Listen to this episode commercial free at <a href="https://angryplanetpod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://angryplanetpod.com/</a> Nuclear historian Alex Wellerstein stops by Angry Planet this week to tell us all about his new project <a href="https://doomsdaymachines.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Doomsday Machines</a>. It’s a deep dive into the weird post-nuclear futures we’ve built in pop culture. <ul><li>How Warcraft orcs got ICBMs</li><li>Matthew confuses Camus and Sartre</li><li>Food poisoning as practice for the radical acceptance of death and suffering</li><li>Is there any hope in The Road?</li><li>Alex is hung up on the cannibals</li><li>The video game aesthetics of the post-nuclear world</li><li>Debunking gasoline futures</li><li>Working for the authoritarian government to get the petroleum industry back on its feet</li><li>The Civil Defense truncheon</li><li>Deep thoughts on the Fallout franchise</li><li>The American libertarian lone survivor</li></ul> <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/779/ends-of-the-earth" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This American Life - Ends of the Earth</a>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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Doomsday Machines With Nuclear Historian Alex Wellserstein