The False Alarm That Almost Started a Nuclear War. Plus: the Tupac Trial, With Joel Anderson.
Wait a Second… is kicking off Terror Month with the most terrifying idea of all: nuclear annihilation. Following news last month that an AI chatbot nearly got us into a war with China, Jason and Tyler look back at the early-’80s incidents that nearly brought the Cold War to a boil. With the help of The Ringer’s Joel Anderson, they talk NORAD and real-life war games.
Later, they break down the Tupac murder trial and conviction of Duane “Keefe D” Davis, which Joel wrote about on The Ringer last week.
Today’s agenda:
(00:00) The real-life ‘WarGames’
(02:39) Our guest today: Joel Anderson
(04:00)…
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