#252 - The Doomsday Gap

Michael and Us

Luke Savage and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.6 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

At last, we have decided to stop worrying and love the bomb. We discuss Stanley Kubrick's immortal DR. STRANGELOVE (1964) and how its depiction of small, pitiable men against a vast backdrop brought the Kubrick project into sharp focus. PLUS: why the billionaire space race encapsulates what's wrong with this damnable world of ours.

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0:00.0	Folks, if you're listening to the Michael and Us podcast, there's a pretty good chance that you're a fan of the Michael and Us podcast.
0:09.9	Well, what if I were to tell you that there is more of the podcast than you've possibly been listening to?
0:15.3	Really? Can such a thing be true?
0:16.9	Oh, it's no science fiction, Luke.
0:18.6	Patreon.com slash Michael and Us.
0:21.7	You'll get a whole extra episode every week, and you'll get a bevy of bonus content.
0:26.4	First of all, let me tell you about some of our recent Patreon episodes.
0:29.3	Oh, yeah, please do.
0:30.4	We did one.
0:31.1	Luke's a huge fan of the show.
0:32.3	He wants to know more.
0:33.9	We did one on the beloved hip-hop musical Hamilton.
0:38.4	Did we like it?
0:39.3	Did we dislike it?
0:40.4	There's only one way to find out.
0:41.8	Yeah, subscribe it.
0:42.8	Patreon.com slash Michael and Us.
0:44.8	We did recent episodes on the acclaimed documentary Crum,
0:48.4	as well as our very first film by the British gadfly Nick Broomfield,
0:52.8	his documentary portrait of Margaret Thatcher, tracking down
0:56.0	Maggie. And Luke, you've done a lot of interviews, haven't you? Yeah, that's right. I had a recent
0:59.7	conversation that's up there with the science fiction writer and open source advocate,
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