Here comes summer, in a pink-hued whirlwind with the indomitable Barbie at its center. Who knew Barbie had spy tricks up her perfectly tailored sleeve? Plus, move over Ken, Barbie has two unlikely new co-stars for our attention this summer: JFK’s accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, and atomic bomb creator J. Robert Oppenheimer. Get ready for an explosive combination of stories blurring the boundaries of innocence and darkness, beauty and destruction…
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Who knew Barbie was such a badass! Beneath her flawless facade lies a clandestine existence. Among her many careers, Barbie has even worked as a master spy! Her resume is brimming with bone-chilling accomplishments as a US Air Force pilot, Army medic, and paratrooper. She’s even been an elite police officer, seconded to work for Canada’s RCMP, leading us to wonder what other dark secrets does Barbie's plastic soul conceal?
The enigmatic physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer contrasts Barbie's ethereal light, emerging as the embodiment of darkness in Christopher Nolan’s cinematic journey into the creation of the atomic bomb. With Cillian Murphy in the lead, the movie delves into the complexities of Oppenheimer's ties to the Communist Party and loyalties during the turbulent Red Scare era of the 1950s. We dig deeper into the amazing tales of secrets, spies and scandals behind this epic tale.
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As WWII rages, the atomic age dawns and Earth's great powers are determined to secure their place in it. Oxford University Professor Frank Close tells us the story of Klaus Fuchs, the Anglo-German scientist who stole US nuclear secrets to help the Soviet Union build the bomb - a betrayal that still influences geopolitics today - and how MI5 finally caught up to him.
True Spies kicks off a new season with a shocking story of the links between accused JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald and the CIA. Was Oswald trained by the Agency to become a KGB double agent? Oscar nominee Edward Norton gives voice to Oswald’s own words in an extraordinary story narrated by our new podcast host Daisy Ridley with help from acknowledged Oswald experts Professor John Newman and journalist Jefferson Morley.
At least 1,000 books have been written about the 1963 assassination of US President John F. Kennedy and as the 60th anniversary approaches in November conspiracy theorists are furiously whispering about who pulled the trigger (or triggers). We’ve analyzed 10 of the wildest conspiracy theories, and one bizarre explanation that may actually be true.
Movie-goers can’t get enough intel about the mother of all murder mysteries: who killed JFK? Did Oswald act alone? Were Moscow and Havana involved? Was Oswald’s killer Jack Ruby a mafia hitman? Here are the top movies and documentaries to help you piece together the critical evidence from every angle. You be the judge.
