Does the news these days make you feel like
, stumbling toward the ? You are not alone,
brother. Which is why tonight’s theme episode of (Fox Business Network, 9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT,
with re-airs three and five hours later) dives right into the Fear,
interrogates it, embraces it, and fights back with some hard-won
rationality.
“Apocalypse How?” stares into the abyss with the following tour
guides:
* , the 16th director of the Central Intelligence
Agency, former under-secretary of the Navy, 1980s nukes negotiator,
and all-purpose alarm-sounder. Woolsey will assess (!) the threat of ballistic nukes from rogue states, and
about the looming EMP threat (sample
mongering: “within 12 months of a nationwide blackout, up to 90% of
the U.S. population could possibly perish from starvation, disease
and societal breakdown”).
* , former Reagan-administration deputy defense
secretary, who will talk about the nexus between failed states and
nuclear weapons (in other words, Pakistan).
* , resident Fox News doctor guy, who will describe how
Ebola can and cannot wipe out populations, and whatever nasty
viruses we should be skeered of.
* Harvard economist and , who will assess the possibilities of a U.S. debt
crisis, and the pros and cons of hoarding various metals.
* Ridiculously scientist and backyard tinkerer ,
star of , who will describe the human race’s vulnerability
to asteroids, super-volcanoes, and alien invasions.
* Beloved New York Times science writer , who will coo
soothingly and tell us to relax already about looming
civilizational collapse.
You’ll learn, you’ll laugh, you’ll get a thousand dollars worth
of ones and fives ready, just in case….
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