#301 - The Politics of Unreality: Ukraine and Nuclear Risk

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Only the first hour of this episode is available on the paywalled podcast version (the BLACK podcast logo). If you&rsquo;d like to hear the full 1 hour and 39 minutes of this episode and gain access to all full-length episodes of the podcast, you&rsquo;ll need to SUBSCRIBE </span><a href="https://www.samharris.org/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. If you&rsquo;re already subscribed and on the private RSS feed, the podcast logo should appear RED.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sam Harris speaks with Timothy Snyder about the ongoing war in Ukraine. They discuss the effect of Russian propaganda, Putin&rsquo;s motives, whether the US and NATO bear some responsibility for the war, widespread calls for de-escalation, nuclear blackmail and nuclear risk, and other topics.</span></p> <p><strong>Timothy Snyder</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is the Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He is the author of a dozen books, including the bestsellers </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3TXotFo" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Tyranny</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></em><a href="https://amzn.to/3Ssf8UZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our Malady</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></em><a href="https://amzn.to/3DshbnL" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Road to Unfreedom</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></em><a href="https://amzn.to/3TCYQdp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Black Earth</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></em><a href="https://amzn.to/3gDDZIo" t