Super Critical Podcast - Overthinking Nuclear Pop Culture

In this episode, we are still unaware of what the other half of the battle is, but we do know some things about the 2013 action movie, G.I. Joe: Retaliation. How can a villain trick the world into global nuclear disarmament? Does the U.S. military really have plans to steal Pakistan's nuclear weapons? Does The Rock action figure come with a kung-fu grip? We answer these questions and more. If you don't want to watch the full movie, you can watch these key scenes on YouTube ("Might be a better option than the whole movie."-Tim): -The Atomic Summit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1tGCDeOi2o -Project Zeus Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlrA-vPOGVQ -Pakistan's Nukes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4UwbdmTQik Before we parachute out of our exploding helicopter, we recommend reading Richard Garwin's paper on "Space Weapons: Not Yet" presented atPugwash Meeting No. 283 on May 14, 2003 (http://fas.org/rlg/030522-space.pdf)and Jeffrey Goldberg and Marc Ambinder's article on "The Pentagon's Secre