Atomic Fallout: Nuclear War, Oppenheimer & Fukushima W/ Lesley Blume, David Hecht, Alex Wellerstein

Journalist, historian and author Lesley M. M. Blume, historian of science David Hecht, and nuclear historian Alex Wellerstein join Katie to discuss the film Oppenheimer, the legacy and future of nuclear war and what is happening in Fukushima Japan. Lesley M. M. Blume is an award-winning journalist, historian, and New York Times bestselling author. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, WSJ Magazine, Vanity Fair, Columbia Journalism Review, Vogue, Town & Country, Air Mail, The Hollywood Reporter, Slate, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Paris Review Daily, among other publications. She often writes about historical nuclear events, historical war journalism, and the intersection of war and the arts. Blume in New York, 2016. Photo by Claiborne Swanson Frank. Blume in New York, 2016. Photo by Claiborne Swanson Frank. Blume’s second major non-fiction book, Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed it to the World, was rel