Kai Bird, Author of American Prometheus | One to One

“Oppenheimer”- a movie about the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who led the team that made the first atomic bomb, is a box office hit this season. It’s a serious movie that surprisingly is right up there with mass market favorites like “Barbie,” “Spider Man” and "Guardians of the Galaxy". Host Sheryl McCarthy speaks with Kai Bird, co-author of “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer,” the book on which the movie is based. He’s also executive director of the Levy Center for Biography at CUNY. He’ll tell us why he thinks ordinary citizens are so interested in this serious man who undertook a deadly serious mission; why biography is important; and why Oppenheimer’s story offers a lesson for our time. Follow CUNY TV: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CUNYTV Twitter: https://twitter.com/cunytv Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cunytv75/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cunytv75 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cunytv/ Find more from CUNY TV at https://tv.cuny.edu Guest: Kai Bird Executive Director, Levy Center for Biography at the CUNY Graduate Center Recording Date 09/14/2023 First Air Date 10/24/2021 Host Sheryl McCarthy speaks with CUNY newsmakers, notables and experts about the issues of the day in this compelling half-hour series. Ms. McCarthy is a veteran journalist and Distinguished Lecturer of Journalism at Queens College. Watch more One to One at http://www.tv.cuny.edu/show/onetoone One to One's playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE218257BDC2BC8B6 Subscribe to the CUNY TV channel: https://bit.ly/2GmGb13​​​​ OTOO17002_V1