Nuclear War Expert: 72 Minutes To Wipe Out 60% Of Humans, In The Hands Of 1 Person! - Annie Jacobsen

Annie Jacobsen is an investigative journalist, New York Times bestselling author, and a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Her books include, ‘Area 51’, ‘Operation Paperclip’, and ‘The Pentagon’s Brain’.
00:00 Intro
01:59 Why Write This Book Now?
06:30 Are We Getting Closer to Nuclear War?
08:05 Who Is in Charge of the Nuclear Button?
12:23 The Evolution of Nuclear Weapons
16:16 Who Has Nuclear Weapons?
21:32 What Is the Football and Why Is Near the President 24/7?
24:30 How Important Is Picking the Right Leader?
28:17 What If the President Is Dead?
29:28 The Biggest Mistakes in Nuclear Detection
32:16 Nuclear War Games and Strategies
38:09 How Do the Decision Makers Cope?
40:32 How Would We Know Where the Nuclear Bomb Got Launched From?
46:02 What Happens After the First Minutes?
51:46 What Happens if the President Dies
53:23 The Aftermath
01:01:59 What Would Happen to a Country After It's Struck by Nuclear Bomb
01:06:51 How Many People Will Die?
01:07:35 Where Is Safe?
01:10:07 What Is the Solution?
01:14:02 How Did Annie's Feelings Change?
01:15:53 Conspiracy or Real?
01:26:55 The Role of the CIA
01:30:36 AI and the War Machine
01:40:55 Is Annie Optimistic?
01:43:37 The Origin of War
01:46:24 The Most Important Takeaway from Annie's Books
01:50:25 The People on Both Sides of Nuclear
01:59:18 The Impact of Your Books on You
02:00:46 Survivors of Nuclear Bomb
02:02:28 Conversations with Her Husband
02:06:18 What Have You Changed Your Mind About?
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[@TheDiaryOfACEO]

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[@RenanahEphraim]

Done

[@RenanahEphraim]

Done

[@alexmonte7706]

this is just fear mongry

[@Pattys1967]

@@Clint-kr8zmwhy?because this is really a serious threat?

[@Clint-kr8zm]

@@Pattys1967 what do you mean threat

[@lassejohannsen-vi6ux]

Guys live your life the best you can, appreciate every day! Most of the „leaders“ in this world are psychopaths or idiots. Treat everyone with respect and be kind ♥️

[@joannthomases9304]

Well said in love. ❤ Just be a good guy as we've bought into, and drank too much, kool-aid and done enough wrongs. None want to be bad really, blackmail and threats to families, black balling etc..by stripping all down is contracting by life threats......Thought aaaalll of that was void and against all laws known.

[@americanatheart110]

It's not just most of the leaders. It's most of us. Leaders did not drop from the sky. They are just one of us.

[@livingintheforest3963]

That’s it!!! I am 61 and my father worked on the atomic bomb for the government. I agree with your statement more than anything.

[@tmo4330]

John 14:6.

[@osuk1]

Above all call on the name Of Jesus Christ for your own salvation! Eternity is along time without end, you wanna spend it with Christ NOT in hell.

[@bevanbasson4289]

Vasili Arkipov and Stanislav Petrov. 2 men who single handedly literally saved us from nuclear war by not pressing a button, on two separate occasions. There names should be known by everyone.

[@50KaliberBMG]

I knew that and lost hope in humanity at the SIMPLE FACT THAT THESE 2 MEN’s NAMES WERENT THE DAMN FIRST THING MENTIONED!!!! Let alone that they don’t Have NOBLE PEACE PRIZES!.. If we’re this UNINFORMED and ONLY 8 likes 0 comments..we’re by our own APATHY doomed!! Clown world!!! Thank you for mentioning Their names Sir 🫡

[@hasan_z]

Didn't save us, more like they didn't destroy us

[@nickhumphries6220]

Yes note how there importance to the Worlds population is washed over by the reporter to push the US superhero who saved the World. I get fed up of this US "I'm so important" crap.

[@silvercat3243]

​@@nickhumphries6220...feeling the same here, also hate how they demonize all that are pushing back the narrative.

[@gudrunclarke4976]

Would love to learn more about the two men you mentioned. This i'view is very bias in favour of the US, who are the country that dropped two atom bombs on Japan. She is also misrepresenting the danger from Russia. It is the US and Europe who line up atomic weapons on Russia's border. Putin is NOT the agressor, THEY are. They strong words he directed at Western leaders regarding his use of atomic weapons is purely as response to their words and actions. Neither the interviewer nor interviewee give credit to that. Same on them. I have only watched the beginning, not giving it another minute.

[@tomphilpott3659]

I am 55 years. Listening to Steven’s questions made me realize how little the younger generation knows about nuclear war. When I was a teenager, just about everyone my age knew about EMP etc. The ignorance now is astonishing and is made more terrifying by very old leaders and the proliferation of weapons to rogue states like North Korea.

[@jeant10]

Yes. The worst scenario many young people can imagine is the loss of their cell phone service or devices. EMP assures that all from the first high altitude detonation. Then you can't google how to find food, purify water, or make a cooking fire.

[@peterchristie1096]

I agree absolutely. I am old enough to remember the Cuban missile crisis and how we were all scared shitless. The young guy doimg the interviewing shocks me on his ignorance of what a nuclear war would be like. This younger generation is sleepwalking to armageddon.

[@rayd488]

if there is any rogue state its usa, led by warmongering murdering lunatics who pose as a government

[@hearthstoneencounters1173]

@tomphilpott3659 He is not ignorant. He is just good at his job. He has to ask questions that the viewers might ask. It doesn't mean that he doesn't know the answers.

[@JCHarris-iu6my]

Most of the people seem to live a life of ignorant bliss Oh Annie, what a genius you must be to know what ICBMmeans🎉 she totally missed her opportunities to explain what a MIRV is vehicle A multiple independently targetable reentryvehicle So basically one warhead can split into several independent warheads which can then hit a different target Fear, fear, fear, Lots of books to sell and $$$$to be made She would have everyone here believe that the president can just push a single red button and initiate a nuclear war and she would probably also have us believe that trump’s finger is hovering over the button right now while he repeatedly mutters” let me be you servant lord give the strength to push this button” I’m tempted to un subscribe from this channel So he believed something that a so called” ex CIA guy said?! More bullshit!

[@gumgumroy1402]

Her natural voice is absolutely perfect for this interview

[@jeulihonodel7626]

hypnotic

[@LH74]

She does have a soothing and calming voice.

[@basketballsteve54]

And she reads her audiobooks magnificently.

[@akula9713]

Part of my service as a Royal Military Policeman going to West Germany in the 1980s, was to assess and plot fallout from tactical nukes. Plot the danger zones. We were considered as expendable. But back then, we had somewhat competent and sane statesman who were trying to de-escalate as much as possible. What is worrying me now is that we don’t. We have incompetent buffoons in control, who are detached from reality.

