Die Hard 2: Die Harder

Welcome to episode 22 of Unclear and Present Danger. This week, we watched “Die Hard 2: Die Harder,” the sequel — of course — to “Die Hard.” In this conversation, Jamelle and John talk the 1990s panic over violence in pop culture, the working-class qualities of John McClane, and the lost days of American suspicion of, even hostility to, the military.

Connor Lynch produced this episode. Artwork by Rachel Eck.

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The New York Times front page for July 4, 1990