Host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories that remind us just how small our planet really is.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 69 days 20 hours 28 minutes
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episode 3: (Special) The wrong apocalypse — so you want your own army?
In episode three of the third season of "Things That Go Boom," our partner podcast from PRX, host Laicie Heeley looks at a Russian businessman who takes on a new game — a war in the shadows — and how we prepare for what we can't see.
episode 4: (Special) The wrong apocalypse — this is not a drill
In episode four of the third season of "Things That Go Boom," our partner podcast from PRX, host Laicie Heeley looks at the past and present of civil defense and nuclear arms control and asks what we can do — as individuals and as a nation — to prevent the existential threat of nuclear war.
episode 5: (Special) The wrong apocalypse — democracy! Yawn.
As the US reckons with systemic racism and a less-than-democratic past, China is doubling down on its authoritarian ways. Meanwhile, research on the health of democracy from across the globe indicates the patient is not well.
episode 6: (Special) The wrong apocalypse — inner decay
In episode six of the third season of "Things That Go Boom," host Laicie Heeley looks into how false information flooding the internet poses risks not just to national and election security, but to our health and safety.
episode 7: (Special) The wrong apocalypse — Future wars
In the seventh episode of the third season of "Things That Go Boom," our partner podcast from PRX, host Laicie Heeley looks at some of the vulnerabilities that come with an overreliance on high-tech defense systems.
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