[@frankclough380]

Not to forget an insane wannabe Czar of All the Russias who has said that a world without Russia is not worth having. I hope that maniac doesn't get his Hitler in the bunker moment.

[@pierevojzola9737]

Hi, I was on “Stand to” during the Cuban missile crisis, kit packed for a one way drop to some obscure East European radar installation. I am surprised that we have managed to miss the bullet for so long! Cheers mate Harera

[@ralphholiman7401]

You have to hope at this point, that Biden's handlers aren't even giving him the real nuclear code card anymore. And, that the officer carrying the football has been told not to let him start a nuclear war accidentally.

[@bdubb5390]

They just do what there told by the banks. Duhh.

[@bdubb5390]

Nukes do not exist. Smh.

[@djice1804]

New Zealand if you want to save yourself 2hrs of time you could spend with your family and friends. Time is short people, everybody wants your attention and making money off it. Not against all things, but this could’ve been a 10 min. Video. Stop worrying about things you cannot control. Just remember there’s a lot of evildoers in the world, bad things will happen to them too, they bleed just like us. Let’s stay united to fight them all.

[@IntegrityMeansAll]

She said in that case the world would be destr. in minutes, so how is she/anyone even thinking about people would have any time left to book a flight, (pack), drive to airport, wait in line, check in, wait some more and be 12+hours on the plane. And why would they not target the air too ? 🤔😢 makes little to no sense

[@Yourmission9]

Explains why all the worlds billionaires have been purchasing land and building bunkers there. At the end of the day if it goes down then I guess that’s what we did as humanity

[@martiendejong8857]

Thanks. I won't go NZ though

[@richardscanlan3419]

@@martiendejong8857 good ,we already have too many immigrants.

[@freebird64535]

New Zealand is the new home of the WEF ,good luck with that one. They own NZ and Australia.

[@didisays]

Wow! Every time I watch these videos, I think “this is the best one” and then I watch another and think the same thing. Thank you for such engaging videos.

[@spiritofanu3112]

I found this interview riveting on so many levels. Lived in Japan at a time when there were more survivors of the bombs. Met a survivor who was blinded as a child in Hiroshima. She gave me some things from soon after the war including a Japanese magazine with horrific pictures. I have kept it all these decades but have only looked at it once. I have walked the halls of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic bomb museums. Life altering. I wish everyone could do this. Will be reading her book. Can I add - she talks with such a peaceful and relaxing cadence. She makes me want to hear more. Even though what she speaks of terrifies me.

[@AndrewHawley]

I’m massively conflicted. Never has such a shocking story being told by such a calming voice. I don’t know whether to scream or sleep.

[@marygee3981]

😊sleep my friend, all is well.

[@jessicamarydubois4370]

Scream first and then sleep 😊

[@lisahayes4391]

😂😂😂😂

[@Mark-dk4ye]

Definitely sleep

[@antispindr8613]

So how is putting you head in the sand going not protect you from a nuclear blast?

[@irah866]

It's strange, she's discussing such a distressing subject, but her voice is so soothing

[@elizabethhorscroft8905]

It’s a lovely voice

[@user-qy8gv4em7b]

U two are sick and in need of mental hospitalisation.. Yo looking at her voice and yet it's a serious situation she is talking of. Oh my. What has the human become

[@user-ur9rh4kc4r]

True

[@irah866]

@@user-qy8gv4em7b Noticing her tone of voice does not indicate that we are not also aware of or listening to the subject matter or note the seriousness of the situation. I'm just pointing out the irony of how someone could talk about something so serious and yet sound so calm. Anyway, is there anything at all that we can do should one person decide to set the ball rolling by pressing a button to destroy the entire Earth?

[@user-qy8gv4em7b]

@@irah866 the end of yo argument is exactly that.. that's most probably why she can talk about it so calm as there's nothing anyone can do...I mean look at the mental state of biden ( or the team that's running America )!

[@TheSMEAC]

Annie’s book “The First Platoon” has been a part of my healing since leaving the Corps and I’m grateful for her❤

[@bjoburn7821]

Thanks Annie Jacobsen We appreciate hearing from you

[@adalsm]

Annie is available for children's parties 🥳

[@yanafridabinaev]

🤣🤣

[@Cheliel31]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@the.bonsai.samurai]

Such a delight 🤣🙂

[@Francesca-yu5cy]

😂😂 & 😢😢

[@hcpiano]

😂😂😂

[@mariar4624]

80 year old Presidents with this kind of power is insane.

[@badtuber1654]

American Nukes dont work, you had the last Nuke tests in the 60's, Russian Nukes on the other hand are primed and ready for full scale war with Nato. Set to Automatic response. They also sold a Sarmat 2 this year to North Korea, the most powerfull Nuke in the world. They have lots. The current world leaders of the west wanting to engage in a war with Russia or China are clinicaly insane. Or living in a world of fantasy where they think they can win.

[@chugzie9415]

Which is why one (1) person does not have the power. Google is your friend 😉 🤗.

[@StaySlept666]

lol male presidents with this power is what makes this inevitable

[@postalpancho]

@@StaySlept666 women aren’t any better. No one should have this power. Not 1, not a group, humans should absolutely not have this power.

[@Gyva02]

Don't worry Jill will just re-direct him to the book of targets when he starts wandering off again...

[@amikailua9504]

Wonderful conversation. Love Annie Jacobsen, her heart, her mind, her humanity, her words, touched me.

[@laniambray8436]

Wow, I was in Japan 2019 before covid pandemic. Nothing struck me more than looking at the melted iron dome in Hiroshima. You can still see the street turned into glass from the extreme heat, twisted metal beam fence next below the epicentre. And while I left the crowd a man standing beside the garden smiled and so I say hello. He and his Mom could be the luckiest survivor in history to what I heard. His mother is pregnant with him sitting under the bridge when the nuclear bomb exploded. I’m struggling to listen, and his mom fell into the river….

[@nickl5658]

Just note the nuclear bombs used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki are small low yield weapons compared to modern nuclear warheads, which as 100 to 1000 time more powerful.

[@theeggtimertictic1136]

I worried about this as a child ... Now I don't. I dont worry about things out of my control. If it happens, it happens.

[@WDLC1911]

You’re part of the problem…

[@princeofdorne7643]

best choice

[@RaefonB]

This is weird, I agree with you both. You can drive yourself insane fretting about this because it's huge and terrifying. But there is a small element of it within our control - whether or not we call on our leaders to approach global conflicts in a way that makes nuclear way less likely, to put checks in place to protect their nuclear warheads from AI interference if possible (new fear opened up for me today by Annie, haha), and for every to reduce the number of warheads they have. Doing your bit might help appease the worry and guilt because at least you tried - after that, it's out of hands, yep.

