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Reigniting the Nuclear Arms Race: Fat Man, Little Boy, and Donald Trump
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Air Date 11/7/2025
The most dangerous part of nuclear weapons has always been the people in charge of them. As we potentially enter a new arms race, some of the worst people in the world are in charge of the vast majority of nuclear weapons.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: Will Trump Spark a New Nuclear Arms Race - TLDR News Global - Air Date 11-9-25
KP 2: A History of the Doomsday Clock in 4 Minutes - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - Air Date 1-30-24
KP 4: Voices of Hiroshima - Scene On Radio - Air Date 8-6-25
KP 5: Marshall Islands: Paradise Interrupted Part 1 - At the Brink - Air Date 12-5-23
(00:44:32) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the morality of facts we don't question
DEEPER DIVES
(00:56:09) SECTION A: CONSTANT PERIL
(01:22:44) SECTION B: THE NEW ARMS RACE, WORSE THAN THE FIRST
(02:05:41) SECTION C: THE DETERRENCE MYTH
(02:44:12) SECTION D: THE AFTERMATH 80 YEARS LATER
SHOW IMAGE CREDITS
Description: Image of a president's hand reaching out to press a big red button.
Credit: "war-nuclear-war" by geralt, Pixabay | Pixabay license
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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