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Books by Annie Jacobsen mentioned on podcasts
Annie Jacobsen's writings on military and government secrets were featured prominently on several shows. On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Matt Frederick and the host recommended Jacobsen's Nuclear War as a detailed scenario outlining the sequence of events and intense time pressures faced by national leaders during a global nuclear exchange. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Jacobsen appeared as a guest to discuss Nuclear War, explaining that the book is structured into three distinct 24-minute acts culminating in a discussion on nuclear winter, a phenomenon she explored through interviews with Professor Brian Toon. Additionally, on Timcast IRL, the host mentioned a book by Jacobsen detailing interviews with a high-up official from Area 51 who alleged that the government experimented on autistic children to make them look like extraterrestrials. Megyn Kelly also recommended Nuclear War on The Megyn Kelly Show, encouraging Glenn Beck to read it or invite Jacobsen onto his program.
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Nuclear War
Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen is a non-fiction scenario-based book detailing the catastrophic sequence of events that would unfold during a global nuclear exchange.
Discussed“So we can shout out Annie Jacobson for her book nuclear war a scenario that goes through pretty much what we're about to take you through.”
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Surprise, Kill, Vanish
Discussed“Someone was asking me about my book, 'Surprise, Kill, Vanish,' about the CIA's paramilitary guys, the Ground Branch, the snake eaters.”
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First Platoon
Discussed“But the real problem, what has happened, and I write about this in my book, 'First Platoon', which is about a group of young soldiers who goes to Afghanistan and unwittingly becomes part of the Defense Department’s biome efforts to capture biometrics on 85% of the population of Afghanistan.”
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Operation paperclip
Discussed“The following is a conversation with Annie Jacobsen, an investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and author of several amazing books on war, weapons, government secrecy, and national security, including the books titled 'Area 51', 'Operation Paperclip', 'The Pentagon's Brain Phenomena', 'Surprise, Kill, Vanish', and her new book, 'Nuclear War'.”
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Phenomena
Discussed“You've written, like you said, the book "Phenomena" on the secret history of the US government's investigations into extrasensory perception and psychokinesis.”
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