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Nuclear Winter

The Truth

The Truth

Fiction

4.74K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2018

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The end of the world didn't scare them. They were nuclear launch officers, that's their job. What scared them was the ghost. Written by Eric Molinsky (of the Imaginary Worlds podcast) and produced by Jonathan Mitchell. Featuring Woody Fu, Danielle Delgado, and Billy Griffin, Jr. This episode was sponsored in part by Burrow (Use the promo code THETRUTH to get $50 off your order) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

3

0:11.0

I know

0:13.0

Good morning Commander Thompson. This is Commander Gomez. It's Deputy Commander Jason Chen here to relieve you

0:17.5

Good morning Commander. A authentication sequence X-ray Delta Foxtrot. I respond to you with you Bravo. Come on down

0:26.6

Okay

0:30.0

You're looking at it's gonna be a double shift to the other to the century

0:35.3

Yeah, but that's I mean, that's BS right there. We say that

0:38.8

You afraid of spending two days in a nuclear missile silo with me the missiles. I'm okay. Oh, it's me

0:45.5

I am glad to know that my reputation still intact. It is

0:51.9

Did you press the elevator button?

0:54.7

No, I you didn't

0:57.5

Well, we're moving so someone did

1:03.8

Is the elevator supposed to move by itself like this?

1:08.3

It's probably nothing

1:18.4

It's easy to forget there's still out there

1:21.1

Every minute of every day right now actually there are missile launch officers

1:25.8

Waiting for an order that no one really wants to get and

1:29.9

The equipment in these bunkers is old some of it hasn't been updated since the Cold War even the job itself feels like a relic from another era

1:39.0

This is the truth that I'm Jonathan Mitchell and today's story takes place deep underground

1:44.0

The oldest nuclear missile silo in the United States

1:47.1

Hello, this is Max Gladstone author of the craft sequence and co-author of this is how you lose the time war

1:58.7

I'm so excited to introduce you to our new podcast book burners

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