
95. Oppenheimer (w/ Bilge Ebiri)
Cows in the field
00:00
The Importance of Defending Oppenheimer
The movie, I think gives Lewis Strauss and Edward Teller who are ostensibly the villains more of a sympathetic read than the book does. This is another difference between the film the book, the book I read very much as a we need to fully defend Oppenheimer against all this like a massive history that had like slandered him. And this is like fully on his side. But at the same time I don't think it's an unsympathetic portrayal of Oppenheimer you totally know why he's doing some of these things he himself is just gripped by these contradictions.
Play episode from 01:01:14
Transcript


