

Chuck Watson: “Nuclear War - All the Questions You Were Afraid to Ask”
May 4, 2022
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Avoid Nuclear War in the Near Term
02:55 • 3min
I've Been in and Involved on the Military Side of Things.
05:41 • 3min
Nuclear Weapons - What Are They?
08:43 • 2min
The Origin of Nuclear Weapons in World War II
10:34 • 2min
Nuclear Weapons in the Post War World
13:01 • 2min
Is There Still a Nuclear Weapon Race?
15:17 • 3min
Is There a Difference Between Nuclear and Conventional Weapons?
17:59 • 3min
The Biggest Bomb in the World
20:30 • 4min
Boosted Vision Device - Is That Really What's Going On?
24:05 • 2min
The Dial of 300 Tons of Pact
26:02 • 2min
Do You Know What the Dial Is?
28:00 • 3min
Do You Want Flexibility With Nuclear Weapons?
31:09 • 3min
We Can Use a Nuclear Weapon as a Demonstration
33:52 • 2min
Nuclear Weapons Are More Usable Because of the Technology, Not the Consequences
36:03 • 2min
I Think It's a Loss of Institutional Memory in the Pentagon
38:32 • 2min
Nuclear Explosions - What Are the Impacts?
40:33 • 3min
Radioactive Milk From Cows
43:17 • 2min
How a Nuclear Weapon Exchange Could Destroy Life on Earth?
45:45 • 3min
Radioactive Effects and Radiation Effects
48:27 • 3min
Nuclear War
51:50 • 5min
Is There a Near Term Nuclear Exchange?
56:27 • 3min
Is There a Nuclear War?
59:14 • 2min
Why Do We Need Nuclear Weapons?
01:01:36 • 3min
Is a Nuclear Weapon the Right Military Option?
01:04:58 • 2min
Is There a Nuclear Weapon?
01:07:00 • 3min
Strategic Ambiguity Is a Concept
01:10:03 • 1min
How Do We Use Small Noks to Disable a Nuclear Weapon?
01:11:24 • 3min
Do You Know if You Have a Nuclear Warhead?
01:14:08 • 3min
Nuclear Weapons Are a Leap in Effects
01:17:35 • 2min
What Can the US Do to Reduce the Risk of Nuclear War?
01:19:32 • 2min
The Second Lick Is a Retaliatory Force, Not a First Used Force
01:21:51 • 3min
Is There a Way to Stop a Nuclear War?
01:24:26 • 3min
Nuclear Weapons - I Don't Oppose to It
01:26:57 • 2min
I Think There's a Silver Lining in the Ukraina - Ukraine - Russia
01:29:09 • 3min
How Can We Be Rational About Natural Disasters?
01:31:52 • 3min
The Dollar Is the Biggest Supernormal Stimulus
01:34:35 • 3min
The Great Simplification Podcast
01:37:09 • 2min