While The Rest Of Us Die

5.5

2020

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.

Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 2020

1. Doomsday & The President

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. Clusterfuck

The government’s secret plans to save itself go awry on 9/11.

3. The Enemy Within

How disasters and civil unrest reveal the Cold War’s racist roots.

4. National Insecurity

America won the Cold War, but spent billions on the military over everyday people.

5. Collapse

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

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.