{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/3dd76634-7b1c-45c2-a9cf-2f6f96d4e0b4/65f853b1704a7800163dcb5b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Nuclear War and Imagining the Unimaginable ","description":"<p>The U.S. is <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-the-1-5-trillion-nuclear-weapons-program-youve-never-heard-of/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">spending $2 trillion</a> to overhaul its nuclear weapons. China is building <a href=\"https://fas.org/publication/a-closer-look-at-chinas-missile-silo-construction/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ICBM silos</a> in the desert. Russia has spent the last ten years talking about its <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/russias-new-nuclear-missiles-squeeze-response-time/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">fancy new</a> nukes. After decades of drawdown, the world’s great powers are reversing course and rebuilding their nuclear arsenals. We have forgotten the power and terror of these weapons.</p><p><br></p><p>W.J. Hennigan of <em>The New York Times</em> wants the world to remember.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>On this episode of Angry Planet, Hennigan discusses the <em>Time’s</em> new series: <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/07/opinion/nuclear-weapons-nytimes.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">At the Brink</a>. He’s spent the last year interviewing experts about the threat of nuclear war. His reporting asks its reader to imagine the unimaginable.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/07/opinion/nuclear-weapons-nytimes.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nuclear War Is Called Unimaginable. In Fact, It’s Not Imagined Enough.</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/07/opinion/nuclear-weapons-nytimes.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How America Made Nuclear War the President's Decision</a></p>","author_name":"Matthew Gault and Jason Fields"}