A House of Dynamite (2025) w/ Scott Sagan | Ep. 54

Podcast: Bang-Bang Podcast · Van and Lyle are Bang-Bang

Opublikowano: 2025-12-19

Van and Lyle are joined by nuclear weapons and disarmament expert Scott Sagan to discuss A House of Dynamite, the 2025 political thriller that imagines nuclear catastrophe not as spectacle or obvious madness, but as an orderly sequence of decisions made under crushing time pressure. Structured as interlocking vignettes rather than a single command-room drama, the film moves between the White House, STRATCOM, missile defense sites, continuity bunkers, and civilian spaces, sketching a system that largely works as designed and still produces annihilation. The film’s opening establishes its governing logic. Inclination is flattening. Timelines shrink. Judgment collapses in...