What is Mutual Assured Destruction?

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🗓️ 24 November 2009

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this episode of Stuff You Should Know, Josh and Chuck discuss nuclear profliferation, nuclear parity and the Cold War strategic doctrine called Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD).

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
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0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
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0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.2	Welcome to Stuffy Should Know from House to Forks.com.
0:41.2	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:42.7	I'm Josh Clark with me as always is the lovely and talented Charles W. Chuckers Bryant.
0:47.6	Hi.
0:48.6	Hey Chuck.
0:49.6	Hi.
0:50.6	See you've switched hats.
0:52.4	From when to when?
0:53.4	From the Chicago Bears hat to the Atlanta Braves hat.
0:56.6	That was yesterday.
0:57.6	Yeah.
0:58.6	You're a man of many hats, too.
1:00.4	Many fan allegiance.
1:01.4	I'm not a Bears fan.
1:03.2	You know what that was all about.
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