Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast

When The Wind Blows, Part 17

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Overkill, megadeath and a single Fruit Pastille. We approach the dreadful end.

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Nuclear Fear: The Prologue, Part 2

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:42:13 GMT

Here is the second part of the Prologue to NUCLEAR FEAR, my book on nuclear pop culture which can't find a publisher.

Should I self-publish? Are there enough nuclear nerds out there to make it viable?

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Nuclear Fear: the Prologue

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:58:20 GMT

A different episode from the usual: this is Part One of the Prologue from my second book, NUCLEAR FEAR. Unfortunately, it cannot find a publisher.

NUCLEAR FEAR was to be a book about the pop culture inspired by the bomb and our fear of nuclear war. I wonder should I ditch it? No publisher wants it, but do nuclear nerds want it? Over on my Patreon page some have suggested crowdfunding to publish it myself.

Well, listen to the Prologue and let me know what you think. This is Part One, and I'll upload the second part tomorrow.

Remember you can get ad-free listening and bonus episodes, and join our nuclear book club, THE DOOMSDAY LIBRARY, on my Patreon at www.patreon.com/atomichobo

Thank you,

Julie

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Jitters in North Carolina?

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:28:10 GMT

Two nuclear crises hit in the early 60s: the Berlin Crisis in '61, then Cuba in '62. How did the good people of North Carolina react?

In other news, I'm launching a nuclear book club called The Doomsday Library. Here's a video, open to all, showing how it works. If the link doesn't work, visit my Patreon page at www.patreon.com/atomichobo

I hope you'll join us:

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The Sculthorpe Nuclear Weapons Incident

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:00:00 GMT

What happened on a Norfolk air base in 1958 when an American threatened to k1ll himself by firing a gun into an atomic bomb?

My thanks to the Conelrad6401240 YouTube/Twitter account for alerting me to this story, and for uploading the associated documentary, 'Something Foolish With A Pistol'.

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Julie

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Soviet Civil Defence: The Komsomol

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 06:00:00 GMT

The Soviet youth organisation, the Komsomol, and how it prepared the young for nuclear war with "predators from the imperialist jungle", as Khrushchev nicely put it.

I quote from THE WHISPERERS: PRIVATE LIFE IN STALIN'S RUSSIA by Orlando Figes.

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Soviet Civil Defence: The Trouble With Vegetables

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Americans in the early 50s were told there was a "civil defence gap", and that the Soviets were superior in protecting their population? Was this true?

As mentioned in the pod, I quote from two academic articles. They are:

'Soviet Civil Defence: The Mineshaft Gap Revisited' by Josh M Weinstein, Arms Control Today, Vol 12, No 7, August 1982

'Was There A Real Mineshaft Gap?' by Edward Geist, Journal of Cold War Studies, Vol 14, No 2, Spring 2012

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Greenland: The Thule Air Base

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Why is America so interested in Greenland? What was its role in nuclear attack and early warning? And what happened when a huge B52 bomber carrying a bunch of hydrogen bombs crashed into the ice up there?

There's a bonus pod which accompanies this episode. You can grab it here, and get ad-free listening for the whole pod archive, at www.patreon.com/atomichobo

The reading list for these Thule episodes is below:

Fifteen Minutes: General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation, by L. Douglas Keeney

Command and Control by Eric Schlosser

Project Crested Ice: The Thule Nuclear Accident (SAC Historical Study)

'Greenland and its Relevance to North American Security', Naval War College Review, Vol 32, No. 6

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Harold Macmillan, Part 4: Pressing the Button

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:49:19 GMT

How would Harold Macmillan have ordered nuclear retaliation?

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The books and articles I used in this episode are listed below:

The Secret State by Peter Hennessy

Winds of Change by Peter Hennessy

The Prime Minister: The Office and its Holders Since 1945 by Peter Hennessy

Cabinet by Peter Hennessy

Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan by D.R. Thorpe

Planning Armageddon: Britain, the United States and the Command of Western Nuclear Forces, 1945-1964, by Len Scott, Robert Twigge et al.

