The Doomsday Machine w/ Daniel Ellsberg | MR Live



The MR Crew are off today so we’re coming to you with a special mid-year best of! In an episode from February 2018, Sam spoke with the late, great Daniel Ellsberg about his book The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. 7/3/23

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47 thoughts on “The Doomsday Machine w/ Daniel Ellsberg | MR Live”

  1. I worked in a convenience store in 2006 and my coworker listened to air America during our shifts. It broke me out of my libertarian phase. Thank you Sam!

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  2. Surprised the Ellsberg took the interview with sweater vest wearing wiener Sam…….need to clip that visage of Sam and post it with the title "the guy that the right wing most fears"……

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  3. Wow Incredible Interview !! I always knew that the services exagerated numbers to get more funding. But the satellite info saying the Russians only had 4 long range Hi yeild ICBMs was a real shocker while we had a comfortable lead at 40. Most people don't realize that Kennedys space Program which was wonderful was a cover for the ICBM missle program. the same missles and the research money was a cover for the costs of the weapons program. The Saturn Apollo were the only missles that were only for exploration. Dr Strangelove looks even more real than it did in 1965

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  4. Jesus Christ somebody buy this man a modern microphone. Fool, ask your friends and family if you sound like a fool- Yes you do. Your microphone is as dated as your old face. Who is this man’s family and why haven’t they gotten him into the 21st-century yet? I’m so tired of these calls that are barely able to be deciphered because the person is using technology that’s dated by 10 years

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  5. To the old man: please, please please get one of your family members to help you out. A 10-year-old could fix this audio. you sound like you are talking through a bag of gravel. Why am I straining my ears to hear what you’re saying? Get a microphone that is professional quality or don’t call into the shows…

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  6. Hi, I'm Skyler. I have a connection to the Internet. I have training in audio engineering.

    Stop posting stuff from people that don't have the technology to make it clear what they are saying

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  7. How can I expect to take this guy seriously when he doesn't even have a working microphone. This is the most unprofessional crap I’ve ever seen to be talking about issues, but you don’t have a microphone. Shut up.

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  8. Oh my God I just found out he died last month. Rest in peace. I agree with what he’s saying, how come nobody got this man at functioning microphone before he died this is an outrage you guys are fucking assholes. Get this man a microphone that works. I know it’s too late… But you guys fucking hose him by not giving him a microphone that didn’t make him sound like a fucking groveling idiot

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  9. Now the Soros fart tries to convince us he is oppostion by resending ancient videos? Is he still polishing his 2012 award for being the best journalist? The fun never stops!🤣🤣

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  10. Conservatives constituents are afraid that liberals are trying to bring back “communism”…

    However, right wing constituents are missing one giant Bent nail sticking out…

    Conservative leadership is trying to bring back “dictatorships”

    Without any of the community part

    Which is literally what destroyed communism in the first place from the inside out.

    Meanwhile, we all just out here trying to live

    Doesn’t matter what form of government you had…

    …if it goes dictatorship that’s all you get.

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  11. Sorry… I know this particular episode is about societal pacification in the midst of Laziness in our ranks as an actuality…

    …But I’m on a roll.

    Some moderates mostly liberals : “Maybe we should consider communism?… Like, just research it for starters”

    Conservative CHUD: “communism?!!! Aww hell no! I hate that guy!”

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  12. It’s one thing to test a few splosions in the dessert just to see what it do.

    It’s another thing to do it every other Sunday just to get your wig blown back…

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  13. It is interesting to think about what’s being said here 34:30 … Combined with folklore in older of civilizations that talk about nuclear level events in early humanity.

    The answer is always spacealiens and spacealiens are always just a disappointing version of us

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  14. I don't remember Graham's comments but It would largely be isolated to N.Korea. You have better strike power and you have a detection system you fund in S.Korea that gives you notice of launch in seconds, rather than 30 minutes (if using Alaska, Trump wanted to get rid of that system 'cos he was being "ripped off"). 30 mins to intercept that ICBM. China's not going to jump in on that. They're smarter than that.

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  15. I was not a regular TMR viewer when this originally aired so I’m glad I got to see this today. Insightful and horrifying at the same time, wow. (Real) whistleblowers are heroes.

    Ellsberg was so well spoken, clear, and direct. It’s like listening to an amazing storyteller. What a loss, and what a man.

    Thanks TMR.

    PS: Sam- keep the beard, it looks great lol.

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