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Jul 2023
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Oliver Stone - Nuclear Power, Putin & Sn...

Russell Brand
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Academy-award winning filmmaker Oliver Stone, behind Platoon, JFK & Snowden, joins Russell to talk about his new docu-film, 'Nuclear Now', and why he feels nuclear power is the future to unlock energy for years to come. PLUS, he shares exclusive anecdotes from his conversations with Putin, and his thoughts around new censorship laws in the wake of the Snowden revelations in 2013.

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