📚 3 Books mentioned in "Joe Rogan Experience #2174 - Annie Jacobsen" of The Joe Rogan Experience

Words of Carl Sagan, who is the author of Nuclear Winter.

Annie Jacobsen references the book 'Nuclear Winter' by Carl Sagan during a discussion about the potential consequences of a nuclear war.

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It's called Nuclear War. Yeah, um, what nuclear war?

Annie Jacobsen discusses her new book titled 'Nuclear War'. During the podcast, Joe Rogan confirms that they are referring to this book with Annie Jacobsen as the guest.

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I get into that in the end of the book. So I write the book and essentially three acts: like the first 24 minutes, the next 24 minutes, the last 24 minutes, and then nuclear winter.

Annie Jacobsen discusses the structure of her book, which she divides into three acts, each focusing on different timeframes, culminating in a discussion on nuclear winter. She intriguingly mentions the book without explicitly naming it, hinting at a deep exploration of the subject.

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So nuclear winter is very well described by a fellow called Professor Brian Toon, who I interview in the book.

Annie Jacobsen refers to her book where she conducted an interview with Professor Brian Toon, discussing the topic of nuclear winter.

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As I explain in the book, and, again, as was relayed to me by defense officials, we can’t shoot down ballistic missiles, long-range ballistic missiles, with any kind of certainty or accuracy.

Annie Jacobsen discusses her book, highlighting the topic of the challenges in accurately intercepting long-range ballistic missiles.

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And so what I try to do is condense the lectures that I receive about how it all works into this dramatic form, which is how I landed on this format for this book, which I think is really effective, which is giving it to you like a scenario, like this is what would happen, and then going back to all my sources.

Annie Jacobsen discusses her book about nuclear war, explaining how she developed its format. She chose a dramatic, scenario-based approach to effectively convey her research.

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And these things are, by the way, I have a map in the back of the book that shows you how close our adversaries, enemies, call them what you will, China and Russia, how close they come to the east coast and the west coast of the United States regularly, which means it reduces that launch time.

Annie Jacobsen references a map in the back of her book that illustrates how close adversaries like China and Russia can get to the U.S. coasts, highlighting the importance of understanding geopolitical tensions.

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And like I said, I haven't read your book, but I have several friends who have, and they're absolutely terrified by it.

Joe Rogan mentions that he hasn't read the book 'Nuclear War' by Annie Jacobsen yet, but he has friends who have, and they find it absolutely terrifying.

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Someone was asking me about my book, 'Surprise, Kill, Vanish,' about the CIA's paramilitary guys, the Ground Branch, the snake eaters.

Annie Jacobsen references her book 'Surprise, Kill, Vanish' while explaining the origins of the CIA's paramilitary operations and their role within the intelligence agency.

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