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The Atomic Bomb - Crime Against Humanity That Saved Millions of Lives
CONTENT WARNING: This is, by some distance, the most divisive episode of Post-Whatever to date. If you've enjoyed the show so far because it's mostly kept you mildly amused rather than genuinely furious — today may be the day that changes, well, maybe. Buckle up. Listener discretion, and possibly a stiff drink, advised.
81 years ago today, at 8:15 in the morning, the world entered the nuclear age over a city full of civilians. We're still arguing about it. We probably always will.
In this episode, I try to hold two seemingly incompatible truths at once: that the bombs may have averted…
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