Episode #744
Oppenheimer, Strangelove, Feiffer
Friday, November 03, 2006
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?
Record cover for Atomic Cocktail from the Slim Gallaird Quartet
(Atomic Records. Hollywood, California. Copyright 1945)
Guests:
Richard RhodesAmerican Prometheus
Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer led a team of thousands to create the first nuclear weapon. He was immediately hailed as an American hero, but after speaking out against the use of the bomb he was condemned as a traitor and maligned as a Communist spy. Sara Fishko ...
Nuclear Monsters
Stanley Kubrick set out to make a serious drama about an accidental nuclear war, and ended up making the blackest comedy ever, Dr. Strangelove. Arun Rath explains how the bizarre, over-the-top parody of Dr. Strangelove was closer to reality than any of us would care to believe.
Design for the Real World: Election Signs
As we approach the first Tuesday in November, we're awash in red, white and blue bumper stickers, buttons, and lawn signs. Graphic designer Michael Bierut explains why so many of these campaign signs look the same, no matter what side of the fence they're planted on. Produced ...
Jules Feiffer
The Bush administration has boosted the careers of many liberal comics and commentators like Bill Maher, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. But a familiar voice of the old left has been unusually quiet during the last six years: Jules Feiffer. Studio 360's Eric Molinsky ...





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