NH #761: NUKED Film – US Cruelty in Nuclear Bombing of Marshall Islands + DOOMSDAY CLOCK: 85 Seconds to Midnight
This Week’s Featured Interview:
The 2024 film NUKED presents the story of the US nuclear betrayal of the people of the Marshall Islands after WWII. The film won several awards, including Best Documentary at 2024 International Uranium Film Festival and has been picked up for international distribution by the Al Jazeera Media Network.
March 1 marks Marshallese Remembrance Day, formally known as Nuclear Victims’ Day and Nuclear Survivors’ Day. It’s a national holiday in the Marshall Islands which honors the victims and survivors of nuclear testing done in the area in the 1950s. With March 1 just around the corner, we thought the timing was appropriate to bring your attention to the issues as told through this film.
I interviewed NUKED director Andrew Nisker and Rhea Moss-Christian, a Marshallese Islander interviewed in the film who is executive director and former chair of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) She previously chaired the Marshall Islands National Nuclear Commission and advised the Marshall Islands Government on oceans and trade.
I spoke with Andrew Nisker and RHEA MOSS-CHRISTIAN on January 16, 2026.
Doomsday Clock Jumps Down to 85 Seconds to Midnight
Atomic scientists set their “Doomsday Clock” closer than ever to midnight, citing aggressive behavior by nuclear powers Russia, China and the United States, fraying nuclear arms control, conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, and AI worries among factors driving risks for global disaster.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the clock to 85 seconds before midnight, the theoretical point of annihilation. That is four seconds closer than it was set last year. The Chicago-based nonprofit created the clock in 1947 during the Cold War tensions that followed World War Two to warn the public about how close humankind was to destroying the world.
Links:
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Doomsday Clock Statement
- Video of the January 27, 2026 announcement and speakers
Nuclear Hotseat Hot Story w/Linda Pentz Gunter:
In trying to focus on nuclear issues, we need to melt ICE… but not reactors!
