Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2025-06-21
Books mentioned on Selects: The Great Nuclear Winter Debate of 1983
At the height of the Cold War, a group of concerned scientists promoted their findings on the horrific aftereffects of nuclear war and were accused of fearmongering. But were they right after all?
Charles Bryant discussed A Path Where No Man Thought by Carl Sagan and others. Josh Clark recommended Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Path Where No Man Thought
Discussed“they wrote a book called A Path where No Man Thought.”
Where to get it
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Merchants of Doubt
Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M.
Recommended“There's a book again, I think I mentioned it, called Merchants of Doubt. Oh yeah, everybody should read.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Darwin's Black Box
“Jeff Payton sent us a book, Darwin's Black Box.”