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Podcast: The Daily
Episode: The Shadowy Story of Oppenheimer and Congress
Description: Nominations for the Oscars are announced on Tuesday and âOppenheimer,â a film about the father of the atomic bomb, is expected to be among the front-runners. Catie Edmondson, a congressional correspondent for The Times, explains how the film sent her on a quest to find the secret story of how Congress paid for the bomb, and what it reveals about the inner workings of Washington.  Guest: Catie Edmondson, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times.Background reading: Watching âOppenheimer,â a journalist wondered: How did the president get the $2 billion secret project past Congres...