Breaking the Silence: How America Can Confront the Sins of the Past Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 5: A visitor passes by a wall displaying a picture of the mushroom cloud when the atomic bomb was dropped. August 5, 2004 in Hiroshima, Japan. ( Junko Kimura / Getty ) Produced by Elizabeth Ross Produced by GBH, PRI and WNYC