Annie Jacobsen

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

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

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

You know, how do you make sense of where you are? voice-verified

How do you, you know, there's an expression here in America of don't future trip, right? voice-verified

You know, like that's when you're thinking, oh no, right? voice-verified

Catastrophizing. voice-verified

But at the same time, I believe because my books are meant, they're not meant to make people panic. voice-verified

They're meant to make people want to apply pressure because things can be done and things can be looked at about making sure that one of these God awful scenarios doesn't happen. voice-verified

because I show what would happen. voice-verified

But as far as crafting the narrative, that's always, to me, a really thrilling part of voice-verified

my job because I don't know until I'm in it, which I think is one of the most exciting marks of having a career that you love where you're, where there are unknowns and that involves like the journey. voice-verified

And usually it comes to me when I'm doing an interview, usually with someone who literally advises the president of the United States formerly. voice-verified

And they tell me something voice-verified

that I go, oh my God, everybody needs to know that. voice-verified

And that's usually my third act climax. voice-verified

And then I reverse engineer, okay, well, if that is true, like for example, spoiler alert, in bio, when I learned from President Obama's FEMA director, Craig Fugate, so that's the person in charge of disasters when they happen. voice-verified

And when I learned from him, voice-verified

that there is a program in place when anarchy and insurrection takes over the United States, which it would, according to the Defense Department and all Pentagon war gaming scenarios and public health officials war gaming scenarios. voice-verified

When you have a pathogen that is out of control, has a massively high case fatality rate, people are dying. voice-verified

There's no way of stopping it. voice-verified

It's a novel pathogen. voice-verified

There's no medical countermeasures. voice-verified

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