August 19, 2026

The Next (And Final) Pandemic? with Annie Jacobsen

Hasan sits down again with writer, Annie Jacobsen, to talk about her new book BIOLOGICAL WAR: A SCENARIO, why we're doing gain of function research, and to double check that the plague is bad...right?Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan MinhajCo-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth VenkataramanujamExecutive Producer/Director: Tyler BabinExecutive Producer/Showrunner: Scott VroomanProducer: Kayla FengProducer/ Copywriter: Annie FickCinematographer: Austin MoralesEditor: Hobson Feltus and Zae JordanAssistant Editor: Zae JordanTalent Coordinators: Tanya Somanader and Kori SchulmanExecutive Assistant: Samuel PilandYOU CAN WATCH ON CNN.COM/WATCH OR THE CNN APP. Thanks so much for listening to Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know. If you haven’t yet, now is a great time to subscribe to Lemonada Premium. Just hit the 'subscribe' button on Apple Podcasts, or, for all other podcast apps head to lemonadapremium.com to subscribe.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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