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ManifoldManifold Discord Channel: Live Q&A with Steve — #90Manifold has its own Discord channel! https://discord.gg/uHPqG4QAThe purpose of the channel is to create a community of listeners with shared interests. It developed from a series of in-person meetups with Steve in cities like SF, NYC, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai.Chapter markers:(00:00) - Manifold Discord Channel, Live Q&A
(02:36) - Genomics and Predictive Genetics
(09:28) - Trump Administration, Epstein, and Political Commentary
(29:42) - Missile Defense Systems: Historical Challenges and Modern Realities
(36:48) - Failures and Cover-Ups in Missile Defense
(45:23) - Developing Intellectual Taste and Productivity Tips
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KPFA - The Ralph Nader Radio HourBunker BustIn the aftermath of the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, we welcome back Theodore Postol to give us his expert technical assessment on where that assault leaves the Iranian nuclear program. Then, Trita Parsi offers his analysis of the political side of the issue.
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Theodore Postol is Professor of Science, Technology, and National Security Policy Emeritus in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT. His expertise is in nuclear weapon systems, including submarine warfare, applications of nuclear weapons, ballistic missile defense, and ballistic missiles more generally.
Trita Parsi...2025-06-3059 min
Ralph Nader Radio HourBunker BustIn the aftermath of the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, we welcome back Theodore Postol, Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy Emeritus at MIT to give his expert technical assessment on where that assault leaves the Iranian nuclear program. Then, Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, gives us his analysis of the political side of the issue.Theodore Postol is Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy Emeritus in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT. His expertise is in nuclear weapon systems, including...2025-06-281h 16
Global Research News HourWelfare not Warfare! Stop Golden Dome! Reduce Military Spending! Resist the G7 Summit!Today on the Global Research News Hour, we are looking at plans by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to boost military spending to 2 percent of the GDP of his country in just a few months, his apparent embrace of the unproven Golden Dome missile defense shield and what stakes await Canadians who want to stop war, not start new ones (especially those of a nuclear nature.) In our first half hour, the scientist Theodore Postol of MIT joins us to explain why the Missile Defense shield today,, like missile defense in the 1980s is more science fiction than science fact...2025-06-1259 min
Global Research News HourWelfare not Warfare! Stop Golden Dome! Reduce Military Spending! Resist the G7 Summit!Today on the Global Research News Hour, we are looking at plans by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to boost military spending to 2 percent of the GDP of his country in just a few months, his apparent embrace of the unproven Golden Dome missile defense shield and what stakes await Canadians who want to stop war, not start new ones (especially those of a nuclear nature.) In our first half hour, the scientist Theodore Postol of MIT joins us to explain why the Missile Defense shield today,, like missile defense in the 1980s is more science fiction than science fact...2025-06-1259 min
Programs and InterviewsTed Postol and Helga LaRouche – Defense Expert WarnsTrump's Golden Dome Poses an Enormous DangerDialogue between Helga Zepp-LaRouche and military expert Dr. Theodore Postol.
#trump #goldendome #russia #china #war #larouche
In an already tense strategic climate, the introduction in the U.S. by President Trump of a "Golden Dome" missile defense system increases the threat of nuclear war with Russia and China, rather than enhancing security. Dr. Theodore Postol, who is a renowned expert on modern warfare and nuclear weapons, will discuss with Helga Zepp-LaRouche his conclusions about the danger inherent in the design of the system.
In his review of the proposal, Postol concludes that 1.) this proposal of the Trump Administration poses an...2025-05-291h 22
Programs and InterviewsHelga Zepp-LaRouche and Dr. Theodore Postol： What You Have to Know about the Taurus Missile System.In discussions with international collaborators Helga Zepp-LaRouche emphasized the danger emanating from the unwillingness of the European war party to seek peace and use negotiations to bring the Russia/Ukraine conflict to an end. The “Rearm Europe” campaign to make the European nations “war ready” and deliver more heavy weapons to Ukraine is escalating, despite high-level negotiations going on between the US and Russia.
