{"podcast":{"title":"The Blue Collar Scholar","slug":"the-blue-collar-scholar-5584458","podcast_index_feed_id":5584458,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/XAYHUsKl","website_url":"https://the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/62dba346-87c2-4896-99a0-8910ee2f9f79/fd5244fc-d0e2-4e2b-a6e6-27892d67390a/3000x3000/ea6732da-855c-4167-819f-7ae16b1f6e01.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Will Reitz","episode_count":376,"summary":"This podcast will cover the topics covered by the history lectures, sermons, and Bible/theology studies of Will Reitz.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T20:17:37.914753+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-blue-collar-scholar-5584458"},"episode":{"title":"WWII, episode 13: The Manhattan Project","slug":"wwii-episode-13-the-manhattan-project","published_at":"2026-05-02T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-blue-collar-scholar-5584458/wwii-episode-13-the-manhattan-project","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-blue-collar-scholar-5584458","url":"https://the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/wwii-episode-13-the-manhattan-project-d8v83NMT","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/0629b599-6b9f-45a8-910c-a58b113af6d4/9547d0c6-f239-43ae-b10f-f2b66bd3573b/episodes/audio/group/17cfb4c0-a1a5-4f51-95c6-4c21a26068e3/group-item/b4c72326-29b5-4e11-94aa-9c6dd53055f3/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=XAYHUsKl","summary":"World War II came to a radically-unpredictable conclusion when Japan was bombed - twice - by the most powerful individual weapons ever used on human beings. The scientific knowledge necessary to accomplish the creation of the atomic bomb was only made possible a few short years before this when non-Nazi Germany scientists discovered nuclear fission in 1938. Determined to unlock the power of the atom before Hitler could, the United States & the United Kingdom got quickly to work - eventually combining their efforts - to master the chemistry, physics, engineering, industry, and logistics necessary (costing $2 Billion in 1945 money) to create the first nuclear weapons. This episode does not attempt to explain the bombs on a scientific level. Rather, we will survey the history surrounding the formation, the maintenance, and the successful conclusion of the Manhattan Project.","meta_description":"World War II came to a radically-unpredictable conclusion when Japan was bombed - twice - by the most powerful individual weapons ever used on human being…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6612,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-blue-collar-scholar-5584458/episodes/wwii-episode-13-the-manhattan-project/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-blue-collar-scholar-5584458/wwii-episode-13-the-manhattan-project.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}