"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. LA-UR-21-24438

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How to Make a Fat Man

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. LA-UR-21-23930

Secret City Babies

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. LA-UR-21-23377

Oppenheimer’s Chair

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.

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