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Did Netflix Get Nuclear Crisis Right? A Critical Look at House of Dynamite

Thinking the Unthinkable with Ankit Panda
Justin Anderson and Ankit Panda
December 22, 2025

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Episode Notes:

Ankit is joined by Justin Anderson, the Deputy Director of the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction at National Defense University, for a discussion of Netflix’s House of Dynamite. They unpack how the film portrays nuclear decision-making, missile defense, civil-military relations, and time pressure, and where it diverges from how nuclear crises would likely unfold in the real world.

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