'A Matter of Joint Decision': The Origins of British Nuclear Retaliation Procedures and the Murphy-Dean Agreement of 1958, by Matthew Jones in the English Historical Review

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Harold Macmillan, Part 3

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Thor is here!

In 1958, the American Thor missiles arrive in the east of England, creating a headache for the authorities, and pain for those who protested their arrival and found themselves thrown into wet concrete, pelted with rotten fruit, and dragged around by the hair.

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Thank you!

Julie

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Harold Macmillan, Part 2

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Supermac becomes Prime Minister in January 1957, a bumper year for nuclear matters!

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Harold Macmillan, Part 1

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:00:00 GMT

A new series on former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, a man born in the Victorian era who led Britain into her thermonuclear age and through the Cuban Missile Crisis.

This episode starts with his horrible experiences in the trenches and takes us up to his 1954 appointment as Defence Secretary, but we take in Greek tragedy, adultery, plane crashes and a bit of Ronnie Kray on the way.

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The books I quote from today are:

Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan, by D.R. Thorpe
Churchill and the Bomb, by Kevin Ruane
The Macmillan Diaries: The Cabinet Years, by Harold Macmillan

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When The Wind Blows, Part 16

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 02:00:00 GMT

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This week, Jim retreats into daydreams, and Hilda dishes out hard truths at the kitchen sink. Which one is best equipped to face the coming horror: the dreamer or the realist?

PS I left one of my puppy's snores in the recording as it was cute. I used to sometimes do this with Bomba's snores, so here is one of Gadget's.

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When The Wind Blows, Part 15

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:00:00 GMT

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POP! 99 Red Balloons

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:31:26 GMT

The chart-topping 1983 hit about nuclear war - even though the band insisted it was no such thing!

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When The Wind Blows, Part 14

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:20:26 GMT

Lions and tigers and bears? Oh my! We see that everything becomes a threat after nuclear war. And what is that strange scent hanging in the air?

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France - Part Trois

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:38:44 GMT

The final part of our look at Savoir Pour Vivre, the French civil defence booklet.

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A Canticle for Leibowitz

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 06:00:00 GMT

The weird post-nuclear novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz.

We will continue our series on the French civil defence booklet next week. I just couldn't resist interrupting my own schedule with an episode on this mind-bending novel.

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France, Part Deux

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:10:27 GMT

We look at the French civil defence booklet, Savoir Pour Vivre.

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France, Part One

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 06:00:00 GMT

I have the 1965 French civil defence booklet, and you can view it on Patreon here. I've made it free to read, but do consider subscribing for more content and extra pod episodes!

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We will examine the booklet next week - it has been translated for me - but this week we start with an introductory look at why France decided to go nuclear.

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Germany's Emergency Alert System

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 16:17:48 GMT

How will Germany alert its population to a nuclear attack? And why isn't the British warning system as good as theirs?

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When The Wind Blows, Part 13

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:55:26 GMT

Jim lets the vampire, Fallout, cross the threshold!

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The Bell and Light System

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:27:22 GMT

The Bell and Light alert system, used in America in the early Cold War.

I discuss the booklet A Realistic Approach to Civil Defense, from 1966.

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When The Wind Blows, Part 12

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:59:50 GMT

"All dead..."

Jim tries the TV, the radio, the phone...but there's nothing. "All dead..." he keeps saying.

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Interview with Dr Richard Lawson on the "suicide pill" question

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 07:00:00 GMT

In 1983, a GP from a village near Bristol was so worried about the prospect of nuclear war, and how it would leave him unable to effectively treat his patients, that he called a public meeting and asked the residents whether they'd wish him to issue "suicide pills" in the event of nuclear war. I interviewed Dr Richard Lawson to ask him about this very painful question.

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Euthanasia in Nuclear War

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 17:53:30 GMT

A difficult subject this week - but aren't they all? We don't do sunshine and rainbows on this pod.

