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Published: Aug. 4, 2022, 4 a.m.

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An episode from 8/4/22: Tonight, listen to my four-part episode on the atomic bomb, from its development, to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and after. I draw almost entirely from the words of those who were there. The full text of the quotations used here can be found \\u2060in the blog versions of these podcasts\\u2060.

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The books, documentaries, and poems used to make these episodes are:

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• \\u2060The Making of the Atomic Bomb\\u2060, by Richard Rhodes
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• \\u2060Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb\\u2060, by Richard Rhodes
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• \\u2060American Prometheus: The Triumph & Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer\\u2060, by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
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• \\u2060J. Robert Oppenheimer: Shatterer of Worlds\\u2060, by Peter Goodchild.
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• John Else\'s documentary, The Day After Trinity, \\u2060can be watched here\\u2060.
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• John Bradley\'s anthology of poets writing about the bomb is \\u2060Atomic Ghosts: Poets Respond to the Atomic Age\\u2060.
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• My poem about Robert Oppenheimer \\u2060can be read here\\u2060.
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Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to \\u2060humanvoiceswakeus1@gmail.com\\u2060.

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Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to\\xa0humanvoiceswakeus1@gmail.com.

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