#1752 Reigniting the Nuclear Arms Race: Fat Man, Little Boy, and Donald Trump

#1752 Reigniting the Nuclear Arms Race: Fat Man, Little Boy, and Donald Trump

Author: Best of the Left: Perspectives on Politics, Culture, and Economics November 14, 2025 Duration: 3:24:04

Air Date 11/7/2025

The most dangerous part of nuclear weapons has always been the people in charge of them. As we potentially enter a new arms race, some of the worst people in the world are in charge of the vast majority of nuclear weapons.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Will Trump Spark a New Nuclear Arms Race - TLDR News Global - Air Date 11-9-25

KP 2: A History of the Doomsday Clock in 4 Minutes - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - Air Date 1-30-24

KP 3: The Lie of Nuclear Deterrence - ICAN's Melissa Parke in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, & Korea for Atomic Bomb 80th Commemorations, Hibakusha Part 1 - Nuclear Hotseat - Air Date 8-13-25

KP 4: Voices of Hiroshima - Scene On Radio - Air Date 8-6-25

KP 5: Marshall Islands: Paradise Interrupted Part 1 - At the Brink - Air Date 12-5-23

KP 6: The Lie of Nuclear Deterrence - ICAN's Melissa Parke in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, & Korea for Atomic Bomb 80th Commemorations, Hibakusha Part 2 - Nuclear Hotseat - Air Date 8-13-25


(00:44:32) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the morality of facts we don't question


DEEPER DIVES

(00:56:09) SECTION A: CONSTANT PERIL

(01:22:44) SECTION B: THE NEW ARMS RACE, WORSE THAN THE FIRST

(02:05:41) SECTION C: THE DETERRENCE MYTH

(02:44:12) SECTION D: THE AFTERMATH 80 YEARS LATER

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Description: Image of a president's hand reaching out to press a big red button.

Credit: "war-nuclear-war" by geralt, Pixabay | Pixabay license

 

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