Podcast Episodes featuring Fred Kaplan

The Bomb: With Fred Kaplan

Dan Snow's History Hit - October 29, 2020 17:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.5K ratings
Why is it that nobody has used the absolute weapon, the nuclear bomb, since 1945? Was it ever likely that the American arsenal would be used against the Soviet Union? Or was it created solely to prevent nuclear war? If the latter is true, how does a country create the false impression that it is...

The Bomb: With Fred Kaplan

Channel History Hit - October 29, 2020 17:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratings
Why is it that nobody has used the absolute weapon, the nuclear bomb, since 1945? Was it ever likely that the American arsenal would be used against the Soviet Union? Or was it created solely to prevent nuclear war? If the latter is true, how does a country create the false impression that it is...

The Bomb: With Fred Kaplan

Warfare - October 28, 2020 03:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 463 ratings
Why is it that nobody has used the absolute weapon, the nuclear bomb, since 1945? Was it ever likely that the American arsenal would be used against the Soviet Union? Or was it created solely to prevent nuclear war? If the latter is true, how does a country create the false impression that it is ...

107. Fred Kaplan — The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War

The Michael Shermer Show - March 10, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
From the author of the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war — and Presidents’ actions in nuclear crises — from Truman to Trump. Fred Kaplan takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of St...

040: Inching Towards Insanity With Fred Kaplan

Live From America Podcast - October 30, 2017 21:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Fred M. Kaplan is a liberal American author and journalist. His weekly "War Stories" column for Slate magazine covers international relations and U.S. foreign policy. We discuss a slew of news stories from the headlines, including Hollywood scandals and Paul Manafort and Robert Gates turning the...

017: Cyber War with Fred Kaplan and Clint watts

Live From America Podcast - March 06, 2017 07:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Fred Kaplan slate's War stories columnist ( Author of Dark Territory), Clint watts ( Former FBI agent and US Army) and comedian Dan Naturman , join Noam Dworman and Hatem Gabr in a great discussion about Russia , Trump and Cyber war.