It's very hard for reporters to just point out that North Korea has never offered to give up nuclear weapons.

Instead, it's always, well, the president says this, and experts differ.

The president's June summit with North Korea offered some blockbuster coverage.

Um, what happened?

From WNYC, this is on the media.

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield.

Plus, we look back at another moment in our history of nuclear fears immortalized in the movie the day after.

This is not an exercise.

Roger, understand. Major Reinhardt, we have a massive attack at the U.S. at this time.

And then we are deploying them as well.

And so everyone located near these missile silos is watching them come out of the ground.

And to me, in some ways, it's the most haunting images in the film are seeing these missiles going up into the air.

And a playwright ponders how we might remember a Simpsons episode in the months, years, and decades after society's collapse.

It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield.

Last week, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on three foreign companies for selling prohibited goods to North Korea.

And Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says they won't be lifted until, quote, the final fully verified denuclearization of North Korea.

A few days earlier, National Security Advisor John Bolton had complained about North Korean

inaction on the issue.

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