NukeTalk

Suzanne DiMaggio, Senior Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Chair of the Board at the soon-to-be-launched Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, sits down with Joe Cirincione to discuss her view of the slow-building crisis in Iran, what Republicans and Democrats get wrong about nuclear diplomacy with North Korea, and her reasons for joining the Quincy Institute, a new think-tank that aims to move US foreign policy away from endless war and toward vigorous diplomacy in the pursuit of international peace. Ploughshares Fund Programs Director Michelle Dover hosts Early Warning with Ploughshares Fund Women's Initiative grantee Abigail Stowe-Thurston, and Ploughshares Fund Director of Policy Tom Collina. They discuss the House of Representatives' recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act, and an event commemorating the anniversary of the partial meltdown at the Santa Susana Field Lab attended by Kim and Kourtney Kardashian.

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Learn more about the Quincy Institute: https://quincyinst.org/

Anthony G. Brown, US Representative from Maryland's 4th congressional district, sits down with Joe Cirincione to discuss his experiences in the US military, congressional efforts to prevent new wars, and what inspires him as an elected official. Ploughshares Fund Programs Director Michelle Dover hosts Early Warning with Deputy Policy Director Mary Kaszynski and Roger L. Hale Fellow Catherine Killough. They discuss Iran’s recent breach of the Iran nuclear agreement, the Department of Energy’s order to start making 50 plutonium pits per year at the Savannah River Site, and Russia’s official withdrawal from the INF Treaty.

Jon Wolfsthal, director of the Nuclear Crisis Group and former special assistant to President Barack Obama, joins Joe Cirincione for a special in-depth interview. Jon discusses his experiences working on US nuclear policy as Senior Director for Arms Control and Nonproliferation at the National Security Council during the Obama administration, and what lessons the next US president should learn from both Obama and President Donald Trump's approaches to nuclear policy. Also: Early Warning nuclear news analysis with Ploughshares Fund Deputy Director of Policy Mary Kaszynski and Roger L. Hale Fellow Catherine Killough.

Daniel Ellsberg, author of The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner, anti-war activist and former US military analyst famous for releasing the Pentagon Papers in 1971, joins Joe Cirincione for a rare in-depth interview. Daniel discusses what he learned about US nuclear strategy during his time working at the RAND Corporation and the Pentagon, the use of deterrence theory to justify current nuclear arsenals, and the morality of threatening nuclear war. Also: Early Warning nuclear news analysis with Ploughshares Fund Deputy Director of Policy Mary Kaszynski and Roger L. Hale Fellow Catherine Killough.

Ben Rhodes, former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama and current co-host of Pod Save The World, joins Joe Cirincione for a rare in-depth interview. Ben reflects on successes and setbacks of the Obama Administration’s nuclear policy and how these lessons learned can help guide the next administration to develop and implement a new, saner nuclear policy. Also: Early Warning nuclear news analysis hosted by Ploughshares Fund Program Director Michelle Dover with guest analysts Erica Fein of Win Without War and Ploughshares Fund Deputy Director of Policy Mary Kaszynski.

Donté Stallworth, a retired NFL wide receiver who now dedicates his livelihood to exploring issues of national security joins Joe Cirincione for an in-depth conversation. They discuss US-Iran tensions, the Trump administration’s online attacks on private citizens, and ideas for saner nuclear policy. Also: Early Warning nuclear news analysis with Ploughshares Fund Deputy Director of Policy Mary Kaszynski and Senior Program Officer John Carl Baker.

Donté's last catch in the NFL: https://www.patriots.com/video/stallworth-63-yard-td-72826

Trailer for Countdown to Zero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWJN9cZcT64

Eric Schlosser – an investigative journalist, author and filmmaker – examines strategies for saner nuclear policy, the fallibility of our nuclear command and control system and how deterrence works… until it doesn’t. Schlosser will be a guest speaker at "Chain Reaction 2019: A New Moment," the Ploughshares Fund June 10 gala in San Francisco. Also: Early Warning weekly nuclear news analysis with Michelle Dover and Mary Kaszynski.

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Beatrice Fihn of Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) in discussion with Joe Cirincione. They explore the humanitarian narrative around nuclear weapons and the basic belief of why it shouldn’t be legal to wipe out an entire city. Fihn will be keynote speaker at "Chain Reaction 2019: A New Moment," the Ploughshares Fund June 10 gala in San Francisco. Also: Early Warning nuclear news analysis with Michelle Dover, John Carl Baker and Catherine Killough.

Chain Reaction 2019: A New Moment: http://ploughshares.org/chainreaction2019

US Senator from Maryland Chris Van Hollen sits down with Joe Cirincione to share his insights on the current crisis in Iran, the future of arms control and the dangerous fiction of winning "small nuclear wars." Ploughshares Fund Programs Director Michelle Dover hosts Early Warning with guest analysis from Erica Fein of Win Without War and Ploughshares Fund Deputy Policy Director Mary Kaszynski. They discuss escalating tensions in Iran, the mounting cleanup cost of Manhattan Project-era sites – and just saying no to “gateway nukes.”

Chain Reaction 2019: A New Moment: http://ploughshares.org/chainreaction2019

This episode is dedicated to the fast-developing twin crises in Iran and North Korea. Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman shares her thoughts on National Security Advisor John Bolton's campaign to provoke Iran. Kelsey Davenport, Director of Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association, joins Early Warning as a guest analyst. She is a leading expert on nuclear and missile programs in Iran. Roger L. Hale Fellow Catherine Killough discusses North Korea's most recent missile tests.

Chain Reaction 2019: A New Moment: http://ploughshares.org/chainreaction2019