Kai Bird

Season 6 Episode 9

Prize-winning historian Kai Bird offers a riveting account of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist behind the atomic bomb, is a divisive figure in American history. Kai Bird provides a compelling account of Oppenheimer’s life, from his New York childhood to his Cold War career, and the moral dilemmas he faced in creating the most destructive weapon in history.

AIR DATE 2/26/25

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This series presents interviews between David Rubenstein and some of the nation’s most renowned scholars and public figures, including Ron Chernow, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Walter Isaacson, Annette Gordon-Reed, and others. In these in-depth conversations, Rubenstein illuminates the work of these influential historians and thinkers as well as the subjects of their scholarship.

Broadcast Dates

#607 - Jeffrey Rosen |
Thursday, May 22 at 4:30am TPT 2
#605 - Stacy Schiff |
Thursday, May 22 at 11:30pm TPT 2
#605 - Stacy Schiff |
Friday, May 23 at 5:30am TPT 2
#607 - Jeffrey Rosen |
Sunday, May 25 at 11am TPT 2
#606 - Robert Caro |
Thursday, May 29 at 11:30pm TPT 2

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