The power of one story, and the need for many. Plus: Maurice Carlos Ruffin on “getting your protagonist out of the house”

On the 80th anniversary of the world’s only atomic bombings, author Lesley MM Blume reveals how John Hersey laid bare the catastrophic cover-up of the nuclear age. Right now, she writes, we’d do well...

After the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, it was another year before first-hand accounts emerged. Journalist John Hersey helped expose the bomb’s lasting damage, which the U.S. govern...

The Bomb. The Aftermath. The Cover-up. And everything after. Guests include Dr. Yuki Miyamoto (DePaul University and second generation Hiroshima Hibakusha) and Lesley M.M. Blume (journalist, historian...