Cold War Santa with Sarah Archer

What happens when Santa trades his sleigh for a rocket ship? Christmas correspondent Sarah Archer tells Sarah about how the Cold War era affected the image of old Kris Kringle through the rampant consumerism and shiny new technology of a post-war economy. Digressions include Reagan’s girlypop diet, the Freudian aspects of the Nutcracker, and the thrilling history of aluminum.

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meandering, boring, pointless drivel abounds

childlike girly language ( fillers, Valley talk, silly laughter over not much at all, cringy) If there is content of value in this podcast, why spend the first 10 min on drivel?