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The Doomsday Clock’s ‘Historic Wake-Up Call,’ With Rachel Bronson

The Doomsday Clock’s ‘Historic Wake-Up Call,’ With Rachel Bronson

FromBig Brains


The Doomsday Clock’s ‘Historic Wake-Up Call,’ With Rachel Bronson

FromBig Brains

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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Feb 11, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Doomsday Clock has been set at 100 seconds to midnight—as close to total destruction as we were in 2020. But after a year of increasingly dangerous weather and wildfires, not to mention the COVID-19 pandemic, why didn’t the clock move? Rachel Bronson is the president and CEO of the Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists, the organization that sets the clock. We sit down with her to talk about the thinking behind this year’s clock, climate change, pandemics and the ever-increasing threat of nuclear war.
Released:
Feb 11, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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We tell the stories behind the pioneering research and pivotal breakthroughs reshaping our world. Produced out of The University of Chicago. Winner of CASE "Grand Gold" award in 2022, Gold award in 2021, and named Adweek's "Best Branded Podcast" in 2020.