Ep. 272: Vince Houghton on Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board

Vince Houghton is the historian and curator of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. He is also the host and creative director of the Museum’s podcast, SpyCast. His new book is Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board.

Houghton explains how the Cold War spawned fantastical science fiction-like weapons programs and plans by the United States government and the Pentagon such as atomic bomb-powered spacecraft, nuking the moon, psychic soldiers with the powers of telekinesis and mind control, and cyborg cats and other animals. Houghton also shares his thoughts on Russia’s new “wonder weapons” such as doomsday submarine drones and hypersonic nuclear-powered cruise missiles.

And it appears that Donald Trump was not so crazy in his suggestion about using nuclear weapons to deflect or perhaps even neutralize hurricanes.

Chauncey DeVega reflects on another crazy week in TrumpWorld which saw the Republicans declare Trump a king in the Senate, and his deranged State of the Union Speech which was an amazing and great television spectacle. Chauncey also shares some new public opinion and other data which shows, again, that Donald Trump will likely win again in 2020 and that the Democratic Party and its supporters are profoundly horrible at politics and winning.

And Chauncey shares a story about his perilous, harrowing, horrible recent trip on the city bus and how it symbolizes America’s broken and sick society in the Age of Trump.

SELECTED LINKS OF INTEREST FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW 

Republicans and Democrats live in “nearly inverse news media environments,” Pew finds Trump has highest economic approval rating of any president in the last 20 years: new poll Trump Job Approval at Personal Best 49% January jobs report: Economy adds 225,000 payrolls, unemployment rate ticks up to 3.6% New High of 90% of Americans Satisfied With Personal Life New survey shows Americans are unhappier than they’ve been in years What the economy tells us about Trump’s reelection odds “We’re losing our damn minds”: James Carville unloads on the Democratic Party

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