White House
official residence and office of the President of the United States
Episodes
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#5792: Tsar Bomba: The 50-Megaton Test That Shook the WorldIn 1961, the Soviets dropped the largest bomb ever built — a weapon with no military purpose, designed to be seen. -
#5833: When GLP-1s Silence Hunger CuesGLP-1s switch off hunger at the brainstem. For people with anorexia, that's not a side effect — it's the thing they came for. -
#5798: Project Sundial: Teller's 10-Gigaton Doomsday ProposalEdward Teller proposed a 10,000-megaton bomb in 1954. The physics allowed it — the delivery problem killed it. -
#5646: Who Wakes the Prime Minister?The nuclear football, the duty clerk, the biscuit in the dry cleaning — how leaders stay reachable 24/7, and what that means for October 7th. -
#5509: The Long Tail of Spy StationsHow far does the CIA's station map actually reach? A 1961 memo to JFK and the agency's own map archive tell two very different stories. -
#5242: Two Neighbors, Two Invasion PlansCanada drew up a plan to invade the U.S. in 1921. The friendly-neighbor story is only 80 years old.