Wartime investing decisions matter most when markets are already repricing. This episode examines which asset classes historically perform during major conflicts since 1990, how to position a portfolio for instability without panic-selling, and the specific financial moves that worked in every wartime scenario.

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To prepare for World War 3 does not require a bunker. This episode provides evidence-based preparedness guidance, covering what works and what is a waste of money, from 72-hour emergency kits to financial positioning, based on FEMA guidelines, Red Cross recommendations, and lessons from countries that have experienced recent conflict.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep57

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Nuclear fallout maps reveal which cities, military bases, and infrastructure get hit first based on target list logic. This episode models fallout patterns using weather data and weapon yield to identify which areas of the United States are statistically safest.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep56

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War Desk is an investigative podcast using AI-assisted analysis of military intelligence, diplomatic signals, and conflict data to assess global war risk, with sources and references published on our website for verification.

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Three specific conditions could stop an Iran war, but each one faces serious obstacles. This episode examines the necessary conditions for sustained de-escalation between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, and answers the question every listener has been asking: is there a way out?

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep42

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep42

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Wartime economics move fast: when war breaks out, financial markets reprice within hours. This episode examines which assets rise, which collapse, how fast the repricing happens, and what actually moved during every escalation event of the last five years.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep41

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep41

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Fake news and disinformation could start World War 3 through misattributed attacks, deepfakes, and information operations that trigger military escalation by accident. This episode examines the historical cases where false information nearly started wars and the AI-enabled environment that makes this risk worse than ever.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep40

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep40

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If war with Iran escalates, Iranian retaliation could expand the homeland threat surface to include cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, activation of sleeper networks, and attacks on soft targets. This episode examines the intelligence community's assessment of Iran's capacity to strike inside the United States.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep39

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep39

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Grocery prices in wartime spike fast, and a war with Iran would hit American consumers directly through gas prices, food costs, interest rates, and inflation. The cascading effects turn a military conflict 7,000 miles away into a kitchen-table crisis where war stops being abstract and becomes personal.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep38

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep38

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If war with Iran lasts longer than a few weeks, the U.S. missile shortage becomes decisive. The defense industrial base bottleneck is severe: production lines take years to expand, sole-source components have no alternatives, and the gap between wartime consumption rates and peacetime manufacturing capacity would cripple a sustained campaign.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep37

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep37

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U.S. military readiness can no longer support two wars at once. The 2018 National Defense Strategy officially abandoned the two-war standard that guided military planning for decades, and the current force structure, readiness levels, and logistics capacity would be stretched past breaking point by simultaneous wars in the Middle East and the Pacific.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep36

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep36

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