About this episode

The episode features a discussion about the film 'The Day After' with guests Nicholas Meyer and Stephen Bissette.

"You know what Einstein said about World War III? He said he didn't know how they were gonna fight World War III, but he knew how they would fight World War IV: With sticks and stones." BEST OF CRADLE TO THE GRAVE THE DAY AFTER with NICHOLAS MEYER & STEPHEN BISSETTE ***** Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cradle2thegravepod/ LEAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THE EPISODE!

People in this episode

Host: Erik Hanson

Guests: Nicholas Meyer, Stephen Bissette

Topics covered

• World War III
• nuclear war
• film analysis
• interviews
• 1980s cinema

Keywords

• The Day After
• Nicholas Meyer
• Stephen Bissette
• nuclear war
• 1983 film
• interview
• film review

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: THE DAY AFTER

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