Episode Details
Back to Episodes
Oppenheimer is Not The First Movie About the Deveopment of the Atom Bomb...The First One Was a Bomb
Episode 572
Published 2 years, 9 months ago
Description
Exactly 78 years ago this week, the first atomic bomb test took place in Alamogordo, New Mexico. A scene so profound it was likened to witnessing creation.
Our guest is Greg Mitchell, author of "The Beginning or the End", a book that explores the crossroads of science, politics, and Hollywood in the Atomic Age." revealing how an early movie about Oppenheimer became pro-bomb propaganda and shaped public perception for over 75 years.
As Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" nears release, Mitchell's insights into our nuclear past become ever more relevant as we look at the influences of government and military on the media.
My conversation with Greg Mitchell: