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🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Robert sits down with Margaret Killjoy to talk about how mankind went from building one atomic bomb to building tens of thousands of them, permanently 15 minutes or less away from ending all life on earth.
(5 Part Series)
Sources:
https://warontherocks.com/2018/09/a-horrifying-and-believable-path-to-nuclear-war-with-north-korea/
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https://www.si.edu/media/NASM/NASM-DoomsdayDelayed.pdf
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https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-War-Scenario-Annie-Jacobsen/dp/0593476093
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| 0:00.0 | Cool Zone Media |
| 0:02.9 | I was just doing the atonal screaming for you, Robert. |
| 0:09.9 | What do you think? |
| 0:10.5 | Now you fucked up the introduction, so if he doesn't feel good now, does it? |
| 0:14.4 | Feels bad. |
| 0:18.0 | Well done, Magpie. |
| 0:19.2 | It's harder than it sounds, you know? |
| 0:20.6 | You know what? |
| 0:21.3 | Honestly, kind of fun. |
| 0:23.4 | I'm just hoping that the listeners here will appreciate how much work goes into my atonal screeches. |
| 0:30.5 | Because to be polite, they sound a lot better than your atonal screeches. |
| 0:33.5 | That's all I'm saying. |
| 0:34.6 | I absolutely agree. |
| 0:36.9 | So give the listeners one. No, one no no no I think they've |
| 0:40.4 | gotten enough atonal screeches. Instead let's talk about I don't know I'm not we're not on video |
| 0:47.2 | this week folks I'm not feeling well I just had a vasectomy which brag I debated on because I don't like talking about my private life on the show too much, but I also think it's a good thing to encourage. So guys out there, if you're thinking about getting the vasectomy, if you're like, should I get a vasectomy, go do it. Or do it yourself, you know, it doesn't look that hard. Don't do that. The doctor wasn't down there very long. You could figure it out. You know. |
| 1:11.2 | Pruners. |
| 1:16.9 | Pruners. Sure. You know, whatever it takes, rubber band. That's how we do it on the sheep. |
| 1:22.5 | Anyway, Margaret. Hilljoy. Guest. How are you doing? |
| 1:27.8 | I'm good. I didn't have surgery this week. That's also good. That's better than having surgery, as a general rule. I love that for you, Magpie. I'm good. I didn't have surgery this week. That's also good. |
| 1:29.6 | That's better than having surgery as a general rule. I love that for you, Magpie. |
| 1:31.4 | I certainly prefer the weeks when I don't have surgery, even if it's minor surgery. |
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