Sam Harris speaks with Fred Kaplan about the ever-present threat of nuclear war. They discuss the history of nuclear deterrence, U.S. first-strike policy, preventive war, limited nuclear war, tactical vs. strategic weapons, Trump's beliefs about nuclear weapons, the details of command and control, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.

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#186 — The Bomb

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Sam Harris Episodes Around February 18, 2020

#171 — Escaping a Christian Cult

#172 — Among the Deplorables

#173 — Anti-Semitism and Its Discontents

#174 — Life & Mind

#175 — Leaving the Faith

#176 — Knowledge & Redemption

#177 — Psychedelic Science

#178 — The Reality Illusion

#179 — The Unquiet Mind

#180 — Sex & Power

#181 — The Illusory Self

#182 — Unlearning Race

#183 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom

#184 — The Conversational Nature of Reality

#185 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom

#186 — The Bomb

#187 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom

#188 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom

#189 — Wealth & Happiness

#190 — How Should We Respond to Coronavirus?

#191 — Early Thoughts on a Pandemic

#192 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom

#193 — Meditation in an Emergency

#194 — The New Future of Work

#195 — Social Cohesion is Everything

#196 — The Science of Happiness

#197 — A Conversation with Caitlin Flanagan

#198 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom

#199 — A Conversation with Caitlin Flanagan

#200 — Creatures of Habit

#201 — A Conversation with Yuval Noah Harari

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