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Episode 538: The Manhattan Project Part VI - The Greatest Generation

Last Podcast On The Left

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The Power of a Suitcase You Don't Open

Lewis Strauss had a grudge against Oppenheimer because he openly ridiculed one of Strauss's recommendations on atomic research during a public congressional hearing in 1951. He soon became convinced that Oppenheimer was a secret commie and got to work convincing others that they were wrong. There's no such thing as a secret communist, says the former CIA director.

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