[@CC-uq4hu]

I realised that this is out of our control…I need to end up in heaven where I live for eternity….the only way there is through Jesus Christ in the bible…not a church or man made religion but read your Bible start in John. Then revelation.❤ I’m not scared I’m look forward to going to heaven and try to get others up there too.❤❤❤don’t worry just get to know Yeshua the Redeemer.

[@NarbsWorldTV]

How about an atomic mouse trap?

[@peterf5318]

My dog is seriously ill, my car has just developed a (probably) very expensive problem and my roof is suddenly in need of a repair. I might not waste my time worrying about these problems and just enjoy the last few months or days before being cooked alive. Thanks to the nice lady for putting things into perspective.

[@Pampilici]

😂

[@stjohnbaby]

I'm right with you,seems every day a new problem,also an expensive car problem,among so many others,I hope your dog gets better,they are such great companions,I have two.I also hope your car problem is solved,you are not alone.

[@holymoly271]

Dog food harming dogs 😢

[@peterf5318]

@@stjohnbaby Thankyou. There’s something so innocent about dogs, it’s heartbreaking when they are sick. 😢

[@peterf5318]

@@holymoly271that’s true. He used to eat the normal poison dog food but now he has natural food only. It’s cheaper to buy good food than to keep visiting the vet.

[@UrbanDIYer]

I didn’t realize how long this interview is. At 41 minutes in I started having flashbacks about my experiences on active duty in the second half of the 1980s. I was involved in that mission. Suicide mission. It gave me nightmares which I still have today. I’ll have to pass on the rest of the interview. People should be required to watch eye opening programs like this. Thank you for your research.

[@FireFly-fn3bj]

The West should try to cooperate with President Putin instead of trying to provoke him. He lost his elder brother in the siege of Leningrad. A small child in a European country, he Died Of Starvation. I have great sympathy for the families of the 27 million Soviet citizens who sacrificed their lives to bring peace to everyone, as did my own father, who was killed in the same war. He was in the RAF, and the Soviet people were our allies then. The politicians of today, in my opinion, have short memories and only seem to remember the Cold War. I'm glad the writer is trying to give. some history lessons to people, as I feel they may need them. I'm sometimes astonished at the things the media come out with, and have to admit to finding myself shouting at the television. So thank you both for doing your bit.

[@formes2388]

Why on earth would the West cooperate with Putin? The guy has used brutal crack downs with massive military force. Political imprisonment. And that is arguably the less terrible acts. Putin can end the war tomorrow. He could have had a cooperative relationship - and built a series of strategic alliances of trade, and military defence development. They could have built a cooperative system that would have seen a growth of prosperity. But Russia was hell bent - the moment Putin took power - of restoring Russian dominance in the region. But if we talk about the Soviets? The Bolsheviks? They were not heroes. They were conquerors. They were enablers of the Nazi's right up until the Nazi's deemed them no longer relevant, and calculated they could open the eastern front. The Soviet meat grinder killed millions because of the style of war they conducted - they could have fortified, entrenched, but instead - they threw warm bodies at the problem. I respect the people that were pushed into poverty, had their rights stolen away, their voices silenced, all while being starved in many cases. The Soviet Union does not deserve respect for what it did. And that is especially true when you look at the millions of needless deaths in the rise of the Bolsheviks; a group that promised equality and fair structured society - but instead, created one of if not the least equitable society that has ever been realized. No, Putin should not be cooperated with. Putin, the Oligarchs, and the members of the KGB successor should find themselves rotting in a soviet-style prison. And if they do not wish that type of fate, they should probably get the hell out of Ukraine.

[@eco_logic]

I stropped watching TV 10 years ago and do my own due diligence on internet and YT. Can't understand anyone who is watching tv still and accepting adds on YT.

[@oremfrien]

The idea that the US is provoking Putin only makes sense if you grant that the nations of the Intermarium (Eastern Europe) don't have any actual autonomy and are Putin's private fief. As soon as the Intermarium actually has independence, they are going to choose to join the American Sphere. That's not provocation by the US; that's failed Russian foreign policy.

[@lkaseru]

How do you see this cooperation? A new appeasement? Take away the right of Ukraine to decide it's own fate? What if he wants NATO members for the sake of this cooperation?

[@savelysavely2483]

Mr P doesn't have problem with Nato, if he did there would be reaction to Sweden and Finland current enter to alliance. There were none reaction. It is a simple war to restore Empire and got back people loyalty by showing "look we have more land, we are reborning ", like one that happened after Crimea seizing (which then dissolve in 3 years) ,.now if he stops - he will be out of power, he is the only person who needs this war to continue to stay in power till his death

[@mamadoubah1597]

“After nuclear wars, the survivors will envy the dead”

[@peredavi]

I won’t envy for long if I’m in the fallout zone.

[@augustusomega4708]

idk, Nag and Hiro are normal cities today, the US bombed the crap out of the nevada desert, Las Vegas thrives there, the poms blasted big holes in Australia but no particular radio active fallout there,...recently De grass Tyson stated controversially that nukes are not radio active...just stay outta cities, you'll be right.

[@jwdory]

What the Biden regime has done to this country already makes me envy the dead.

[@dylanamos1047]

​@jwdory says alot about why putin wants trump to win. For friendship? Nope. For weakness and eventually dominance followed by destruction.

[@adarsh_3007]

@@augustusomega4708well those were different bombs compared to what we have in the modern times

[@elainemarieneis355]

“…envy the dead”.. that statement got me

[@ioioiotu]

.When they go down into the mine, everyone would still be alive. There would be no shocking memories, and the prevailing emotion will be one of nostalgia for those left behind, combined with a spirit of bold curiosity for the adventure ahead!

[@ccc4102]

Imagine ..

[@theeggtimertictic1136]

That's why she said it ... She knows it'll get Christians to buy her book.

[@gofai274]

Yeah death by radiation is worst painful death! Not to mention heat/pressure injustires or dying in ruble and yet ppl that will caught radiation how do you kill yourself? There is no realiable quick way, you will suffer immensely...

[@deladekuza811]

What has Christianity got to do with this? As if if the world war ensues only Christians will die

[@user-en8le3ut9q]

Spread wisdom, spread peace and avoid war

[@ccv3237]

Only prayers, and God can help us not get involved in such destructive World War III.

