Freelance journalist Kelsey Atherton joins Angry Planet to talk about Oppenheimer. The movie does a good, but not perfect, job with history and tends toward mythmaking. Matthew loved it and Atherton had some issues with it. In this wide-ranging conversation that covers nuclear history, our renewed atomic fears, and the people left out of the story, the two nuclear journalists dissect Hollywood’s latest blockbuster.
The People Building AI with 'Existential Risk' Are Really Not Getting 'Oppenheimer'
We Are All Oppenheimer
Atherton’s Wars of the Future Past
12 Books and Movies to Check Out After 'Oppenheimer'
What ‘Oppenheimer’ doesn’t tell you about atomic bombs
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