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#778 - Annie Jacobsen - Just How Likely Is A Global Nuclear War?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Annie Jacobsen is a journalist, investigative reporter and an author. The threat of nuclear war has loomed for over half a century now. But the question remains - just how close to nuclear armageddon are we and what would happen if the world went into a nuclear war. Expect to learn how many nukes there are in the world right now, the most likely steps to an accidental nuclear war, what happens when a country fires the first nuke, which cities are the most likely targets of a nuclear strike, what the most powerful bomb in history was, how many people would die in a nuclear war between the US and Russia, how likely a nuclear war is in our future and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get up to 32% discount on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get a 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 5.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: http://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: http://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: http://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Annie Jacobson. She's a journalist, investigative reporter, and an author.

0:08.0

The threat of nuclear war has loomed for over half a century now, but the question remains just how close to nuclear

0:14.2

Armageddon are we and what would happen if the world did go into a nuclear war?

0:18.6

Expect to learn how many nukes there are in the world right now the most likely steps to an accidental nuclear

0:24.3

war? What happens when a country fires the first nuke? Which cities are the most likely targets

0:28.9

of a strike? What are the most powerful bombs in history? How many people would die in a nuclear war between the US and

0:35.2

Russia, how likely a nuclear war is in our future, and much more.

0:40.9

Positive stuff today, real. Uplifting one about the potential end of humanity but pretty important I think and

0:47.2

Annie sort of takes you through step by step second by second what would happen if a nuke was

0:52.4

released it could be accidental it could be on purpose it's a

0:57.2

Harrowing apocalyptic and kind of compelling very compelling actually

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