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Oppenheimer swept the Golden Globes, reigniting public interest in the Manhattan Project, the WWII-era secret program to develop the atomic bomb and the impacts of nuclear power. But what the film leaves out alters our understanding about the real impacts of this advancement.
On today’s encore episode, we hear about nuclear colonialism and how it has changed the course of the people and places of New Mexico with Myrriah Gmez, author of Nuclear Nuevo Mxico: Colonialism and the Effects of the Nuclear Industrial Complex on Nuevomexicanos.
Then we dig into how nuclear testing during the Cold War led to dangerous and lasting contamination in the Marshall Islands and San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood.
Learn more about the story and find the transcript on radioproject.org. [https://www.radioproject.org/2024/01/nuclear-colonialism-and-the-story-oppenheimer-didnt-tell-encore]
Making Contact [https://radioproject.org/] is an award-winning, nationally syndicated radio show and podcast featuring narrative storytelling and thought-provoking interviews. We cover the most urgent issues of our time and the people on the ground building a more just world.
