Relics
3 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsEach Relics episode highlights one significant legacy item from the collections of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s National Security Research Center with mini lessons in Los Alamos history and national security. Host Brye Steeves narrates each 10-minute episode, which includes historian Alan Carr as well as a subject matter expert to talk specifically about the item.
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Episodes
How to Make a Fat Man
May 10, 2021 06:00 - 8 minutes - 8.03 MB"Fat Man" was the codename for the implosion-type nuclear weapons designed by Los Alamos scientists to help end World War II. The NSRC has the only-known step-by-step manual still in existence. Relics is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Public Affairs. Joey Montoya is producer; Brye Steeves is writer and host. Special thanks to Alan Carr, Keith Thomas, Chris C’de Baca, Andrew Gordon, Lexi Petronis, Riz Ali, and Scott Faulk. LA-UR-21-24438
Secret City Babies
April 26, 2021 06:00 - 10 minutes - 9.45 MBLos Alamos was so secret that in some cases, it didn’t even exist – like on the birth certificates of the babies who were born here during the Manhattan Project era. Relics is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Public Affairs. Joey Montoya is producer; Brye Steeves is writer and host. Special thanks to Alan Carr, Jim Kunetka, Chris C’de Baca, Andrew Gordon, Lexi Petronis, Riz Ali, and Scott Faulk. LA-UR-21-23930
Oppenheimer’s Chair
April 14, 2021 06:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBEven the "father of the atomic bomb" had to sit down somewhere and J. Robert Oppenheimer’s chair is one of just two personal items that Los Alamos has. Relics is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Public Affairs Office. Joey Montoya is producer; Brye Steeves is writer and host. Special thanks to Alan Carr, Wendy Strohmeyer, Chris C’de Baca, Andrew Gordon, Lexi Petronis, Riz Ali, and Scott Faulk. LA-UR-21-23377