What Makes 'Oppenheimer' Great and Why It Sucks
Angry Planet28 Jul 2023

What Makes 'Oppenheimer' Great and Why It Sucks

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.


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