Neil McRobert
speaker
8,757 appearances
17 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 14 Aug
Neil McRobert’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Hello and welcome to Talking Scared.
I'm your host, Neil McRobert, and I'm here to ruin your sleep, maybe your whole week.
Occasionally on this show, we dip into non-fiction.
We've covered serial killers, spiritualism, and a whole slew of cultural commentary.
But rarely do we have a non-fiction book that's actually scarier than the made-up stories.
This week we do, because Annie Jacobson has arrived with a scenario.
Annie is an investigative journalist who's made a career in the intersection of national security and frightening secrets.
She's written on conspiracy theories, murky intelligence operations and top secret research and came close to a Pulitzer in the process.
In 2024 she found an even bigger audience
with nuclear war a scenario, a speculative examination of the hellish 72 minutes that could destroy civilisation.
I know a good few horror writers who consider it too scary to read.
But I'm brave, and even though she's back with something potentially even more frightening, for hypochondriacs like me at least, I read it bravely.
Biological War, A Scenario.
This one looks at what happens if a manufactured bioweapon were to escape confinement and how it would run amok in our hyper-connected world.
It's a book of horrific truths and terrifying possibilities and Annie talks all about how she wrote it, how she researched it, how she shapes her narrative and what she learned that scared the hell out of her.
I opened this book with extreme trepidation, and I read it for you guys.
You're welcome.
And if you want to support the show in return, then please review the podcast wherever you listen.
It really helps.
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