This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.At the height of the Cold War, American democracy was challenged by the anti-Communist atmosphere of the McCarthy era. Peter Goodchild combines dramatic re-enactments based on original trial transcripts, archival material, and the commentaries of relatives and friends of the accused.  Directed by Martin Jenkins and John TheocarisProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergStarring:John de Lancie as OppenheimerWilliam Frankfather as the NarratorRichard Hoyt Miller as Gordon GrayAlan Wilder as Roger RobbArthur Hanket as Lloyd GarrisonTom Virtue as General GrovesRecorded at the KCRW Studios, Santa Monica in November 1997.A co-production with the BBC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.