Bro, to be honest, I don't really know if I should believe in all the World War III stuff, but if it's true, I'm kind of scared.

The existential dread stirred up by the Iranian crisis in Generation Z finds an outlet on TikTok.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield.

Speaking of the end of the world, it's been a while since the collapse of the Roman Empire.

Are we due for an apocalypse?

If you think of human capabilities like a stock market, we've been on a stock market tear

since the Renaissance at least.

But there have been time periods where growth has sort of gone backwards.

Plus tips and tricks on how to inoculate yourself against war propaganda.

If you watch Fox News, you'll see what can be fairly characterized as war lust.

I shouldn't even say Fox News alone because it does permeate everywhere.

And you're really going to watch out for that.

It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone. And I'm Bob Garfield. Barely into

the new news year and it's been dramatic.

An assassination of an enemy general, just because, an exchange of apocalyptic threats,

a missile barrage toward U.S. troops in reprisal, and a public finding itself bracing for war.

Crowds on the streets of Tehran, anger growing over the U.S. air strike

that killed the head of Iranian special forces.

Ballistic missiles soaring into the night sky.

Their targets two Iraqi military bases,

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