https://simplecast.com Relics Each 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. 2021 Los Alamos National Laboratory en Mon, 10 May 2021 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 1 Jun 2021 13:35:37 +0000 https://relics.simplecast.com Relics https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/941ede72-3894-4344-8817-c88aa9797fa6/1e22fe57-24e5-49ba-b860-572273822cbf/3000x3000/relics3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://relics.simplecast.com episodic Each 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. Alan Carr, Brye Steeves no https://feeds.simplecast.com/KIUh9ZA5 los alamos, los alamos national laboratory, manhattan project, national security research center, project y Los Alamos National Laboratory lpetronis@lanl.gov acf816a6-29d8-4e32-b784-c933259b745d How to Make a Fat Man "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. 

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]]> Mon, 10 May 2021 06:00:00 +0000 lpetronis@lanl.gov (Keith Thomas, Joey Montoya, Alan Carr, Brye Steeves) https://relics.simplecast.com/episodes/how-to-make-a-fat-man-PZQMmsWt "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. 

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]]> How to Make a Fat Man Keith Thomas, Joey Montoya, Alan Carr, Brye Steeves 00:08:43 "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. It includes drawings and photographs. "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. It includes drawings and photographs. no full 3 26244e5f-1076-45e2-a333-560dabbfe630 Secret City Babies Los 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. 

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]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2021 06:00:00 +0000 lpetronis@lanl.gov (Jim Kunetka, Joey Montoya, Alan Carr, Brye Steeves) https://relics.simplecast.com/episodes/secret-city-babies-nfxWQQRg Los 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. 

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]]> Secret City Babies Jim Kunetka, Joey Montoya, Alan Carr, Brye Steeves 00:10:15 Los Alamos was so secret that in some cases, it didn’t even exist. Instead of listing a city on birth certificates during the Manhattan Project era, the official documents just listed an address: P.O. Box 1663. Los Alamos was so secret that in some cases, it didn’t even exist. Instead of listing a city on birth certificates during the Manhattan Project era, the official documents just listed an address: P.O. Box 1663. national security research center, manhattan project, history, los alamos national laboratory, project y, los alamos no full 2 fedb9a9a-c6de-46ff-a6cc-32308cdd2774 Oppenheimer’s Chair Even 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. 

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]]> Wed, 14 Apr 2021 06:00:00 +0000 lpetronis@lanl.gov (Wendy Strohmeyer, Alan Carr, Brye Steeves) https://relics.simplecast.com/episodes/oppenheimers-chair-W69SGpRR Even 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. 

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]]> Oppenheimer’s Chair Wendy Strohmeyer, Alan Carr, Brye Steeves 00:12:52 Even the "father of the atomic bomb" had to sit down somewhere. The military-issue chair of legendary first Lab Director and brilliant physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the few items we still have of his. Even the "father of the atomic bomb" had to sit down somewhere. The military-issue chair of legendary first Lab Director and brilliant physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the few items we still have of his. national security research center, manhattan project, bradbury science museum, project y, los alamos, j.r. oppenheimer no full 1