四处飘荡的理查德德（保罗.纽曼饰）来到纽奥良落脚，并成为当地保守派广播电台主持人，虽然他不赞同电台所持的立场与态度，但仍以电台角度出发来发言，而这样的危险平衡却被友人打破，也成了一连串阴谋的序曲。

The atomic bomb, the specter of a global nuclear holocaust, and disasters like Fukushima have made nuclear energy synonymous with the darkest nightmares of the modern world. But what if everyone has nuclear power wrong? What if people knew that there are reactors that are self-sustaining and fully controllable and ones that require no waste disposal? What if nuclear power is the only energy source that has the ability to stop climate change?