Episode 534: BOOM!!!
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we talk about Jack Ryan…’s first cinematic appearance in “The Hunt For Red October.”
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Nuclear Weapons on Overthinking It
Stranger Things and The Looming Specter of Nuclear Winter
The alternate universe in Netflix’s hit series gives us a chilling glimpse of another way the 1980s could have turned out.
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Wing Commander III: The Ethics of Genocide
In the classic sci-fi game “Wing Commander III,” the hero blows up an entire planet to win the war. Was this act of genocide justified?
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The Nuclear Option: Batman, Iron Man, and Attitudes Toward Power
You can’t have a superhero movie without a city-destroying weapon.