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Los Alamos, Narrated by Todd Nickols

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July 16, 2026

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Todd Nickols is the Executive Director of Los Alamos Historical Society (LAHS) and former manager of the Bandelier Trading Company where he worked on several Federal National Park Service initiatives. Nickols tells the story of Los Alamos, where J. Robert Oppenheimer and thousands of scientists built the atomic bomb that would forever change warfare. @LosAlamosHistoricalSociety

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Todd NickolsExecutive DirectorBandelier Trading CompanyFederal National Park ServiceLos AlamosJ Robert Oppenheimer

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