Behind the Bastards

Part Four: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

ICBMs made it possible to end the world in 15 minutes or less. Robert tells Margaret about the nightmarishly incompetent first draft of the Minuteman, a nuclear weapons system almost perfectly designed to end the world on accident. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Part Three: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

Robert continues the harrowing story of the men who decided we should be ready to rain nuclear hellfire on everyone at a moments notice forever. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 211

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part One: After The Jungle  - Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Two: To Be Called By No Name - Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Three: The American Nightmare - Darién Gap: One Year Later | Part Four: When Someone Needs Help  - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #44 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. 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Part Two: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

Robert Evans: Robert and Margaret discuss the birth of the first atom bomb and how delusions about the use of air power made it a savior for a certain kind of U.S Army Air Corps officer. Sophie Lichterman: She's sick more often than anyone I know See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Part One: The Men Who Might Have Killed Us All

Robert sits down with Margaret Killjoy to talk about how mankind went from building one atomic bomb to building tens of thousands of them, permanently 15 minutes or less away from ending all life on earth. (5 Part Series) Sources: https://warontherocks.com/2018/09/a-horrifying-and-believable-path-to-nuclear-war-with-north-korea/ [https://warontherocks.com/2018/09/a-horrifying-and-believable-path-to-nuclear-war-with-north-korea/] https://mwi.westpoint.edu/inside-frighteningly-plausible-nuclear-attack-scenario/ [https://mwi.westpoint.edu/inside-frighteningly-plausible-nuclear-attack-scenario/] https://sci-hub.ru/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10736700.2018.1513920 [https://sci-hub.ru/https:/www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10736700.2018.1513920] https://www.si.edu/media/NASM/NASM-DoomsdayDelayed.pdf [https://www.si.edu/media/NASM/NASM-DoomsdayDelayed.pdf] https://doomsdaymachines.net/p/i-have-sought-to-slaughter-as-few [https://doomsdaymachines.net/p/i-have-sought-to-slaughter-as-few] https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1996/november/strategic-bombing-always-myth [https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1996/november/strategic-bombing-always-myth] https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/does-strategic-bombing-work-world-war-ii-test-case-proved-it-or-not-173621 [https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/does-strategic-bombing-work-world-war-ii-test-case-proved-it-or-not-173621] https://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/rcaf-bomber-squadrons-overseas/strategic-bombing/ [https://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/rcaf-bomber-squadrons-overseas/strategic-bombing/] https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025059199/fallout-tells-the-story-of-the-journalist-who-exposed-the-hiroshima-cover-up [https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025059199/fallout-tells-the-story-of-the-journalist-who-exposed-the-hiroshima-cover-up] https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/p/bombing-because-you-can-operation [https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/p/bombing-because-you-can-operation] https://www.amazon.com/Bombing-Win-Coercion-Cornell-Security/dp/0801483115 [https://www.amazon.com/Bombing-Win-Coercion-Cornell-Security/dp/0801483115] https://www.amazon.com/15-Minutes-General-Countdown-Annihilation/dp/1250002087 [https://www.amazon.com/15-Minutes-General-Countdown-Annihilation/dp/1250002087] https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788 [https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788] https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-War-Scenario-Annie-Jacobsen/dp/0593476093 [https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-War-Scenario-Annie-Jacobsen/dp/0593476093] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.