[@christinewhelan7949]

As teenagers in the UK in the mid-1960s, my then boyfriend, later husband, and I were somehow able to watch the BBC movie The War Game. As a direct result of watching that movie, along with the regular conversations at that time around the Ban the Bomb movement we made a decision that as soon as we were able to we would emigrate from the UK. After considering three Commonwealth countries as possibilities for a future home, we finally decided on New Zealand as our desired destination. A couple of years later, my father was made redundant from his executive role in the UK and a decision was made for my immediate family (parents, sisters and brother) and my single aunt to make the shift to NZ ahead of us. Once my husband completed his degree we did exactly what we had planned to do, and arrived in Auckland, NZ in August 1971. More than 50 years later I can say that at no time have any of us had any regrets about our move. And one of the reasons for that lack of regret is the state of international relations right now. I've only just started listening to this episode, but I have a feeling that as I continue listening I may just hear that we made the right decision. I"ve continued listening and I see that I'm right. I'm so glad that as 17 years of age we were able to see that movie and make a sane decision.

[@Elfrida-ls2mo]

🐑🤖💉

[@lornacallaghan2562]

Have you room for more people

[@householdone7559]

With nuclear winter.... NZ would end up the same as everywhere else in the world. Siberia would probably not be targeted. South Africa, Chile, Zimbabwe... So many places would not be targeted. It's nuclear winter people would need to be worried about. As she says.. Bunkers would only go so far.

[@evertonporter7887]

​@@householdone7559No country will be safe. The global economy will collapse and that will affect the remaining countries that are left. Look at the state of governments in many southern hemisphere countries. In the aftermath of a nuclear war, those remaining nations would fight each other over land and resources. And that's on top of a nuclear winter, widespread famine, disease and radiation sickness.

[@vanhelsing4623]

Man invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse in the world would build a mousetrap. Albert Einstein

[@LucyKelly-of6cu]

​@@LoveforAaronBushnellNo. Thanks to Satan!

[@LucyKelly-of6cu]

Yes. Humans have a lot of crazy species members!

[@OJ-jy2ex]

@@LucyKelly-of6cuyou know where Satan comes from? Religion. You know who believes in Satan? Religious people

[@fractalofgod6324]

​@@LoveforAaronBushnell nope don't blame religion,blame human beings, to blame religion is an abdication of responsibility. The blame lies solely with the power hungry psychopaths that run this world.

[@fractalofgod6324]

Said the man that helped build the monster.

[@pdz-pk4od]

If it happens, I want to be at ground zero. At 83 and an immigrant from Europe, the knowledge of the horrors of war is part of my psyche. You podcasts are fabulous. I am learning much. You got me hooked with the breath of knowledge and diversity of your guests.

[@ycanimedia9320]

Enter the hypersonic missile stage

[@stevelauda5435]

I too am first generation Polish, both my parents lived through the war mom a civilian a d dad, a soldier. When I was 15 I asked my parents, relatives and friends of my parents this question. If you knew on the first day of the war that you would live through WW2 and go on with regular lives afterwards would you choose to live through the war or, die the first day from a nuclear blast. Every single one of them said they would choose to die on day one. Not a single one amongst them said live. Something to think about and I asked 16 of them.

[@josephtobin3347]

Ground zero is small. You and most people would probably live through a climate interface attack. Even in an all out nuclear war, your chances of going quick are small. I suggest you avoid slow death from starvation or radiation exposure by making preparations to survive initial hostilities and the chaos sure to follow. If you do this as part of a group, your chances of survival rise exponentially.

[@pdz-pk4od]

@@josephtobin3347 Granted. But who wants to live in such a world? Not me. I am very sorry for the coming generations.

[@pdz-pk4od]

@@ycanimedia9320 Hypersonic = speedy attempts at destroying the planet. Fortunately, after our species is reduced to starting from scratch (if it survives) the earth will heal.

[@patriciagonzalez6903]

So scary!There is no place to hide away! Let's pray for deliverance from any kind of nuclear war. Thank God for delivering us from the devastation of any nuclear or any other kind of world war. Amen!

[@timoteo4951]

A filipino 🇵🇭 subscriber here .watching from ibiza, spain 🇪🇸

[@syntheticsoneindependentam9939]

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

[@kingkarlo9587]

And if you read this verse from the Geneva Bible it adds, the worldly governors, those princes of darkness

[@aftrdrk7263]

The bible also states that God will step in before mankind destroys the earth.

[@SacredOwl]

Correct translation says it's the archons

[@watalooboy50]

May God the Almighty protect us all. For the world is full of wickedness in high places. We are getting to the days when God may say, enough is enough you humans. Time's up !!!!

[@nevbaker7642]

Is that you Kevin Coupland?

[@jasonsousa4522]

I researched many articles and 5 billion is the estimated loss of lives but never thought it would be in 72 minutes. That is scary

[@retireorbust]

That's not accurate.

[@sherirottweilersforever7772]

The Bible says Mystery Babylon is destroyed by fire in one hour. The USA is mystery Babylon( nation of immigrants with no borders.)

[@SkipperSurfReview]

I couldn’t sleep last night after watching this incredible episode.

[@sophie9951]

I really like your interviews u pick the right people and ask the right questions. Very educational and informative 👏👏👏👍

[@markelliott6112]

As someone who is watching this from my home in New Zealand, I'm not sure if I'm comforted or depressed listening to this. If this ever happened, we certainly wouldn't be tending our crops with any sense of joy.

[@creative45630]

Think what a beautiful world you could create though. After you grieve, build something great

[@thinkinoutloud.1]

I wonder if a nuclear weapon could trigger some nasty earthquakes to lands far off

[@babymammoth6254]

We don’t have any crops here. It’s all meat and dairy, and off the charts expensive

[@craigpaterson4463]

We would have to fight off the waves of survivors from other countries… so I suspect we would die by conventional weapons…

[@sandykerr3872]

Did you think it would be cool to have seen Steven in the street in New Zealand and just say "Kia ora Steven" and keep on walking? That was my main thought during this postcast. The rest was mostly about nuclear war - too boring to pay attention to (yes, before anyone says it, I am a totally terrible person) 😂😂

[@novosome6795]

Her calmness and clarity of thought and expression is exceptional. I will attend any class she teaches..

[@pelly8830]

What is remarkable is that she slants her narrative against Republicans by mentioning Nixon and Trump as likely risks. And she fails to mention Clinton losing the nuclear codes in a sportcoat that was send to the cleaners.

[@bayoubabe6698]

I felt her calmness and recognized her incredible clarity of thought. She absolutely knows what she’s saying and yet some of those things are horrible and tragic. At least I’m not ruminating about the topic. I learned so much from this interview…success again☺️

[@mulugetamazengia3716]

I believe disarmament all nuclear weapons and elements and forbidden who have nuclear weapons!

[@netizencapet]

If you have nothing to say, it's easy to be calm and clear. Everything she said is common knowledge. The masses confuse a pleasant manner w/ education.

[@AkilezNewEngland]

Proud Prophet was a war game played by the United States that began on June 20, 1983, and was designed by Thomas Schelling. The simulation was played in real time during the Cold War. The movie War Games. It was released in U.S. theaters on 3 June 1983. How Ironic.

