Introduction

Alex Wellerstein is a nuclear historian and professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. Alex: I've been thinking about Oppenheimer as a person in his history for about 20 years. It's a little odd to watch a movie about someone you've spent a lot of time reading their letters,. Their FBI files, their security hearing transcripts. We're going to be talking about Christopher Nolan's new film Oppenheimer.