Introduction

In this episode, we're talking with a nuclear historian about the new Christopher Nolan blockbuster, Oppenheimer. Alex Wellerstein is a nuclear historian and professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. I've been thinking about Oppenheimer as a person and his history for about 20 years. And so it's a little odd to watch a movie about someone you've spent a lot of time reading their letters or FBI files.