[@headonz]

As a New Zealand-er the notion that life would go on here after a full nuclear exchange in the northern hemisphere is ridiculous. The lucky humans will die in the first few seconds of a direct hit and the rest of us will die an agonizing slow death within the next 20 - 30yrs no matter where you are.

[@joyatodd]

'Was he happy'. I think the older you are, 'happy' becomes less important than deep contentment. Growing old is about appreciating the reasons and solutions chosen over a lifetime. Trying to live well, accepting that mistakes are made, that you're not always in control and do the best you can in the circumstances. There are a lot of past decisions that you have to be comfortable with.

[@cedarkennedy9395]

I had an elderly patient years ago who survived the bombing of Nagasaki. She told me what she experienced. I needed counseling after working with. It was difficult for many years, to carry what she told me.

[@petedetects7012]

Really! You needed counseling....

[@Frankie-lx7bh]

Why not share the story with us? Maybe it will help you!

[@cedarkennedy9395]

@@Frankie-lx7bh Twice in my 20 year career as a clinician, I've heard stories from patients that were so awful, I had to unload them on someone else because I couldn't bear it alone and needed someone to share the burden. That was one of them. But I feel guilty for putting it on someone else. I certainly won't put it out on the Internet. Suffice it to say, it was years ago and I still remember parts of it, despite trying to forget. Her story and the story of other survivors is simply not something humans should have to endure.

[@bluegixxer1k]

You and people like you is the reason why the western world will fall. Needed counseling because of a story. Jesus Christ.

[@carol89589]

NMRK 🎉

[@martinbisschoff988]

The war....with NO WINNERS. Fascinating stuff.

[@huiqinjinxi4514]

Subscribed. Nicely done without involving too much of geopolitical aspects and it makes me want to go back to the era when we didn't know there were other countries' existing.

[@tmanning6829]

Im so pleased you mentioned 'the day after" Im in Australia - and we watched it in a school assembly as a compulsory thing in 1983. We walked out of the assembly hall either in tears or stunned silence and the school population was in shock for weeks. It has stayed with me, and my high schoolmates to this date.

[@3TNT3]

Hight schoolmates?????

[@Indrid__Cold]

Thet SHOULD have made you watch "Threads." That's what REAL nuclear war would be like. The Day After is for pussies.

[@roberthealey6820]

Exactly the same experience for me, but in South Africa

[@JCHarris-iu6my]

@@3TNT3 it was a typographical error

[@david.a.i]

Yes, I also watched it in the 80s as a young teenager. I was petrified and it bothered me for many years after.

[@tomcatmeow69]

Once in a while a podcast really hits the spot. This one was it for me! I am Sooooo glad as an owner/ manufacturer of electrical wire harnesses I turned down, and basically kicked the buyer off of my quotation list, who was working at Raytheon. He kept bugging me several times over the year, to help them make guidance system wiring, for their military products. At the time I was the only company that owned special tooling that could make the harnesses necessary that they required. I was even threatened by the buyer about Raytheon clout. I can now know that nothing I made to my knowledge has killed another human. I knew it was wrong back then to play a part in the build for a weapon of mass destruction, and this podcast has confirmed my decision as right, when I decided to not help back in the late 1990's .

[@Tyiion]

That must be a great feeling.

[@Rdenham1976]

You still pay taxes right so you are supporting weapons that can & will kill people don't Pat yourself on the back because of your high-minded business practices.

[@Tyiion]

@@Rdenham1976 High minded business practices? Not supporting the killing machine is “high minded?” I bet you think investors that choose how they spend their own money and pull money out of funds with questionable defense stocks are just being “high minded” too. Think whatever you want. We do not have to do business or invest in any way that you or any government wants.

[@tomcatmeow69]

@@Rdenham1976 ah but I'm Canadian so I don't pay taxes to a war mongering gov.

[@leolee1959]

I would love to be proven wrong - but you sound like most Americans - conceited in your humility. I'll freely admit - I roll my eyes at the sight of any, ANY American and when you guys say anything; it's enough to make me throw up. Germans AND Germany were castigated and bear the ignobility for butchering 6 million Jews. Americans and USA would in the not too distant future; be tried for the crimes of American Corporations, Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed-martin, CNN, Fox News, CitiBank, AIA, Google, Microsoft, etc, etc. On the subject of nuclear war; do you know why the Annie Jacobsons and so-called 'EXPERTS' crow 24/7 about America's nuclear might ? Because USA is completely surrounded by non nuclear-armed neighbors who are not in any position to retaliate when radio-active isotopes from an adversary's nuclear strike on US soil, blows into their territory. Whereas, EVERY nuclear-armed adversary of USA has a NATO neighbor, or a US pet-dog like in Japan or South Korea; where a nuclear retaliatory strike by US would bring howls of distress when the radio-active isotopes waft over. Enjoy that America.

[@feralkid1879]

Been hanging this over my head since kindergarten. Age 5, school had us crouching in the hall, doing drills. Just gimme time to grab a lawn chair and a cold drink. Beyond that, I'm done with it.

[@PowerPlay1]

Splashed across your screen is: "If nuclear war starts, go to this country", so how do you propose we get there, when every airline would be grounded or destroyed and the country you are leaving is already on fire, ten minutes after the start of explosions?

[@pmcgowanp]

🎯🎯🎯

[@josied3946]

This was one of the best podcast episodes I have ever seen. It was so powerful,heartfelt and heartbreaking all at the same time. If only there was no wars this world would be a more peaceful and safer place. "Knowledge is power."

[@kiette]

As someone in the US who is solidly GenX and was subjected to a Cold War education, I remember in my lifetime having that sword dangling over everyone’s heads, that current of societal anxiety running under everything, and I remember the optimism of the 90s when it seemed like all that was going away. Surprise! Things have gotten even less stable and more dangerous, and leaders are actually talking about using nuclear weapons instead of repeating the mutually assured destruction line. WTAF.

[@sharr630]

Yep. Same. This video is obviously mostly for the millennial crowd that missed out on the nuclear education and history that was hammered into our heads as kids.

[@arg888]

I was thinking the same. We have 2 whole generations of people who don't know the implications of their use. This is terrifying.

[@JennyThePhilosopher]

As a fellow Gen-Xer, I have a diary I kept in the 6th grade in which I would estimate how many days were left before the world ended. In the 4th grade (1979), our teacher asked us to draw a picture of the year 2000, and many of us drew post-apocalyptic scenes. Today, people aren't scared enough. We should keep trying every day for peace talks with Russia over Ukraine, even though Putin is nuts and terrible.

[@JCHarris-iu6my]

Right?!

[@theresekirkpatrick3337]

Same 😢 hope it’s quick. Citizens are unstable and leaders are worse. We’re screwed 🤔🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Gymandjuice_it]

I can’t believe I wasn’t subscribed, I love your content! Thank you for sharing such valuable content.

