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Why We’ve Never Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Why We’ve Never Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

FromThe Gist


Why We’ve Never Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

FromThe Gist

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Aug 18, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Are the nation’s most dangerous warheads secure if a rag-tag troika of peaceniks can break through the storage facility’s back door? On The Gist, Washington Post reporterDan Zak considers the good and not-so-good arguments for nuclear weapons. His book is Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age. For the Spiel, Jill Stein’s unforgivable comments on debt forgiveness.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Aug 18, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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Slate's The Gist with Mike Pesca. A daily afternoon show about news, culture, and whatever else you'll be discussing with friends and family tonight.