History As It Happens

Strangelove at 60


Listen Later

In early 1964, Stanley Kubrick's black comedy Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb premiered in theaters. Sixty years later, it remains one of Kubrick's greatest films, a commentary on the madness of the idea that anyone could win a nuclear exchange. If you watch the film today unaware of the cultural and political milieu in which it was made, you might not get the jokes. In this episode, Joe Cirincione, an expert on nuclear arms control and the history of the arms race, discusses the very real scenarios the movie brilliantly satirized. 

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

History As It HappensBy Martin Di Caro

  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4

4.4

62 ratings


More shows like History As It Happens

View all
Political Gabfest by Slate Podcasts

Political Gabfest

8,478 Listeners

We the People by National Constitution Center

We the People

1,117 Listeners

Lectures in History by C-SPAN

Lectures in History

751 Listeners

The Lawfare Podcast by The Lawfare Institute

The Lawfare Podcast

6,299 Listeners

The President’s Inbox by Council on Foreign Relations

The President’s Inbox

712 Listeners

The Good Fight by Yascha Mounk

The Good Fight

900 Listeners

The Atlantic Interview by The Atlantic

The Atlantic Interview

2,125 Listeners

Uncommon Knowledge by Hoover Institution

Uncommon Knowledge

2,032 Listeners

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat by New York Times Opinion

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

7,166 Listeners

What Next | Daily News and Analysis by Slate Podcasts

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

2,404 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

16,042 Listeners

Booknotes+ by C-SPAN

Booknotes+

198 Listeners

For the Ages: A History Podcast by The New York Historical

For the Ages: A History Podcast

381 Listeners

Shield of the Republic by The Bulwark

Shield of the Republic

490 Listeners

The Foreign Affairs Interview by Foreign Affairs Magazine

The Foreign Affairs Interview

438 Listeners