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Episode 737 | The Wives of Los Alamos – Web Extra

NMiF Producer Megan Kamerick continues her conversation with author TaraShea Nesbit about how she became interested in writing a novel, “The Wives of Los Alamos,” about the women married to the scientists who built the first atomic bomb. They also talk about the relationships among the wives, and the female scientists who worked at Los Alamos, and the WACs (Women’s Army Corps), Gen. Leslie Groves’ unusual Tewa nickname, and the stories of “musical beds.”