Relics

Author: Alan Carr, Brye Steeves

Each Relics episode highlights one significant legacy item from the collections of Los Alamos National Laboratorys 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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How to Make a Fat Man
Episode 3
Sunday, 9 May, 2021

"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