Michael Tolkin: NK3

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🗓️ 9 February 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The North Koreans have tested a weapon called NK3, a weaponized nano-bacterium designed to confuse South Koreans. The test has spread around the world. As a result, the world has lost its memory.

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0:00.0	Funds for Bookworm are provided in part by Lannin Foundation.
0:05.0	Boots!
0:07.0	Where would we be without books?
0:12.0	Where would we be without good?
0:15.0	No to bird.
0:16.0	It's a rhetorical question, sir.
0:20.0	But where would we be without books?
0:23.6	From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Michael Silverblatt, and this is Bookworm.
0:30.6	Today, my guest is Michael Tolkien, the author of the new book from The Atlantic Monthly Press, NK3.
0:40.6	So right away, basics, what does NK3 stand for?
0:44.3	North Korea 3.
0:46.1	It's the third iteration of a weaponized nanobacterium that the North Korean military tested on the South Korean military at the DMZ,
0:58.6	the demilitarized zone, and through a mistake as these things go, the drug was designed to confuse
1:08.1	the memories of the North Korean officer class guarding the border and instead
1:13.7	has spread like wildfire around the world and the world has lost its memory.
1:19.2	The world has lost its memory.
1:22.1	Memory is gloss.
1:24.4	Is accompanied by feelings of extreme pleasure.
1:28.3	Initially.
1:29.3	Initially.
1:30.3	Right.
1:31.3	Exactly.
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