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

Must give credit where credit is due. voice-verified

It was not my brilliant idea. voice-verified

It was the brilliant idea of one of my reps, and it was during COVID. voice-verified

And the idea was, Annie, maybe you could get individuals on the telephone on Zoom during this pandemic that might not otherwise talk to you about nuclear war. voice-verified

And that was what voice-verified

the original idea was. voice-verified

I did not intend to write Biological War a scenario, but immediately as I began interviewing the generals in nuclear command and control, the individuals in the intelligence community who work to keep weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of terrorists and rogue nations, voice-verified

you know, emergency planners, et cetera, et cetera. voice-verified

So many of them said to me, Annie, you have to look at bio after you do nuclear. voice-verified

So as a national security reporter, I write about war and weapons and national security and secrets. voice-verified

And Biological War Scenario is book eight for me. voice-verified

Nuclear was seven. voice-verified

So before that, and I would get this same question, like why on earth would you write a book? voice-verified

Nuclear War, I take the reader from nuclear launch to nuclear winter. voice-verified

in 72 minutes, because that's how fast it happens. voice-verified

And people would ask me the same question, like, why is a nice lady like you doing such a horrible thing? voice-verified

And the answer was, in my first six books, I've written about wars and operations and intelligence programs and voice-verified

horrible, you know, things gone wrong. voice-verified

And I've interviewed the people who were there, whose friends died in every, you know, starting in World War II through all the wars up to today. voice-verified

And one of the things, because for me it is all about the people, I spend a lot of time with some sources. voice-verified

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