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🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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From earthquakes to terrorism – we live in a world of constant crisis. But are we prepared for it? Drawing on a wealth of experience as a former public servant and Director of GCHQ, Sir David Omand’s new book How to Survive a Crisis: Lessons in Resilience and Avoiding Disaster addresses responses to some of the greatest crises in recent memory. He joins Doomsday Watch podcast host Arthur Snell In The Bunker. “We must be future-proof to crisis, but we are more vulnerable than ever.” “The world of politics is hand-to-hand combat.” “What would you do when your world is turned upside down?” www.patreon.com/bunkercast Book link: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/448107/how-to-survive-a-crisis-by-omand-david/9780241561331 Written and presented by Arthur Snell. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Assistant Producer: Matilda Snell. Audio editor: Robin Leeburn. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0	Hello and welcome to the bunker I'm Arthur Snell.
1:08.0	At the heart of my other podcast Doomsday Watch is the concept of a global crisis.
1:14.0	So the existence of a new book entitled How to Survive a Crisis,
1:18.5	published by Penguin, is something we might all need right now.
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1:28.8	Its author, Sir David O'Mand, is my guest today.
1:31.9	He's the preeminent national security official of his generation.
1:36.6	He was the top civil servant in the home office where he developed the National Counterterrorism
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