Annie Jacobsen

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309 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 29 Jul

Annie Jacobsen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Glenn Beck Program · Fauci Pleads the 5th to Sen. Paul: What Is He Afraid Of? | Guest: Annie Jacobsen | 7/29/26 · 29 Jul 2026 podcast

Thank you so much for having me, and thank you for that lovely introduction. voice-verified

I'm a national security reporter who writes about war and weapons. voice-verified

And my first six books were written in the past tense. voice-verified

And these two books, Nuclear War a Scenario and Biological War a Scenario, look at the future together. voice-verified

based on hypothetical Pentagon war games. voice-verified

And yes, they are terrifying, but I say that right in the author's note, in the beginning, it ends in dystopia. voice-verified

But at the same time, you can look at the book as a cautionary tale. voice-verified

Everyone I interviewed had an opinion about COVID, specifically about the lab leak at Wuhan. voice-verified

But I left it out of the book for a very particular reason, because I wanted readers to be able to come to their own conclusions, whatever their preconceptions may be. voice-verified

And I do think people voice-verified

think and look differently at covid after they read the book that's the feedback i've gotten so far the book just published yesterday um but you know absolutely right covid could have been on top of all the horrors that it was it could exist for us as a nation as a terrific example of you know what might happen what could happen and instead voice-verified

It's left this fractured society with people absolutely digging their heels in about their beliefs. voice-verified

Not everyone, but a large portion of America, I think. voice-verified

Yeah, there's so much uncertainty when you're talking about bio. voice-verified

You know, you've said you've gotten halfway through the book. voice-verified

Well, it doesn't end well. voice-verified

You know, I think what people will really be surprised to learn about is, you know, COVID had a case fatality rate of 1%. voice-verified

1%. voice-verified

1 in 100 people die. voice-verified

There are genetically modified pathogens out there. voice-verified

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