“Wise Men” Co-Authors Evan Thomas and Walter Isaacson on Hiroshima Anniversary

  

“Wise Men” Co-Authors Evan Thomas and Walter Isaacson on Hiroshima Anniversary 

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On this weekend in 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, snuffing out 70,000 lives in an instant and ushering in the atomic age. 77 years later, the world remains haunted by fallout from the bomb’s invention. Indeed, the United Nations Secretary General this week warned that the world is just one misstep away from nuclear annihilation. To discuss Hiroshima and its implications, historian Evan Thomas speaks with Walter Isaacson.

Originally aired on August 5, 2022.