The 2008 Ideas Festival, sponsored by the Aspen Institute and Atlantic Magazine, gathered scientists, artists, politicians, historians, educators, activists, and other great thinkers for a week in early July. MPR's Midday broadcast several of the presentations.
The history and future of the atom bomb
Three nuclear weapons and global security experts discuss the history and future use of nuclear weapons at the Aspen Ideas Festival this summer.
Guests
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Joseph Cirincione: President of the Ploughshares Fund and former director for non-proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Author of, "Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons."
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Bruce Blair: President of the World Security Institute.
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Martin Sherwin: Pulitzer Prize-winning author of a book about J. Robert Oppenheimer, titled "American Prometheus." History professor at George Mason University.
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