About this season
From the Cold War to COVID, the secret history of the government's Doomsday plans. Based on the book by Garrett M. Graff, the six-part series exposes the U.S. government’s flawed plans to protect its citizens. The show unpacks America’s national security spending on hidden underground cities, a secret air force and a plan to suspend democracy in order to serve the interests of the elite class. The series features interviews with political figures including former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and former National Coordinator for Security.
Episodes (6)
1. Doomsday & The President
Aired 17 November 2020
How Cold War plans for nuclear war empowered the president to rip up the Constitution and blow up the world – and there’s nothing we can do to stop it.
2. C.O.G. Clusterf***
Aired 24 November 2020
The government’s secret plans to save itself go awry on 9/11.
3. The Enemy Within
Aired 1 December 2020
How disasters and civil unrest reveal the Cold War’s racist roots.
4. National Insecurity
Aired 8 December 2020
America won the Cold War, but spent billions on the military over everyday people.
5. Collapse
Aired 15 December 2020
After spending trillions of dollars worrying about nuclear annihilation, it may already be here. How the mega-rich plan to save themselves while the rest of us die.
6. Brace for Impact
Aired 22 December 2020
The elite’s Cold War plan for doomsday fueled the rise of conspiracy theories. Looking into how people from different social hierarchies coped with the Cold War.