164 - The Manhattan Project

Published: Nov. 4, 2019, 7:45 p.m.

b'The Manhattan Project! The United States gathered all the best minds it could find to develop atomic weapons before the Germans or Japan beat them to the nuclear WW2 punch. And then, after Germany and Italy had already been defeated, America dropped atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Was this action morally justified? And how did the United States keep a giant weapons project a secret for as long as they did? Find out all this and more in today\'s Timesuck!\\n\\nCheck out Lynze and I\'s new horror podcast\\xa0Scared to Death.\\xa0Listen on Spotify, Stitcher, iTunes, Youtube, and more! Here\'s the iTunes link:\\xa0https://apple.co/2MRMgai\\n\\nDonating $3500\\xa0this month to the Patriot Guard Riders nonprofit! - https://www.patriotguard.org/\\n\\nHappy Murder\\xa0Tour\\xa0Standup\\xa0dates: (full calendar at\\xa0http://dancummins.tv)\\n\\nNovember 7-9 Denver, CO\\xa0Comedy Works (downtown)\\xa0CLICK HERE\\xa0for tix!\\n\\n** November 10 - Denver, CO LIVE TIMESUCK\\xa0CLICK HERE\\xa0for tix! **\\n\\nNovember 21-23 Grand Rapids, MI\\xa0Dr. Grins (at the B.O.B)\\xa0CLICK HERE\\xa0for tix!\\n\\n** November 23 Grand Rapids, MI LIVE TIMESUCK\\xa0CLICK HERE\\xa0for tix! **\\n\\nDecember 5-7 Tacoma, WA Comedy Club CLICK HERE for tix!\\n\\n** LIVE TIMESUCK Tacoma, WA Tacoma Comedy Club CLICK HERE for tix!\\n\\nListen to the best of my standup on Spotify!\\xa0(for free!)\\xa0https://spoti.fi/2Dyy41d\\n\\nGo to FELIXGRAYGLASSES.com/timesuck for free shipping and 30 days of risk-free returns or exchanges.\\n\\nGet a free trial of the entire Great Courses library: TheGreatCoursesPLUS.com/TIMESUCK\\n\\nWatch the Suck on Youtube: https://youtu.be/yzt9UjBxqik\\n\\nMerch\\xa0\\xa0- https://badmagicmerch.com/\\n\\nWant to try out\\xa0Discord!?!\\xa0https://discord.gg/tqzH89v\\n\\nWant to join the Cult of the Curious private\\xa0Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever current page hasn\'t been put in FB Jail :)\\n\\nFor all merch related questions: https://badmagicmerch.com/pages/contact\\n\\nPlease rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!!\\xa0@timesuckpodcast\\xa0on IG and\\xa0http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast\\n\\nWanna become a Space Lizard? We\'re over 6000 strong!\\xa0Click here:\\xa0https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast\\xa0\\n\\nSign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You\'ll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album,\\xa0Feel the Heat.\\xa0Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits.'