Annie Jacobsen is an investigative journalist and author of “Nuclear War: A Scenario” and many other books on war, weapons, government secrecy, and national security. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:37) – Nuclear war

(12:21) – Launch procedure

(18:00) – Deterrence

(21:34) – Tactical nukes

(30:59) – Nuclear submarines

(33:59) – Nuclear missiles

(41:10) – Nuclear football

(50:17) – Missile interceptor system

(54:34) – North Korea

(1:01:10) – Nuclear war scenarios

(1:10:02) – Warmongers

(1:14:31) – President’s cognitive ability

(1:20:43) – Refusing orders

(1:28:41) – Russia and Putin

(1:33:48) – Cyberattack

(1:35:09) – Ground zero of nuclear war

(1:39:48) – Surviving nuclear war

(1:44:06) – Nuclear winter

(1:54:29) – Alien civilizations

(2:00:04) – Extrasensory perception

(2:13:50) – Area 51

(2:17:48) – UFOs and aliens

(2:28:15) – Roswell incident

(2:34:55) – CIA assassinations

(2:53:47) – Navalny

(2:56:12) – KGB

(3:02:48) – Hitler and the atomic bomb

(3:06:52) – War and human nature

(3:10:17) – Hope