Zepp-LaRouche said:
“Now, very worrisome also in line with the militarization of Europe, is the fact that Germany and Great Britain, together, decided on the development of the new, long-range missile, with a range of more than 2,000...2025-05-2138 min
Book Club with Jeffrey SachsSeason 4, Episode 4: Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A ScenarioSend us a textJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and award-winning journalist Annie Jacobsen as they discuss Jacobsen’s chilling and rigorous depiction of nuclear war in her groundbreaking book, Nuclear War: A Scenario. With meticulous research and interviews with military and political insiders, Jacobsen takes us through a riveting, heart-pounding, second-by-second scenario of a world-ending nuclear war. From the technological aspects of nuclear weapons and missile defense systems to the horrifying and total incapacity of modern society to survive a nuclear onslaught, Jacobsen depicts the razor-thin margin separating us from catastrophe.Together, they delve into the...2025-01-2152 min
apolut: StandpunkteMit Krieg und Zerstörung zur globalen Herrschaft | Von Wolfgang EffenbergerDeutschland: Startrampe und Drehscheibe für den Krieg gegen RusslandSyrien/Nah-Ost: Sprungbrett für den kommenden Konflikt mit ChinaEin Standpunkt von Wolfgang Effenberger.Anfang Juli 2024 entschied Kanzler Olaf Scholz ohne vorausgegangene parteiinterne Diskussion, was aus Sicht vieler Genossen erst hätte debattiert werden müssen: die Stationierung amerikanischer Mittelstreckenraketen in Deutschland ab 2026.Offizielle Begründung: Eine Fähigkeitslücke bei der Verteidigung gegenüber Russland müsse geschlossen werden.(1) Damit werden offiziell erstmals seit den Achtzigerjahren nach der Stationierung der Pershing II-Raketen in Deutschland wieder amerikanische Raketen und Marschflugkörper statio...2024-12-1344 min
Tommy's PodCastRUS-UKR Nukes | Professor Theodore Postol (TPC #1,571)Theodore Postol is Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT. He did his undergraduate work in physics and his graduate work in nuclear engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Postol joined the staff of Argonne National Laboratory, where he studied the microscopic dynamics and structure of liquids and disordered solids using neutron, x-ray and light scattering, along with computer molecular dynamics techniques. Subsequently he went to the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment to study methods of basing the MX Missile, and later...2024-09-131h 39
The Duran PodcastToward a Second Cuban Missile Crisis? - Theodore Postol, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn DiesenToward a Second Cuban Missile Crisis? - Theodore Postol, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen2024-08-031h 36
Going Underground Hosted by Afshin RattansiNATO Are DELUDING THEMSELVES on Beating Russia in Ukraine- Ex-Pentagon Advisor Prof. Theodore PostolFOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former Pentagon Advisor Theodore Postol, Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and International Security at MIT. He discusses the state of NATO as it celebrates its 75th Anniversary in Washington amid Ukraine’s deteriorating battlefield situation in the NATO proxy war against Russia, Russia’s military strategy against Ukraine in the war of attrition and why it has been successful, Antony Blinken’s announcement that the US will supply F-16s to Ukraine and why it won’t make any differenc...2024-07-1328 min
Truth Jihad RadioWill Israel's New Ultra-Extremist Cabinet Spark World War III?Rumble link Bitchute linkWill nuclear World War III happen this summer? The answer, we all hope, pray, and expect, is “no.” But the odds of what would be an unprecedented global disaster are at an all-time high. The Union of Concerned Scientists’ Doomsday Clock, stuck at a record-breaking 90 seconds to midnight since last year, should have moved a few ticks closer to Armageddon in late May, after Ukraine and its US backers began striking Russian early-warning radar sites tasked with detecting a US nuclear attack.Russia announced that it would respond symmetrically by arming US adv...2024-06-2006 minKPFA - The Ralph Nader Radio HourCatastrophic Mismanagement of U.S. Security PolicyRalph welcomes Theodore Postol, Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology, and National Security Policy at MIT. They discuss the conflicts in Ukraine and Israel/Palestine and break down what the weaponry being used in both conflicts tells us about the intentions and capabilities of all parties involved. Then, Ralph answers listener questions.
Theodore Postol is Professor of Science, Technology, and National Security Policy Emeritus in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT. His expertise is in nuclear weapon systems, including submarine warfare, applications of nuclear weapons, ballistic missile defense, and ballistic missiles more generally. He previously...2024-04-2959 min
Ralph Nader Radio HourCatastrophic Mismanagement of U.S. Security PolicyRalph welcomes Professor Theodore Postol, Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and National Security Policy at MIT. We discuss the conflicts in Ukraine and Israel/ Palestine and breakdown what the weaponry being used in both conflicts tells us about the intentions and capabilities of all parties involved. Plus, Ralph answers listener questions!Theodore Postol is Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy Emeritus in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT. His expertise is in nuclear weapon systems, including submarine warfare, applications of nuclear weapons, ballistic missile defense, and ballistic missiles more generally. He previously...2024-04-271h 20
Tommy's PodCastNuclear Escalation | Dr. Theodore Postol (TPC #1,100)TPC #1,100 is with Dr. Postol of MIT. Theodore Postol is Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT. He did his undergraduate work in physics and his graduate work in nuclear engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Postol joined the staff of Argonne National Laboratory, where he studied the microscopic dynamics and structure of liquids and disordered solids using neutron, x-ray and light scattering, along with computer molecular dynamics techniques. Subsequently he went to the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment to study methods...2023-02-201h 44
The Roundtable — Gonzalo LiraRoundtable #5: Larry Johnson, Ray McGovern, Theodore PostolA discussion of nuclear weapons control treaties between the US and Russia, and why now we are closer to a nuclear war than ever before.
