star-wars-program-33-years-later/ Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/strategic-defense-initiative-sdi US public opinion generally favors `star wars' https://www.csmonitor.com/1985/1121/asdi.html Uncited Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative https://www.history.com/news/reagan-star-wars-sdi-missile-defense Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices