Annie Jacobsen is a journalist, investigative reporter and an author. For decades, nuclear war has been humanity’s greatest existential fear. But the next global catastrophe may not arrive with a mushroom cloud—it could begin inside a laboratory. What would a biological attack actually look like, how quickly would it spread, and could humanity survive it? Expect to learn why biological war is scarier than nuclear war, what the first 6 days of a bioweapon outbreak will look like, why scientists are continuing to do gain-of-function research, why plagues are more attractive than nukes, what will happen to law & order and society as a whole if a plague breaks out and much more… - Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get 160+ lab tests for just $365 and save an extra $25 at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get 10% discount on all Gymshark products at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM10) Get the brand new Whoop 5.0 and your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom Get ChatGPT to explore ideas, solve problems, and learn faster at ⁠https://chatgpt.com - 0:00 Nuclear vs Biological War: Which Is Worse? 1:08 Why No One Is Talking About Bioweapons 4:23 Is Genetic Engineering a Good Thing? 7:14 What Covid Really Taught Us 13:25 Who Created the First Biological Weapon? 21:25 What Makes the Perfect Biological Weapon? 26:44 The Soviet Bioweapons Ambition 27:50 How the Soviet Program Was Exposed 34:38 How Many Bioweapons Are Man-Made? 37:30 The Biggest Mistakes in Bioweapons History 45:04 What Happens in the First 24 Hours of a Leak? 56:02 Bacteria vs Virus: Which Is More Dangerous? 57:19 Does Dose Responsiveness Determine Survival? 59:21 Are Incubation Time and Lethality Correlated? 01:02:19 How the Soviets Created a Euphoric Plague 01:08:39 Six Days: From Outbreak to Anarchy 01:23:37 How Close Covid Came to Social Breakdown 01:36:24 Where to Find Annie - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spotify.modernwisdom.com or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.modernwisdom.com Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/