Season 4, Episode 4: Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and award-winning journalist Annie
Jacobsen as they discuss Jacobsen’s chilling and rigorous
depiction of nuclear war in her groundbreaking book, Nuclear War:
A Scenario. With meticulous research and interviews with military
and political insiders, Jacobsen takes us through a riveting,
heart-pounding, second-by-second scenario of a world-ending
nuclear war.  From the technological aspects of nuclear
weapons and missile defense systems to the horrifying and total
incapacity of modern society to survive a nuclear onslaught,
Jacobsen depicts the razor-thin margin separating us from
catastrophe.


Together, they delve into the sobering realities behind nuclear
war games, miscalculated missile strikes, and the relentless
risks of omnicidal escalation that history and simulations
reveal. They reflect on the lessons of Cold War diplomacy,
near-miss incidents, and past disarmament efforts. This
conversation isn’t just a wake-up call—it’s a rallying cry to
face and address the ultimate existential threat of our age:
nuclear war. Tune in for a discussion that is as riveting as it
is vital.

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Footnotes:


Nuclear War

American Security State

US Weapons Systems

The Pentagon's Brain

Operation Paperclip 

Doomsday Clock

STRATCOM

Interceptor Missile

The Effects of Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse

Thermonuclear Weapon

Ivy Mike Bomb

Richard Garwin

Theodore Postol

Bolt Out of the Blue Attack

Americas Satellite System 

Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty



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