The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency

Annie Jacobsen

Brought up on The Joe Rogan Experience, Modern Wisdom and The Shawn Ryan Show, most recently on 2026-07-31 — 3 shows, 3 episodes.

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Where it came up

• The Joe Rogan Experience · Joe Rogan Experience #2534 - Annie Jacobsen · at 19:05 · 2026-07-31

  “My first six books were written in the past tense. Like, you know, the Nazi scientists who came to America, Area 51, um The Pentagon's Brain.”Author's ownOn tour

• Modern Wisdom · Something Scary Is Happening In Biolabs - Annie Jacobsen · at 2:31:41 · 2026-07-23

  “I wrote a book on DARPA called The Pentagon's Brain. It published 10 years ago, 11 years ago. And I write in the book, The Defense Department leads technology everywhere”Author's ownOn tour

• The Shawn Ryan Show · Annie Jacobsen - The Government’s Classified Plan for Biological War | SRS #323 · at 2:05 · 2026-07-20

  “You've written best-selling books including Area 51, Operation Paperclip, The Pentagon's Brain, Surprise Kill, Vanish, Nuclear War: A Scenario”Author's ownOn tour

Also mentioned in those episodes

• · Area 51Annie Jacobsen The Joe Rogan Experience
• · Nuclear WarAnnie Jacobsen Modern Wisdom
• · The PrecipiceToby Ord Modern Wisdom
• · The DecameronGiovanni Boccaccio Modern Wisdom
• · Operation paperclipAnnie Jacobsen The Shawn Ryan Show
• · Surprise, Kill, VanishAnnie Jacobsen The Shawn Ryan Show
• · Nuclear WarAnnie Jacobsen The Shawn Ryan Show

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