[Kzyxtalk] RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 5, 2020, Heroes and Patriots

[Mary Massey]

*75 YEARS AGO TO THE DAY, AUGUST 6, 1945, THE UNITED STATES DROPPED A
NUCLEAR BOMB ON HIROSHIMA WITH A SECOND BOMB TO FOLLOW AUGUST 9TH,
DEVASTATING NAGASAKI JAPAN*


*To discuss this historic US action, hosts John Sakowicz and Mary Massey
return with another program of Heroes and Patriots, Thursday, August 6,
9-10 a.m. PST on KMUD Community Radio, Humboldt County.*


*Appearing on the program is Peter Kuznick, Professor of History, Director,
Nuclear Studies Institute, American University.  He is a co-author (with
Akira Kimura),  of  Rethinking the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki: Japanese and American Perspectives, co-author (with Oliver Stone)
of the New York Times best-selling  The Untold History of the United
States (books and documentary film series), and author “ **The Decision to
Risk the Future: Harry Truman, the Atomic Bomb and the Apocalyptic
Narrative* <https://apjjf.org/-Peter-J.-Kuznick/2479/article.html>*.”*


*During the second half of the program, John and Mary welcome **Chuck
Collins**. Mr. Collins is the director on Inequality and the Common Good at
the Institute of Policy Studies. He co-authored the report: "Gilded Giving
2020: How Wealth Inequality Distorts Philanthropy and Imperils Democracy"
and, "The Giving Pledge at 10: A case Study in Top Heavy Philanthropy."*


*The program will stream live on KMUD Community Radio www.kmud.org
<http://www.kmud.org> beginning at 9 a.m. PST.*


*Listeners may call or write in with questions for both guests.*


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