[@lh3428]

I’ll take your advice! When nuclear at starts, I’ll schedule an airline flight and travel within 72 minutes. Thanks.

[@gousseca]

I have remembered seeing this movie in the 1980’s “ The Day After “ now I’m in my 57 years old Ever since as the young age, my mind has changed. I would recommend people to go and see this movie, if is still around, they will understand better what Mrs. Annie Jacabsen talking about and their souls would understand better….😢😢😢

[@rach5516]

That film terrified me. It is on you tube

[@nemanjastankovic4439]

Pretty good movie but real thing would be even worst. Lots of accurate details like car batteries not working when thermo-nuclear warhead goes off but in reality if you were that close so you can see it aftershock would blow you away with a truck full of cement.

[@DennisMoore664]

55 and I grew up very aware of how f*cked we'd be if there was a full-scale nuclear war. I'm kind of surprised that so many people don't seem to already know all of this information.

[@melissaakey4631]

I grew up near the silos in that movie. My hometown. Nightmares for years and decades after watching.

[@jasonblack7503]

Try watching threads, it's far worse.

[@-SleepyNurse-]

I have returned and watched this 4 times now. This woman is amazingly knowledgeable and her calm voice commands attention. Best interview I believe I have ever watched. Learned so much.

[@grazynkatodisco4916]

She’s wrong about crucial issues. One person is NOT in power to push the button.!!! It’s not true!!! She is misinformed. It’s a pity to confuse ppl out there. 🙈

[@grazynkatodisco4916]

I can’t listen to her , because I can’t believe how wrong she got in the beginning… of her interview.

[@sangeet9100]

I'm skeptical about whatever she was told to be 100% factual; she herself admitted that MIC and related establishments using reporters to deceive the mass

[@jeulihonodel7626]

hypnotic

[@JCHarris-iu6my]

She also writes books about UFO’s and Bigfoot she is good at dropping buzzwords and acronyms you will get just as much info watching Leslie still on 60 minutes talking about how nuclear weapons there are also these places called libraries where you can borrow these things called books that discuss this topic her books are full of un substantiated statements and stuff that was plagiarized from other people

[@kalaphonic6]

First time i saw ur podcast,thank you for this very interesting interview!👍 I clicked subscribe button ✅

[@TheNakedWombat]

An excellent interview. Thank you.

[@teapot6711]

Love how all the kiwis think they're safe, hello people wake up, the fall out would find you eventually! We all live in one world TOGETHER. We need to disperse the responsibility of allowing these men so much control!! We need to go back to the round tables instead of all the power given to one person. This level of responsibility should be shared around the table.

[@veronicazeltzer9657]

We Australians have more chances for longer suffering as well 🤣🤣🤣

[@theimprovementsguy8871]

The dust clouds would block the sun for years

[@stevenbond1410]

Surely the sun would be blocked and a nuclear winter would mean nowhere is safe and no one can survive.

[@shekina2794]

I can assure you we kiwis do not feel safe, and we also advocate for decentralization.

[@user-zb1yy2xm9v]

Living in NZ is not all milk and honey....

[@herasmarket]

We were living in Hawaii when we got a message on our phone around 6am that a nuclear bomb was headed our way. I woke our room mate up and made a pot of coffee and we sat in our living room talking. They said we had 15 minutes to get out. Well what can you do in 15 minutes? They said it was a false alarm we think it was intercepted.

[@Antoniazziluca1]

Hear what she said: "It only takes seconds,people who survive live underground and they envy the dead"

[@ijuoveronica6335]

That word hit me hard 😭😭.

[@JKART-do5jc]

It’s very concerning that men of power may not have the capacity for empathy and compassion that it takes to assist mankind in surviving. The enormity of these weapons and their existence has always been a sign of man’s mental incapacity. If man had a capacity of knowledge for life and our beautiful world that exists for us, these weapons would never even be considered. Humans have become so ill of mind and needs a great healing.

[@tanksmakau7672]

Brilliant comment

[@regnorse]

all we need to do is finesse those with little to no prefrontal cortex out of positions of power. this putin regime are still imbued with the horrors they endured thru the 1940's. they shouldnt be running anything more complex than a car wash. we've been pandering to them for 20 years instead of schooling them out of those positions

[@IAVAIN]

What a way to start the week

[@cocogemini6623]

😂😢

[@voice2skull.]

It starts and ends? Where?

[@SebastienDubal]

as long as we don't end the week like this

[@springgee9763]

Thank you for a very interesting interview.

[@user-mu5xy9nr8d]

You know I spend my time trying not to look at this because we feel there’s nothing we can do. We live in a bubble where we kid ourselves that this will never happen but it can. I live next to a nuclear power station & I guess the end would instantaneous but I cry for the young who lives have not have lived as mine & would have to endure the crap that the selfish have delivered.

[@alinejoyce77]

I’ve been watching this show for a while, and haven’t been as transfixed, empathetic, and emotionally connected as this episode. Partly because seeing Steve be lost for words, and seeing Annie Jacobson be near tears - shows the humanity that’s so deeply needed at this time. My current work is on fallen civilisations, including the possibilities of our own downfall. I hope this episode is watched far and wide, and people face the realities of power and of turning away. Thank you for you work Steve Bartlett. Please do more like this.

[@EKSKE]

You study fallen societies?

[@mamamememoo]

Would love to hear you share more about what you major in to. What an interesting field of study.

[@someotherguy653]

yea i also went looking for answers in the past.. who were the sea people... most importantly tho is who disabled the pyrimyds ... the incription left in the bosnian pyrymid says something about a stargate ... but still who and why ... our answers for now are likly in the past

[@plakey2001]

I can't find a fascinating youtube series I watched 10 or so years ago from 2 british researchers that looked into the markers of civilisations that decline. I can't remember all the details but I remember 2 markers seems to be - family dynamics changing - where children's needs take priority over parents, and birth rates

[@mphomathabathe8558]

@@plakey2001same, if you do find it please drop the link here 🙏🏽

[@AntoineTroupe]

This interview should win an award.

[@theflaca]

Yeah for more "Get Trump" propaganda. No mention of Biden.

[@user-hp9tv3vq5v]

😂

[@yyxy.oncesaid]

Award it one then, don't wait for someone else to do it.Your the one that thinks it should win one after all, right?

[@AntoineTroupe]

@@yyxy.oncesaid lol WHAT???

[@MoniqueangeliqueLumpkin]

NUCLEAR IS ABURSD, GOD WON'T LET IT HAPPEN.

[@mtv3234]

Thanks for the timestamps.

[@arthurwatts1680]

I've been to NZ in Winter - I'll take my chances up here in the Tropics. The sunsets are already spectacular - the final sunset will be epic.

[@debrajacobs434]

We survive just fine here in the deep south of NZ, will be better off than most.