Larry Johnson’s website and blog:
https://sonar21.com/
Ray McGovern’s website and blog:
https://raymcgovern.com/
Theodore Postol’s Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Postol2022-07-262h 50
Tommy's PodCastTPC #840: Professor Theodore Postol (Nuclear Escalation & Intelligence Failures)TPC #840 is with Dr. Postol of MIT. Theodore Postol is Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT. He did his undergraduate work in physics and his graduate work in nuclear engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Postol joined the staff of Argonne National Laboratory, where he studied the microscopic dynamics and structure of liquids and disordered solids using neutron, x-ray and light scattering, along with computer molecular dynamics techniques. Subsequently he went to the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment to study methods...2022-06-131h 36ManifoldTheodore A. Postol: Nuclear Weapons, Missile Technology, and U.S. Diplomacy — #12Theodore A. Postol is professor emeritus of Science, Technology, and International Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is widely known as an expert on nuclear weapons and missile technology.Educated in physics and nuclear engineering at MIT, he was a researcher at Argonne National Lab, worked at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and was scientific advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations.After leaving the Pentagon, Postol helped to build a program at Stanford University to train mid-career scientists to study weapons technology in relation to defense and arms control policy.2022-05-191h 55
Ralph Nader Radio HourNuclear Weapons in Ukraine?Ralph welcomes nuclear weapons expert, MIT professor Theodore Postol, to give us his insights into the possibility and the ultimate consequences of Vladimir Putin employing “tactical” nuclear weapons in the Russian conflict with Ukraine. And our resident constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, weighs in on the hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Plus, Ralph answers your questions about the latest Boeing crash and money in politics. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe2022-03-261h 09
noliesradioRalph Nader Radio Hour 2022-0326Ralph welcomes nuclear weapons expert, MIT professor Theodore Postol, to give us his insights into the possibility and the ultimate consequences of Vladimir Putin employing tactical nuclear weapons in the Russian conflict with Ukraine.2022-03-2557 min
Bringing Light Into Darkness - News & AnalysisPhysics/Forensics Challenging Chemical Weapon Use Against Syrian Govt. (05/11/2021) (Part 2 of 2)Tonight, we continue our discussion on the pattern of unreliable of intelligence made public to us by our government and the media’s complicity. Dr Theodore Postol MIT physicist and missile expert returns to BLID as our guest. Dr Postol Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy at MIT worked as a scientific and policy advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations who commands more ships, more planes and more people under arms than the combined forces of the UK, France and Germany.”
Four gas attacks March 19, 2013 March Khan al Assal; August 21, 2013 Damascus/El Ghouta; April 2017 Khan Sheikhon gas; and...2021-07-1627 minBringing Light Into Darkness - News & AnalysisPhysics/Forensics Challenging Chemical Weapon Use Against Syrian Govt. (05/11/2021) (Part 1 of 2)Tonight, we continue our discussion on the pattern of unreliable of intelligence made public to us by our government and the media’s complicity. Dr Theodore Postol MIT physicist and missile expert returns to BLID as our guest. Dr Postol Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy at MIT worked as a scientific and policy advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations who commands more ships, more planes and more people under arms than the combined forces of the UK, France and Germany.”
Four gas attacks March 19, 2013 March Khan al Assal; August 21, 2013 Damascus/El Ghouta; April 2017 Khan Sheikhon gas; and...2021-07-1626 min
Pushback with Aaron MateOPCW leaks expose 'criminal' Syria cover-up -- and US media is silentThe US media continues to ignore one of 2019's top scandals: a cover-up inside the OPCW, the world's top chemical weapons watchdog, that was used to justify US-led military strikes on Syria. Theodore Postol, award-winning professor of Science, Technology and National Security policy at MIT, joins Pushback to discuss the latest leaked revelations and what he calls the "criminal" US media silence on the story.
The leaked documents and testimony from inside the OPCW show there were major doubts about the allegations the Syrian government committed a chemical weapons attack in the city of Douma in April 2018. Inspectors who were...2020-01-0231 min
Pushback with Aaron MateSyria scandal: New whistleblower claims chemical weapons watchdog OPCW suppressed Douma evidenceA whistleblower from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is accusing top officials of tampering with evidence collected at the scene of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Syrian city of Douma in April 2018. The official, a senior scientist who collected samples at the scene, is the second with the OPCW's Douma team to allege that evidence was suppressed. His testimony raises new doubts about the claim that the Syrian government carried out a chemical attack in Douma, which led to US-France-UK airstrikes -- and with it, new concerns that the world's chemical weapons watchdog is...2019-11-1733 min