Dr. William Forstchen is an author, historian and expert on EMPs.  He has written three fictional books about what happens to a town after an EMP attack, with the fourth book on the way.  We discuss what an EMP is, the likelihood of such an attack, and what we can do to prepare or prevent it.  You won't want to miss this one!  00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Welcome Bill & Background  02:23 - Becoming an EMP Expert & Novels 05:04 - What is an EMP & Effect 10:35 - Likelihood of an EMP Attack15:35 - Electronics Damaged & Protection  17:15 - Upgrading the Grid 22:25 - Cost of Rebuilding & Cyber Attacks 28:45 - Funding, Corporations & Government 31:47 - What We Can Do & Fear Reactions 38:55 - Books Into a Movie & Hollywood 39:38 - Hoping for a Safe Future 42:55 - St. Jude's & Humane Society 43:40 - Outro Books for Sale on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Forstchen/author/B000APZ9N8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=trueSt. Jude's website:https://www.stjude.org/Humane Society website:https://www.humanesociety.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!