[@ryanGevans]

@@debrajacobs434 SSSSSHHHHHHOOOOSH! Just keep telling them to watch out for the Tanewha and we'll remind them of all the snakes and spiders. 🙂

[@vivrelavie9237]

After watching this I’m so happy I’m moving to New Zealand this month. She has such a calming and soothing voice delivering some truly scary shit.

[@lc8119]

I love her voice. Her content is scary.

[@gray100]

Yeah...I've never took such joy at such a beautiful calm voice telling me we are all F-ed 😂

[@TarrelScot]

Maybe she should be recruited to re-record the "This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons" message.

[@juliawigger9796]

New Zealand ? Wow one of the most woke globalist countries! 😳

[@jacobsmith818]

Take me 🙏 I'll work for food and shelter

[@weightsandgames5051]

I believe the movie the day after is a accurate depiction of what nuke war would look like

[@lurin971]

Hence, The Grateful Dead.

[@pncicitap2519]

If I understand Ms. Jacobsen's explanation of how ballistic missiles launched from a submarine get to their target, she is saying that the missiles are equipped with a "one thousand points of light" guiding system.

[@user-md4zr4xo5h]

We need this conversation, and thank you.

[@Rdenham1976]

This should have been titled nuclear war for dummies the level of conversation was simplistic in the extreme

[@mydogskips2]

We need this conversation... really, why? I mean, what did she say that you didn't already know? Not to mention the fact that none of us "ordinary citizens," civilians, can do anything about it, we have ZERO influence or control over the way a nuclear war would unfold, ZERO. And more than that, what did she actually say beyond that if an all-out nuclear war breaks out, we're basically all f'cked and are going to die and there's not a damn thing any of us can do about it?

[@0Logan05]

The left is a Societal Cancer

[@RobertJohnson-bj5lk]

@@mydogskips2. Prevention, prevention, prevention. The only thing we American civilians can do is Never elect a hot headed psychotic narcissist who spends all of his time shouting and tweeting Hatred towards everything and everybody.

[@tobydrury9122]

Annie is someone very special. Incredibly balanced, thoughtful, intelligent and fluent with her words. I'm very impressed. ❤

[@churblefurbles]

Conventional narrative, journo politics bleeding through, very thin content.

[@carlosvasquez9890]

Still....5 billion dead in 70 minutes is just dumb.

[@deenapalmer9258]

Yes, totally agree. Her voice very calm.

[@claydiddy63able]

I cant stand her voice.

[@ScandalUK]

@@deenapalmer9258 she could read anything to send me to sleep - great voice lol

[@Scuppun]

One other thing.... watch the film "On the Beach". There are two versions. One with Gregory Peck and one in the 90s with Bryan Brown. Set in Australia after nuclear war. Sums it all up.

[@user-en8le3ut9q]

Done subscribing. Thanks for sharing it

[@TheMachinery.]

Superb, I've watched all of Annie's podcast appearances since the release of her book and this was by far the most extensive. Well done.

[@bobpuppy9936]

I've got to say, the smoke coming out of that cup combined with the sound of her voice is so calming and chilling.

[@dylshkibab]

Steam.

[@theflaca]

Stop worrying. All these writers are trying everything to sell a book. I'm seeing through all this. You should too.

[@TheJordanK]

@@theflacawtf does that even mean 😂

[@Karlos.xx.travels]

​@@theflaca so therefore we should ignore all books ? 😂 honestly mate, give your head a good wobble

[@User-jr7vf]

@@theflaca agreed

[@janetwalmsley-heron]

I only prayed about this event today on my channel. Oh my goodness Janet Walmsley-Heron now this is in front of me how weird for me. Thank you for the Truth I already knew it my heart😮😢

[@littlecat677]

Just thinking one is willing to slain billions of people for his/her cause, absolutely making me sick. No country is entitled to such power. This planet is too small for our ego, greed and lust for power.

[@ijuoveronica6335]

Exactly my thoughts, the world full with evil leaders that doesn't give a fuck about us

[@jacks9624]

Thumbnail: "If nuclear war starts, go to this country!" LoL, if it starts, it will be over in a few sec, and no one needs "to go" to any country, we'll all be gone already...

[@a64738]

Yes if it starts it is to late to go anywhere and you will most likely have to stay where you are for a long time ...

[@Gengingen]

How do you “go” to any country oceans apart given the dire circumstances anticipated? Is that a cruel joke?

[@josephtobin3347]

We’ll be stuck in place, but we won’t all be “gone.” Research the facts over the propaganda.

[@MaxTooney]

Agree completely, lol -- I wouldn't even be able to get OUT of the country before it was too late. I believe I'd rather die at home anyway.

[@iamskaars]

Perfect video for a Monday morning 💀

[@JCHarris-iu6my]

🧨⏰

[@Ghost-airlines]

😂

[@reqontra]

I watched the first 58 minutes with great interest. But when she said the US does not possess ICBMs having a range enough to reach North Korea in any other way than to fly over Russia from the north, I just had to make a pause. Plus some other earlier inaccuracies, as well as the story about how to keep the president alive. Confirming she's a journalist, not an engineer, not having sufficient knowledge of the subject matter. Although the book is quite certainly an eye-opener, I'd stick with a rocket scientist (e.g. one professor from Serbia) for hard facts and concepts. I'll now try to watch it till the end...

[@Bizguy1217]

It is the same thing as if two old men were standing in a room of powder kegs, each holding a set of matches. If one lights his match, the other must do so as well. The number of kegs each one has won’t matter. Which side “wins” won’t matter. That’s what we call “deterrence”. That is very unsettling. Very disturbing. Very scary, every moment.

[@jeffscott4757]

Fantastic interview. As a veteran, I am extremely impressed with the quality, honesty and depth of both dialogues in this conversation, especially given the subject matter. I wish that everyone could, and would, take time to listen to this episode. Also, I sincerely hope that Mrs. Jacobson’s book would become a quick “Best Seller”. …As an NBCS (Nuclear-Biological-Chemical Defense Specialist) with the Army, this subject, from a twenty twenty hind-sight, for me, is one in which I believe it is absolutely critically crucial that the truth be absolutely told to the world. I admire the courage of both of you for your rolls in doing just that. Thank you both very much. ❤️

[@mamamememoo]

I hope someday they interview you so we too can glean from your knowledge and experiences.

[@TehDawg]

@@mamamememoois he a chess veteran?

[@djholliday5132]

Suuuure.

[@DenyseLRoss]

🤣👋🏻

[@jesspixie589]

Well you didn't stop bio weapons being injected into peoples arms so nil points there.Most Vets would be fighting thier own Gov's by now, if they had brains & were actually patriots.

