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EPISODE · Aug 7, 2025 · 17 MIN

Were the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki justified?

from The Smerconish Podcast · host Michael Smerconish

Listen to Michael's conversation with Garrett Graff, author of The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb on The Book Club with Michael Smerconish Podcast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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80 years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Michael Smerconish asks: Were they justified? Drawing on recent powerful guest interviews, firsthand accounts, and striking poll data — past and present — he explores how American attitudes have shifted since 1945. Michael leans into a provocative question: Whose judgment do we trust more — those who lived through it, or those of us reflecting decades later? Listen here, and please share, rate, and review this podcast!

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