Annie Jacobsen

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473 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 4 Aug

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Talking Scared · 289 – Annie Jacobsen & Be Afraid… Be Very Afraid · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

I mean, readers see, my God, the President of the United States has so much power. voice-verified

What does that mean? voice-verified

What does that mean in a moment of crisis like this? voice-verified

It's interesting because I was asked the same question. voice-verified

You know, I work very hard not to reveal my politics or to have politics when I'm writing, you know. voice-verified

I was asked the same question with nuclear war, and that was at the tail end of the Biden administration when, you know, when we were going to perhaps have Trump as the new president. voice-verified

And I would say then what I'm going to say now, which is for someone with so much power, as has the president of the United States. voice-verified

In my opinion, two qualities of character are required. voice-verified

One is full cognition and two is clear judgment. voice-verified

So you can decide what I'm saying about that. voice-verified

from Craig Fugate, Obama's former FEMA director, who told me that is where the president goes. voice-verified

And we won't tell readers because we want to leave with that image, you know, of someone in a gas mask alone in a room. voice-verified

Well, that's not entirely accurate because I do also, I live in Los Angeles and I do reference our current mayor. voice-verified

But, you know, but here's the thing is, you know, I think this speaks where you spoke of what's happening in Manchester. voice-verified

It's very interesting to look at the states and then look at the federal, state government and federal government. voice-verified

And that also kind of speaks to this stratified layer of, you know, voice-verified

when you're talking about a weapons of mass destruction event, essentially the president's responsible for all of us, which is so bananas. voice-verified

But first and foremost, the state, the mayor and the governor are extremely important in prevention. voice-verified

And one of the things we learn in the book very quickly is that time is everything. voice-verified

You must act quickly. voice-verified

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