WS More or Less: Could North Korea Wipe out 90% of Americans? - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

A single nuclear weapon could destroy America’s entire electrical grid, claims a former head of the CIA. The explosion would send out an electromagnetic pulse – resulting in famine, societal collapse and what one newspaper has called a “Dark Apocalypse”.



But are hungry squirrels a greater threat to the electrical grid than North Korean weapons? We speak to senior security adviser Sharon Burke and Yoni Applebaum from The Atlantic.



Presenter: Charlotte McDonald

Producer: Hannah Sander

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