Nuclear Winter with Ann Druyan and Brian Toon
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Star Talk begins right now. This is Star Talk. I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist. Today's topic is nuclear winter. You might have remembered that from some decades ago, Oldtimers word.
That came out and it changed geopolitics. People realizing that not only are there no winners in a nuclear exchange, and maybe all of life on Earth, would be rendered extinct. I've got with me, of course, my co-host, Chuck Nice. Chuck.
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