The Greatest Existential Threat with Prof. Robert Redwine and Dr. Jim Walsh (S4E1)
[MUSIC PLAYING] JIM WALSH: The only way the planet dies in 30 minutes or less today is if some man who has control of thousands of nuclear weapons decides today is the day. SARAH HANSEN: Today on Chalk Radio, the greatest threat to human existence and what people like you and me can do about it. JIM WALSH: I often hear people say they can't imagine that nuclear weapons would ever be used because it's a mutual suicide pact. Yeah, well, it's important to remember we used nuclear weapons. We've already used them twice, right? So this is not something that's never happened. It's something that's happened, which should indicate that it can happen again. SARAH HANSEN: I'm Sarah Hansen. And in this first episode of season 4, we're talking about course 8.S271 Nuclear Weapons: History and Future Prospects, as well as the MIT Nuclear Weapons Education Project, which is a collection of open materials for lectures and discussions about what nuclear...