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#1600 A Conversation with Richard Rhodes
Listening to America
English - May 20, 2024 21:48 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 910 ratingsHistory Society & Culture american history politics unitedstates Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Clay Jenkinson interviews Pulitzer Prize winning historian Richard Rhodes, the author of 23 books including The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Topics include Rhodes' path to one of the most productive and acclaimed writing careers in recent American history; the strengths and weaknesses of Christopher Nolan's film Oppenheimer; the time Edward Teller abruptly stopped an interview and asked Rhodes to leave; the current status of the Doomsday Clock that tells us how close we are to nuclear war; and what's next in the illustrious career of the much awarded and universally celebrated author.