If you think things can’t possibly get worse, you might want to duck and cover. John von Sothen has the incredible story of how the U.S. Air Force dropped a nuclear bomb off the coast of Savannah, Georgia—and it is still there. Then, there was a time when New York’s Waldorf Astoria was the epitome of a great hotel … until the Chinese Communist Party bought it. What could possibly go wrong? Our writer Ben Ryder Howe reports. And finally, with the arrival of an outpost of one of France’s most influential department stores in Lower Manhattan, Christine Muhlke asks: Can Printemps make shopping fun again? Listen by clicking Play below. And be sure to subscribe at Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you don’t miss an episode.
Episode 235: Tick, Tick, Boom? The Lost Nuclear Bomb That Could Destroy Savannah, Georgia
Plus: Christine Muhlke on the French store that might just save New York; Ben Ryder Howe on the decline (and possible resurrection) of the Waldorf Astoria, in Manhattan; and more
