logo
episode-header-image
Jul 2024
1h 5m

THE JACK CARR BOOK CLUB with ANNIE JACOB...

JACK CARR
About this episode
Today's guest is Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author Annie Jacobsen. Her books include: AREA 51, OPERATION PAPERCLIP, THE PENTAGON’S BRAIN, PHENOMENA, SURPRISE, KILL VANISH, and FIRST PLATOON.   Join Jack and Annie on this first episode of the JACK CARR BOOK CLUB podcast, where they discuss Annie’s latest book: NUCLEAR WAR: A SCENAR ... Show More
Up next
Oct 8
Exclusive First Listen: CRY HAVOC — Chapter 3
The wait is over. Jack Carr’s new novel—CRY HAVOC—is out now. Chapter 3 drops us back into South Vietnam on January 27, 1968, where Tom Reece, Frank Quinn, and their Montagnard teammate Amiuh—run an off-the-books “hunting expedition” outside Phu Bai. These unsanctioned testing-an ... Show More
13m 44s
Oct 1
Exclusive First Listen: CRY HAVOC — Chapter 2
The countdown to October 7, 2025 is in its final days. Get ready! Jack Carr’s most visceral novel yet—CRY HAVOC—is almost here. Chapter 2 moves the story from the seas off North Korea to GRU headquarters in Moscow where tradecraft, paranoia, and a web of intrigue ripples into one ... Show More
39m 30s
Sep 24
THE SECRET OF SECRETS
The Jack Carr Book Club September 2025 selection is THE SECRET OF SECRETS by #1 New York Times bestselling author Dan Brown. When Robert Langdon travels to Prague with Katherine Solomon—a brilliant noetic scientist on the verge of publishing an explosive discovery about human con ... Show More
58m 56s
Recommended Episodes
Jan 2025
Season 4, Episode 4: Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
Send us a textJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and award-winning journalist Annie Jacobsen as they discuss Jacobsen’s chilling and rigorous depiction of nuclear war in her groundbreaking book, Nuclear War: A Scenario. With meticulous research and interviews with military and politica ... Show More
52m 18s
Jun 2024
The world after nuclear war
A mile of pure fire. A flash that melts everything — titanium, steel, lead, people. A blast that mows down every structure in its path, 3 miles out in every direction. Journalist Annie Jacobsen spent years interviewing scientists, high-ranking military officials, politicians, and ... Show More
57m 6s
Jul 2022
The Terminal List: Jack Carr's Story Of Revenge Comes To Life
On this episode, Will sits down with New York Times Bestselling Author, creator of the hit series, Terminal List, and Navy SEAL Sniper, Jack Carr, to discuss what it takes to become a Navy SEAL, as well as the inspiration behind his thrilling books and new Amazon series. In this ... Show More
1h 7m
Oct 2022
British Academy Book Prize 2022
Deafness and communication, writing Chinese, women as killers in Chile, German postwar history, testimony from a Swedish village and a global history of science are the topics explored in the books shortlisted for this year's prize for Global Cultural Understanding run by the Bri ... Show More
45m 2s
Jul 2024
The Golden Man by Philip K. Dick - Early Philip K. Dick Short Stories
The powers of earth had finally exterminated the last of the horrible tribes of mutant freaks spawned by atomic war. Menace to homo sapien supremacy was about ended—but not quite. For out of the countryside came a great golden, godlike youth whose extraordinary mutant powers, com ... Show More
1h 21m
Feb 2025
Vertigogo
In this episode, first aired in 2012, we have two stories of brains pushed off-course. We relive a surreal day in the life of a young researcher hijacked by her own brain, and hear from a librarian experiencing a bizarre and mysterious set of symptoms that she called “gravitation ... Show More
25m 48s
Mar 2025
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is a journalist, author, and speaker, best known for digging into the quirks of human behavior and the hidden forces behind everyday life. He is the bestselling author of eight books, including The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, and his latest release, Revenge o ... Show More
1h 29m
Sep 2024
Robert Duncan Milne: A Lost Pioneer of Science Fiction
Unlike most episodes there are no film spoilers ahead! For full detailed show notes please click the episode on this page and scroll down. This episode we take a huge jump back to the end of the 19th century and a side step to science fiction literature rather than film. Robert D ... Show More
40m 48s
Feb 2025
A Forensic Analysis of Meghan Markle’s Announcement
After trademark troubles and delays with her original brand, our favourite ex-royal is giving it another go. Meghan Markle's new Instagram teaser still gives us those dreamy Montecito mansion vibes, but now with a different name and (presumably) fewer jams. Is this a strategic pi ... Show More
38m 37s