President’s Giant New Race Database—And What Happens When a Nuclear Bomb Is Detonated?

President Barack Obama says he wants to focus on race relations during his remaining months in office—but how? Reports are that his administration is building a massive database to measure just about every aspect of our lives—searching for evidence of racism that it can set right.

In other news, the Iranian nuclear deal has raised the specter of Iran becoming a nuclear state. Today we’re going to try to understand the reality of what nuclear weapons do. Trumpet writer Brad Macdonald has written an article discussing the reality of nuclear war by looking at those who experienced the horrors firsthand.

Finally we’ll talk about the successful completion of a 9½-year mission to have a probe fly by Pluto, and how unique it is that this gem of a planet we live on can support us!