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Are the Swedish brave enough to take surstromming into their shelter?
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Introductory music: No More Forevers by IX. By kind permission of IX.
Further music: SCP-x3x (I am Not OK)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The Soviets tried to call the Baltic "the sea of peace" but Sweden had a few objections. Especially as any disruptions to the Baltic "peace" seemed to be coming from the Soviets, not the Swedes.
In this episode we look at how Sweden's position on the Baltic, uncomfortably close to the Soviet Union, drew her into the Cold War and nuclear tension even though she was a neutral state.
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We reach the penultimate episode!
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Back in the archives this week. We look at a US civil defence booklet from 1969 about fallout shelters in schools.
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Churchill and Eden head to Bermuda for a conference with Eisenhower.
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Churchill sails across the Atlantic to meet Eisenhower - the new US President. But even though they are allies and friends from the war, there will be no nukes and kisses from Ike.
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Britain gets the bomb! Then gets left behind again...
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Why did Britain choose Australia for its first nuclear test - and why did Australia say yes?
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Ruth! Work! Up!
In this episode we see the fine reward Ruth gets for rearing her child and guarding her from the ultimate horrors of the world.
A bonus episode has been uploaded to my Patreon page for pod subscribers. It's another one on 1980s nuclear pop music. We look at RUSSIANS by Sting. You can get it here: www.patreon.com/atomichobo
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Looking at a Canadian civil defence magazine from the 1960s, called Survival.
Its main purpose was to overcome apathy amongst Canadians about nuclear war and civil defence, and it tried to do this with some humour!
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