The Sh*t Show: threatening civilizations ain’t cool

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of a threatening statement made by the President regarding the destruction of civilizations, particularly focusing on Iran and the potential for nuclear conflict.

Send us Fan Mail The pressure keeps ramping up, and this week was like no other, with a potty-mouthed Potus threatening to destroy an entire civilization. While the media and experts try to determine what he meant by this statement – a war crime in its own right (not the act, just saying the words) - the only way a civilization the size of Iran could be destroyed is by going nuclear. Did we really get so close this week? Well, in this day and age, none of us can feel confident it won’t happen...

People in this episode

Host: Andrea T Edwards

Topics covered

• politics
• nuclear threat
• media analysis
• civilization
• war crimes

Keywords

• Potus
• Iran
• nuclear
• civilization
• war crime
• media
• threat

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Places: Iran

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