Are We Doomed?

Is the world ending? "Are We Doomed?" is the animated, video podcast (NPR Network) exploring nukes, AI, climate change, pandemics, and angry hippos, sorting catastrophic risks from fantasy.

Award-winning journalist Ben Bradford investigates history, science, and technology to separate legitimate threats from doomsday hysteria. With immersive, narrative sound and expert guests, we ask the questions they never prepared for: “Why is the Earth doing this to us?”

New episodes every Tuesday at 9AM PT / 12PM ET

What you’ll find on this channel:

• Science of Survival: Yellowstone, planetary risks, and the reality of surviving nuclear war.  
• World-class thinkers on the future of humanity and… the moon.  
• True tales of human survival and ridiculous near-misses. 

Come for the apocalypse; stay for how our brilliant, bumbling species survives a terrifying adolescence. Subscribe for weekly episodes and deep dives.

Produced by NuanceTales and distributed by the NPR Network.