# Samantha Smith vs. the Cold War with Maris Kreizman

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Podcast: [You're Wrong About](https://stenobird.com/podcast/you-re-wrong-about-67330)
Published: 2025-09-16T11:00:00+00:00
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Who really ended the Cold War, Ronald Reagan or a ten-year-old girl? Eighties correspondent Maris Kreizman joins us for a heartfelt conversation about America’s Youngest Ambassador, Samantha Smith, a child who wrote a letter to Soviet General Secretary Yuri Andropov in hopes of cooling nuclear tensions. Then, Andropov wrote back. Maris and Sarah discuss the burden we place on the youth to “change the world” while simultaneously scolding them for their naivety. Digressions include the millenni...

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