Austin, Vipin, and I sat down to share our reviews of Kathryn Bigelow’s new Netflix thriller, “A House of Dynamite.” We share our analysis of the film’s plot; where the film seemed accurate in its portrayal of the nuclear war scenario, deterrence logic, basic facts of government operations; and, some of the more confusing assertions made by characters in the film. Lot’s of feelings! But we also try to highlight what seemed right and what seemed wrong based on our own experiences in government.

We also share our own favorite nuclear war movies and try to answer a few listener questions and share what others said about the movie.

Hope you enjoy, and please send us your own questions or comments regarding the movie in the replies below, or via email.

Edit: I failed to link to Al Mouroni's Substack, which we mentioned during the pod. You can find it here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/almauroni?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=998hw

Intro/outro music licensed by Soundstripe: “The Iron Curtain” by Wicked Cinema.

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