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?

Kurt Andersen and historian Richard Rhodes talk about how living with the threat of nuclear annihilation changed our culture. We’ll explore how Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project’s lead scientist, became an American myth. And we’ll see how popular culture reflects optimism, anxiety, and ambivalence about the nuclear age.

Sixty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kurt Andersen and historian Richard Rhodes talk about how living with the threat of nuclear annihilation changed our culture, and the nature of the nuclear menace today. We’ll explore how Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project’s lead scientist, became an American myth. And we’ll see ...