[@flexllc839]

You need to translate this book into Russian, Chinese, Arabic and Korean Languages. These peoples must know and understand this problem

[@janlanik2660]

Like Kim is going to let his people read it, sure 👍 Also, they don’t speak Arabic in Iran nor in Pakistan

[@peteseed5383]

They do. That is why the USA is the only country using them as an attack threat to the world. Every other countries policy is to only use as defense against attack.

[@janlanik2660]

@@peteseed5383 Are you serious? Russians discuss destroying London, Paris and Washington regularly on their TV. Former president Medvedev almost doesn’t do anything else than issuing nuclear threats. And Putin chips in too now and then.

[@rzlb5]

The who really need to understand is the US and Israel. They are the one who want WW3 so that Israel can get what they want. Fullstop.

[@watalooboy50]

But what about the country that denies having a "Weapon of Terror", like Israel????

[@LourensKeyser]

The sound of my youth.. we killed the second album. Still love it to this day. Also the best live performance i experienced was them live at Sun City 2001

[@gavinbrinck]

always loving the show. i've thought Australia could be the place in case of asteroid/sever volcanic activity; interesting to see this validated. *peace*

[@texaslovelylady]

Who is the president MATTERS! I chose the President who had No wars started and two stopped by negotiations. 🇺🇲

[@MissRed92837]

Everyone knows Trump is the threat to humanity. He’s a dangerous delusional sick individual. The whole world is afraid the Americans will vote for him.

[@badtuber1654]

Trumpito

[@elizabethdg]

Trump

[@user-vw3hd4fr7x]

The Trump

[@jw4302]

MAGA!

[@shourov4637]

Her voice is soooo soothing. I almost fall asleep 😅

[@silkbuttons]

lol, falling asleep to the soothing sounds of nuclear warfare…..

[@kokoskokso]

She's got the late night radio host voice, like Chris Voss. Should read fairytales for kids or something.

[@ghs7714]

I fell asleep listening to her. My bf fingered me a si was still sleeping

[@SebastienDubal]

but kind of spooky at the same time...

[@livingintheforest3963]

Her voice is beautiful!!!

[@AUNZAnon]

Australia (Tasmania) and NZ would be the best places to buy yourself time, but eventually nuclear fallout would reach everyone. I think the 2000 film 'On the Beach' portrays the scenario very well.

[@sr5461]

Absolutely brilliant conversation with two very curious, informed and powerful people! Really enjoyed listening to this and learning a lot of new information about nuclear war. Thanks so much for this!

[@darrellturner560]

Funny how right at the end Stephen says people will avoid watching this podcast because of the subject matter, when I was thinking it is one of, if not the best podcasts I have had the pleasure of watching. Thank you DOAC team brilliant work.

[@fleurelise997]

When i was a teenager i saw The Day After and Threads and suffered nightmares for weeks. As a youth, i was obsessed with the idea that there could be some place i could go hide from the fallout with my loved ones. All these years later, I've realised that, as it's one planet, there's NO place on Earth that wouldn't be affected by nuclear war. That we still believe survival as a species is possible is so absurd.

[@nicholjackson8388]

Thanks!

[@douglasreynolds-op1no]

Wow! Thank you for this!

[@maxhirsch7035]

Although Jacobsen claims that her research suggests it's exceedingly unlikely that someone in the chain of command would not disobey orders/training re. nuclear launch protocols, there's several notable historical exceptions to this prediction 0 the case of Stanislav Petrov- Officer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, noted for not executing a nuclear strike during a nuclear false alarm incident (in 1983). And Jacobsen mentions the situation with Bill Perry, forrmer Secty of Defense; and also during Cuban Missile Crisis, on a Soviet sub near Cuba involving Vasily Arkhipov. so while the scenario is quite grim, there have been a few times s far that the urge to launch was resisted by at least one critical individual.But such luck cannot be guaranteed to continue.

[@christopherg2218]

Also notable that both occurred in other countries. Andrew Bustamante recently spoke about how missileers in the US don't know if they are participating in a test or a real launch.

[@julietthomas7810]

Perhaps not possible with more and more actions being handled by “ Artificial Intelligence” weapons systems are already under some automation or a.I. driven systems…sooo, live your best life and treat others as you want to be treated whenever you cross paths. What more can the masses do? Assembly, protest, voting, ..what? What works now? Without punishment? We don’t even know what info is real anymore..we don’t! Who is responsible for that? Why? Why? Who benefits from all this? Who? And Why?

[@NahashonF.W.Gicheha-wb7ou]

As mentioned above, I believe that the drills are designed not only for readiness but also "jamming" the guys in charge of firing...they wouldn't know if it's a drill or true

[@Druze_Tito]

Crucial - as long as the truth is spilled out to the whole world, one never knows when and if the right person will get that truth and make the right decision. I have hope in the humane side of humanity.

[@mirandela777]

You forgot to mention the junkies addicted to coke found on US nuke boats...

[@Juttargoe]

Her voice takes away the utter terror of it. I almost wish she would utter world ending prophecies in my ear as I fall asleep at night lol

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

You got the Bible for that!

[@ImmortalExplorer]

Lol, innit. 'Anne, please sit beside me and list the symptoms of Ebola as I drift off.'

[@Juttargoe]

@@Peekaboo-Kitty I’m a Christian so that doesn’t work for me lol but if you were to say the Quran then yea

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

@@Juttargoe What do you mean the Bible doesn't work for you because you're a Christian? I don't get it.

[@alignmentcoaching1635]

😂😂

[@sophiagertz1083]

Remember the movie On the Beach? I’ll never forget it. I was a child the first time I saw it.

[@nolajeason6265]

Don't worry about something you can't control! I can't avoid it if it happens.

[@chennafernhout3851]

Thanks Steven and Annie, after all my you tube surfing for decades, this must be the top interview I have had the privilege to experience. Good to know there are still amazing, honest people with so much integrity like both of you. Positive and hopeful❤

[@LiLMissWooWoo]

You weren’t kidding when you said you’d start expanding and leveling up on the guests you’d have. This conversation was incredible, massively informative and important to hear. Even with all of this info, I’m still optimistic our species will find our way out of all of this nuclear threat mess intact. Thanks for the convo ❤️

[@MissRed92837]

As long as the Americans don’t give Trump any power anymore, we should be fine. The entire world is afraid dangerous sick Trump will be the one starting a nuclear war. He’s a sick individual and will take us all down.

[@MrGreggles77]

This has made me feel very sad. Surely this outcome is inevitable at some point in our future. Now listening to beautiful soulful music to connect me with the beauty in the world today.

[@laurie8857]

Im from New Zealand.. its not comforting to think I would survive... imagine the fallout 😢

[@anaaropot]

One of the best podcast so far… I didn’t know how much I dint know until listening to it. A true eye opener …

[@debshipman4697]

Yep extreme fear mongering is so enlightening.

[@rdsc.455]

​@@debshipman4697 Tour Hiroshima, Nagasaki and various testing sites you may find all this as reality or just fear mongering.