Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast

A weekly podcast on how we prepared for nuclear war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 24m. Bisher sind 219 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint wöchentlich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 20 hours 35 minutes

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N.E.A.R.


In the 1960s, America considered the N.E.A.R. system: a little black box you plug into the wall which acts as a personal air raid alarm.

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 September 18, 2023  15m
 
 

Atomic Wonderland


It's 1951 and Churchill is back in Downing Street - but is he living in "atomic wonderland"?


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 September 4, 2023  24m
 
 

Sorry We Missed You!


Clement Attlee's efforts in 1950 to make America promise to consult Britain before launching the nukes.


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 August 30, 2023  22m
 
 

Ted Turner's Doomsday Video


The short video recorded by CNN which would be broadcast if nuclear war started.


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 August 21, 2023  27m
 
 

Four Minutes to Midnight - 1981 BBC lecture


In 1981, Protect and Survive Monthly claimed they had been "attacked" in a BBC lecture. I found the lecture, and analyse it here.


You can find it on YouTube at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqAocgZUpDo&t=641s


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 August 14, 2023  46m
 
 

The Growling Bombers


The arrival in Britain of the B-29s in 1948.

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 August 7, 2023  23m
 
 

The Bloody Union Jack on Top of It!


Britain's decision to build their own atomic bomb.


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 July 31, 2023  18m
 
 

Four Minutes of Threads, Part 26


Standard life - for all of your life!


Rat-trading, pylon-snapping, dog-barking, umbilical cord-chewing, starving, freezing Threads!


Remember my book, ATTACK WARNING RED, goes out on Radio 4 this week, every day, as Book of the Week. Get in on radio, iPlayer, or on the BBC Sounds app. And if you like it, you can buy it here:

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 July 24, 2023  31m
 
 

Project Sunshine, Part 2


The secret plutonium experiments carried out in Cold War America.


You can buy Attack Warning Red: How Britain Prepared for Nuclear War here: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningred


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 July 20, 2023  23m
 
 

Project Sunshine, Part 1


The gathering of children's bones in order to track fallout.


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 June 6, 2023  27m