HeyJaredOppenheimer and the Legacy of His Bomb
The Man, the Movie--and the dangers of his Bomb ever since--from award-winning author and filmmaker (and expert on the atomic bombings).
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Doctored Strange Love (opens the original)
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Greg Mitchell has written several books and hundreds of articles about The Bomb as well as two recent PBS films, “Atomic Cover-up” and “The Atomic Bowl.”Subscribe nowThis year we celebrated the 62nd birthday of “Dr. Strangelove,” which debuted on January 29, 1964. The first preview screening had been set for Nov. 22, 1963, but....well, you know. The premiere was then pushed back a bit. Fortunatel
A Famous Hiroshima Survivor, a New Book, and the Co-Pilot of the 'Enola Gay' (opens the original)
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Still free to subscribe to this newsletter! Greg Mitchell is author of fourteen books and director of five films for PBS since 2022. In a previous life, he was a longtime editor at the legendary Crawdaddy. His latest film “Woody Guthrie and The Ghost of Tom Joad Today” is now streaming everywhere via PBS.Subscribe nowJust a quick report here</st
The Pilots Who Dropped the Atomic Bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki (opens the original)
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Still free to subscribe to this nearly daily newsletter! Greg Mitchell is author of fourteen books and director of five films for PBS since 2022 including “Atomic Coverup” and “The Atomic Bowl.” . His latest film “Woody Guthrie and The Ghost of Tom Joad Today” is now streaming everywhere via PBS. Subscribe now
Nagasaki: "Necessary" or War Crime? (opens the original)
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Nagasaki Day arrived again today, marking the atomic bombing of that Japanese city 81 years ago. Unlike most writers on the subject of the atomic bombings, I’ve written a great deal about Nagasaki over the past, ouch, 40 or so years….and last year in my PBS film “The Atomic Bowl” which you can now watch above. It explores the U.S. staging an all-star football game on a killing field near ground zero there, just months after the bombing. I wrote <a href="https://www.
Did Truman Regret Dropping Atomic Bombs Over Two Cities? (opens the original)
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Still free to subscribe to this nearly daily newsletter! Greg Mitchell is author of fourteen books and director of five films for PBS since 2022. In a previous life, he was a longtime editor at the legendary Crawdaddy. His latest film “Woody Guthrie and The Ghost of Tom Joad Today” is now streaming everywhere via PBS.Subscribe now<a c
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