Annie Jacobsen is an investigative journalist and author of “Nuclear War: A Scenario” and many other books on war, weapons, government secrecy, and national security. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
– HiddenLayer: https://hiddenlayer.com/lex
– BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off
– Policygenius: https://policygenius.com/lex
– NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour
Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/annie-jacobsen-transcript
EPISODE LINKS:
Nuclear War: A Scenario (book): https://amzn.to/3THZHfr
Annie’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/anniejacobsen
Annie’s Website: https://anniejacobsen.com/
Annie’s Books: https://amzn.to/3TGWyMJ
Annie’s Books (audio): https://adbl.co/49ZnI7c
PODCAST INFO:
Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8
RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/
YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman
YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips
SUPPORT & CONNECT:
– Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast
– Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman
– Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman
– Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman
– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman
– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman
– Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman
OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(07:37) – Nuclear war
(12:21) – Launch procedure
(18:00) – Deterrence
(21:34) – Tactical nukes
(30:59) – Nuclear submarines
(33:59) – Nuclear missiles
(41:10) – Nuclear football
(50:17) – Missile interceptor system
(54:34) – North Korea
(1:01:10) – Nuclear war scenarios
(1:10:02) – Warmongers
(1:14:31) – President’s cognitive ability
(1:20:43) – Refusing orders
(1:28:41) – Russia and Putin
(1:33:48) – Cyberattack
(1:35:09) – Ground zero of nuclear war
(1:39:48) – Surviving nuclear war
(1:44:06) – Nuclear winter
(1:54:29) – Alien civilizations
(2:00:04) – Extrasensory perception
(2:13:50) – Area 51
(2:17:48) – UFOs and aliens
(2:28:15) – Roswell incident
(2:34:55) – CIA assassinations
(2:53:47) – Navalny
(2:56:12) – KGB
(3:02:48) – Hitler and the atomic bomb
(3:06:52) – War and human nature
(3:10:17) – Hope
#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens
#427 – Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset
#426 – Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs
#425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones
#424 – Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame
#423 – Tulsi Gabbard: War, Politics, and the Military Industrial Complex
#422 – Mark Cuban: Shark Tank, DEI & Wokeism Debate, Elon Musk, Politics & Drugs
#421 – Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck
#419 – Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI
#418 – Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris
#417 – Kimbal Musk: The Art of Cooking, Tesla, SpaceX, Zip2, and Family
#416 – Yann Lecun: Meta AI, Open Source, Limits of LLMs, AGI & the Future of AI
#415 – Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War
#414 – Tucker Carlson: Putin, Navalny, Trump, CIA, NSA, War, Politics & Freedom
#413 – Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech
#412 – Marc Raibert: Boston Dynamics and the Future of Robotics
#411 – Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam
#410 – Ben Shapiro vs Destiny Debate: Politics, Jan 6, Israel, Ukraine & Wokeism
#409 – Matthew Cox: FBI Most Wanted Con Man – $55 Million in Bank Fraud
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Making Sense with Sam Harris
TigerBelly
The Journal.
Human Events Daily with Jack Posobiec
Huberman Lab