Chuck Watson: “Nuclear War: All the Questions You Were Afraid to Ask” | The Great Simplification #17

On this episode, we meet again with risk expert Chuck Watson.

How can we avoid a nuclear conflict? Watson gives a primer on how to reduce the risk of nuclear conflict and the measures we can take to mitigate nuclear exchange as individuals, a nation, and the world. Further, Watson explains the potential pathways to nuclear escalation.

This episode was recorded thanks to the valuable feedback from listeners of The Great Simplification, who expressed a desire to dive deeper into this topic.

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00:29 - Chuck Watson Info, Previous TGS with Chuck, Frankly with Chuck Watson, More interesting info
03:50 - TGS Episode with Tristan Harris
09:04 - Fission bombs and splitting atoms
09:21 - Nuclear Fusion
12:05 - Heisenberg
14:14 - Number of nuclear weapons through the years
14:55 - Types of nuclear bombs
19:43 - Conventional weaponry vs nuclear weapons
20:21 - MOAB bomb
21:50 - Dial-a-yield
22:15 - B-61
23:55 - Deuterium/Tritium gas
29:54 - MIRV
32:50 - Proud Prophet
33:57 - Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty
41:33 - Effects of Nuclear Weapons
44:50 - Persistent Chernobyl radiation
47:55 - Nuclear Winter
54:00 - Countries with nuclear weapons in the world
1:07:54 - First Use Doctrine
1:21:44 - W76-2
1:22:39 - B61 Modifications


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