Oppenheimer: "Look What You Made Me Do"

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

Society & Culture, History, Tv & Film

4.6 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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This week on Right Answers Mostly, we’re diving into the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb,” haunted genius, and reluctant face of America’s most destructive creation. But don’t worry, we’re not leaving you in the fallout without a soundtrack. We’re breaking down Oppenheimer’s journey with a little help from Taylor Swift’s greatest hits, because sometimes the only way to understand the Manhattan Project is to say, "look what you made me do." From his bohemian youth, to the ethical torment that followed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to his public trial and humiliation during the Red Scare, we’ll ask whether Oppenheimer was the tragic anti-hero of his own story, or just a man stuck in a cycle politics, paranoia, and power. History is just gossip after all, even when discussing the Atomic Bomb. Created and produce by Tess Bellomo & Claire Donald For more RAM, follow us here! If you're interested in our BONUS eps a month (3 for $7.99) go here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:28.0	I am Tess Falomo and I'm Claire Donald. Tess, I was shook a to my core when you text
1:34.5	me that you were covering this and I'm so excited. I know. I knew that it would shock you. I know
1:39.1	that it might shock some of the Ramies, but I did watch Oppenheimer on the plane, which is a whole other section
1:46.6	on itself that we need to talk about because the film bros are attacking tests.
1:50.3	Yeah, you know, I was honest about it because I don't want to lie, and I was honest about it
1:53.8	on a TikTok, just being like, okay, I finally watched this. I had my hesitations of even wanting
1:59.0	to watch this movie when it was like up against Barbie.
2:19.8	And that's a whole another story that like. Premium Ray Meets know though. Yeah, we don't have the time. But you guys know it was like an emotional summer for me and I kind of had resentment towards this film. And then I was on an 11 hour flight back from Europe. And I was like, well, now is the time to watch a Christopher Nolan three and a half hour movie, which I know it was made for fucking IMAX, you guys, I know.
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