Super Critical Podcast - Overthinking Nuclear Pop Culture

In this episode, we investigated a distress beacon to find our new artificially intelligent WMD friend in the Star Trek Voyager episode “Warhead” (s5 e25 - 1999) where the crew picks up smart bomb hitchhiker hellbent on finishing his military mission. Why don’t all nuclear armed missiles have a self-destruct feature? How do you deter against a nuclear strike from a planet 80 light years away? How does the USS Voyager convince a nuclear bomb to stop loving itself and not explode? Tim Westmyer (@NuclearPodcast), co-host Gabe, and special guest James Sheehan (@jsheehandc) -- consultant working on trans-Atlantic cooperation and public diplomacy -- answer these questions and more. Before we check out of sick bay, we recommend: -Russian Roulette, PBS, February 23, 1999 -Dark Star (1974 movie by John Carpenter) -“One,” Metallica, …And Justice for All (1989) -Meilan Solly, “The Japanese WWII Soldier Who Refused to Surrender for 27 Years,” Smithsonian Magazine -The Delta Flyers, Voyager Podcast -Jetrel, Star Trek Vo