Drama queen -
For the parts that focused on the history, it was fine. However, the podcaster tries to make this dramatically personal because her grandfather worked at Oak Ridge. She approached it as if her grandfather was Oppenheimer, trying to wrestle with a work-related decision that would impact mankind. Her grandfather did a job during the war like many others, whether they were making ammunitions or building tanks or working at Oak Ridge. Her ‘struggle’ to understand her grandfather is incredibly convoluted.
GracieEsq via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/08/24
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Interesting and engaging. I appreciate that the tension about developing such a terrible weapon is acknowledged. This is really mythical history and there is a lot of links to the psychic tension that accompanies the super extreme technological development of our time and the loss of innocence...Read full review »
A. C. Atmananda via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/22/20
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GregGarland via Apple Podcasts · New Zealand · 08/14/20
I hope future episodes don’t focus on the destruction caused by the bomb without explaining why the bomb was dropped. I have little sympathy for allies of Hitler. The bomb saved us from a bloody invasion that would have lasted years. The only option was complete surrender. That was accomplished.
fococlimber via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/06/20
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