Oppenheimer—A discussion with LCNP's John Burroughs

KPFA Sunday Show, July 30, 2023

John Burroughs and host Philip Muldari discuss the Christopher Nolan biopic on KPFA’s Sunday Show. They talk about what was good about the film, including its depiction of the vicious McCarthy-era sidelining of Robert Oppenheimer, leader of the effort to design the first atomic bombs but after World War II a voice for restraint. And they talk about what is missing, not least that the Manhattan project was a vast industrial enterprise for production of plutonium and uranium 235, not just scientists gathered together at Los Alamos, New Mexico to design the bombs. 

Click here for the recording. (starts at 1:06:40)