<p>Christopher Nolan has been generous enough to put together a full-on Origin Story film, combining key elements from the Nuclear War and McCarthyism episodes. So <a href="https://twitter.com/Dorianlynskey"><strong>Dorian Lynskey</strong></a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/IanDunt"><strong>Ian Dunt </strong></a>put on their <strong>Oppenheimer </strong>cosplay outfits including suit trousers waisted up to the chest, and set off to the cinema to watch it. </p><p>Here's what they had to say…</p><p><br></p><p>Support Origin Story on<strong> Patreon</strong> for more bonus episodes: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/originstorypod">www.Patreon.com/originstorypod</a> </p><p><br></p><p><u>Reading List: </u></p><p>Luis Alvarez – Alvarez: Adventures of a Physicist </p><p>Martin Amis – Einstein’s Monsters </p><p>Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin – American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer </p><p>David C. Cassidy – J. Robert Oppenheimer and the American Century </p><p>Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi – The Worlds of Herman Kahn </p><p>Herman Kahn – On Thermonuclear War </p><p>William Lanouette – Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard </p><p>William L. Laurence – Dawn Over Zero: The Story of the Atomic Bomb </p><p>Robert Jay Lifton and Richard Falk - Indefensible Weapons </p><p>Ronald Reagan – An American Life </p><p>Jonathan Schell – The Fate of the Earth </p><p>P.D. Smith – Doomsday Men: The Real Dr Strangelove and the Dream of the Superweapon </p><p>H.G. Wells – The World Set Free </p><p>The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy, by Lawrence Freedman and Jeffrey Michaels</p><p>The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski</p><p><br></p><p><em>Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt. Audio production by Alex Rees, music by Jade Bailey. Logo art by Mischa Welsh. Lead Producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. </em><strong><em>Origin Story is a Podmasters production.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/OriginStorycast">https://twitter.com/OriginStorycast</a> </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a></p>