Patrick MacFarlane joins the show to discuss his new docuseries, The Truth About Oppenheimer. MacFarlane talks about the project and some of his sources. They then compare the version of Oppenheimer, and the Manhattan Project, with the portrayal in Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster.

Discussed on the show:

The Truth About Oppenheimer / Part One

Behind the Fog by Lisa Martino-Taylor

Oppenheimer (IMDb)

The Plutonium Files by Eileen Welsome

Patrick MacFarlane is the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute where he advocates a noninterventionist foreign policy. He is a Wisconsin attorney in private practice. His work has appeared on antiwar.com and Zerohedge. Follow him on Twitter @patmacfarlane_

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