Actor Ed Helms on history’s biggest screw ups

Ed Helms is known as a comedian, actor and writer—and also as an investigator of history’s biggest gaffes. The host of the podcast SNAFU joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the cats that were trained for the CIA, a plan to nuke the moon, and other bad ideas that never saw fruition (thankfully). His book is called “SNAFU: The Definitive Guide to History’s Greatest Screwups.” This episode originally aired, May 2nd 2025. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices