Antidote
Episode 30
Author Annie Jacobsen Reveals the Only Thing Preventing WWIII
DARPA, IARPA, ARPA, and how the US government rose from WWII to create a surveillance state that got tested in Vietnam before becoming the modern inescapable Big Brother it is today, is explained by author Annie Jacobsen. From the rise of the Military Industrial Complex, to the JASON Scientists and the technological advances in killing, spying, and bio-engineering that have completely reshaped the world, we explore the past of the future in this Antidote interview hosted by Michael Parker.
DARPA’s quest to be the technologically elite in pre technology research and military technology, autonomous warfare, the military industrial complex, sensor and surveillance technology, mass surveillance, . L3 military tech, nano technology, biotechnology
Episode Breakdown
00:01 Welcoming Annie Jacobsen to Antidote.
00:40 DARPA, ARPA, IARPA.
02:40 The space race and the creation of soap operas.
05:48 Nazi scientists, Wernher von Braun and Eisenhower.
08:36 Thermonuclear wars, MAAD and THE PENTAGONS BRAIN: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America’s Top-Secret Military Research Agency.
11:07 The JASON scientists, the defense science board and autonomous warfare.
14:15 The Ho Chi Minh Trail, ARPA warfare and Macnamara’s electronic fence.
17:50 Revolution, reporting and Charles H. Townes.
21:20 Urban warfare, counterinsurgency and financing weapons.
25:00 Taliban and technology.
26:02 Cyborgs, biohybrids and future wars.
29:43 Oxytocin, autonomous robots and narrative networks.
32:33 Restoring Active Memory (RAM) and neuroprosthetics.
36:55 Humanity and endless war.
39:20 Defense problems and regret.
40:42 GPS and dual use technology.
42:20 Thank you and goodbye.
Guest Bio
Annie Jacobsen is an investigative journalist and bestselling author who writes about war, weapons, U.S. national security and government secrecy. Her newest book, “THE PENTAGON’S BRAIN: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America’s Top Secret Military Research Agency,” publishes on September 22, 2015.
Her 2011 non-fiction bestseller, ”AREA 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base,” has been published in five languages and is being made into an AMC scripted television series with Gale Anne Hurd (Walking Dead, Terminator). Her 2014 non-fiction bestseller, ”OPERATION PAPERCLIP: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America,” has been published in five languages and is being adapted for television by Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment and Brett Ratner’s RatPac Entertainment. The Boston Globe and Apple iTunes chose “OPERATION PAPERCLIP” as one of the best books of 2014.
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