The cold war's been over for nearly twenty years, but the U.S. and Russia still aim thousands of nuclear tipped missiles at each other, ready to fire at a moments notice. Meanwhile, economies collapse, the climate cooks, militants terrorize, and none of these threats can be deterred by nuclear bombs. So why do we keep maintaining them, and at what cost?
This program was funded by the Ploughshares Fund.
Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund
Laura Peterson, Senior Policy Analyst, Taxpayers for Common Sense
Gordon Adams, Distinguished Fellow, American University School of International Service, Stimson Center
Hans Kristensen, Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists
Paul Ingram, Executive Director, BASIC
(Click on a guest's name to listen to their full unedited interview.)
Host: Mark Sommer
Senior Producer: Gregg McVicar
Associate Producers: Naihma Deady, Matt Fidler
Production Engineer: Michael Schwartz
Field Engineers: Matt Fidler and Katie Lamborn
Music in this program: "Cafe" - Francois Couture - Disques Boghei Records; "A United Earth I" - Alan Stivell and Youssou N'Dour - Putumayo World Music; "Sweet Apocalypse" - Moby - Mute Records; "Bizuri Dub" - Eccodek - White Swan Records "Political Science" - Randy Newman - Nonesuch Records; "It's Mercy We Need" - Bob Brozman - Ruf.
Duration: 55:00 minutes
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