Nuclear Pep Talk: 10 Questions about Nuclear War

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I am Ksenia Pirnavskaia - your local guide into a nuclear world. Nuclear Pep Talk is a platform where we break myths and fears about everything NUCLEAR. In each episode, I ask 10 questions to experts, scientists, activists, politicians, and youth that deal with nuclear issues on professional and personal levels to learn and explore rather than fear and further ignorance.

Dmitry Stefanovich is a Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS), co-founder of the telegram channel Vatfor (17k), and nuclear twitter celebrity (11k). He has written articles on global security, strategic stability, nuclear weapons, and military applications of emerging technologies. In this episode, he will talk us through the nuts and bolts of nuclear weapons & nuclear war and explain why diplomacy, which is done in good faith, is SO important for the nuclear weapons matters. In these trying times, the conversations about nuclear weapons use or threats about it have become trivialized. And this is unacceptable. Watch to learn why.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Which states have nuclear weapons?
03:24 What are the existing myths about nuclear weapons?
06:43 What is deterrence?
08:24 Is there a possible scenario of a nuclear war?
11:09 If not deterrence, then what?
12:45 Coffee Break
15:20 What is the climatical impact of a nuclear weapons use?
17:21 If a nuclear war starts, can humanity survive?
19:30 How to survive a nuclear war?
21:47 a follow-up - what if you live in a major city?
22:46 What is the Doomsday Clock? Why is it ticking? And how can we ensure that we have much time before midnight?

27:12 Nuclear Acronym of the Day -"MAD"