Oppenheimer, Strangelove, Feiffer

Studio 360

Studio 360 considers the bomb. With a second nuclear age at hand, Kurt Andersen and historian Richard Rhodes talk about how living with the threat of nuclear annihilation shaped our culture in the 20th century. And with election day around the corner, we wondered about a missed opportunity to make a candidate stand out– just why do all campaign signs look alike?

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