I look at the topic of "suicide pills" which was bravely raised by American students at Brown in 1984, and made news all across the USA.

The issue was also present in Britain in the early 80s, and was brought to prominence by a local doctor. I'll be interviewing him for next week's episode which will look at the British aspects of the "suicide pill" debate.

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Julie

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When The Wind Blows, Part 11

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:07:11 GMT

"I never knew a bomb could give you a headache."

The fallout descends and Jim and Hilda start to feel ill.

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Julie

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Fiascos, Mormons and Graves: Nuclear News from 1981 Aldershot

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:53:18 GMT

I go into the newspaper archives to see what the local papers in Aldershot were saying about nuclear war in the early 80s.

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When The Wind Blows, Part 10

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:16:10 GMT

Their first hours within the tiny inner refuge.

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Julie

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Paper Tigers

Tue, 27 May 2025 12:15:58 GMT

Chairman Mao and his "paper tigers".

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I quote a lot of good books in this episode, so here is a list:

Tombstone: The Untold Story of Mao's Great Famine by Yang Jisheng

Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62, by Frank Dikotter

The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy by Lawrence Freedman

The Cold War: A World History by Odd Arne Westad

The Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis

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When The Wind Blows, Part 9

Mon, 19 May 2025 14:27:22 GMT

The first terrible 48 hours after the Bomb drops...

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Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows, Part 8

Mon, 12 May 2025 16:08:44 GMT

The episode where the bomb drops!

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Julie

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When The Wind Blows, Part 7

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:45:55 GMT

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Operation Wake Up!

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 07:00:00 GMT

"LA was bombed today" said the local paper in 1951. This was Operation Wake Up.

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A Silly Name for the H-Bomb

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:43:14 GMT

The 1950s trend - which caused mockery and anger - for calling the hydrogen bomb "clean" or "humanitarian". Could the Americans make this awful weapon clean, or was it just a ploy to quiet our fear of fallout, and silence calls to ban nuclear testing?

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When The Wind Blows, Part 6

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

The shadow of death falls over Jim and Hilda's cottage. Not that they notice! Too busy sorting out bottles and pepper pots - getting things just right for the bomb!

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"Killed Twice": Cars in Nuclear Tests

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:10:31 GMT

Operation Hot Rod in 1951 took five 1930s cars out to the new Nevada test site.

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Annie and Her Flying Toilet

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

The 1953 nuclear test, ANNIE, and her creepy mannequins, wrecked cars, and flying toilets.

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Four Minutes of When the Wind Blows, Part 5

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:54:01 GMT

A long episode today because the bomb draws near.

Jim tries to protect his home with pineapple chunks, cushions and white paint.

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Praying for Nuclear War

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 08:00:00 GMT

What happened when a sect arrived in Montana in the 1980s, with predictions that the end was nigh, annoying the bears at Yellowstone, and digging shelters all over the place?

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When The Wind Blows, Part 4

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 08:00:00 GMT

Examining the film, four minutes at a time. This week, Jim and Hilda hide from reality via wartime nostalgia. But the missiles are being readied.

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This Is Only A Jingle

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 08:00:00 GMT

The Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) was set up in 1963 to alert Americans, via TV and radio, of nuclear attack. Stations were required to test the EBS once a week, but some got bored of reading the same sombre script, and tried to recite the script as a jaunty jingle. Nuclear war delivered with some easy listening?

I have a bonus podcast episode out NOW on the 1971 event when an EBS test went wrong, and was broadcast across America as a real alert. Find it on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/atomichobo

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Julie

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CONELRAD

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:32:00 GMT

The American radio system which operated from 1953 - 1963 and would dispense civil defence advice to the public whilst working to confuse an incoming Soviet bomber.

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Santa and the Nuclear Tests

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:10:27 GMT

In 1961, the Soviets resumed nuclear testing in the Arctic, and one wee girl from Michigan was worried about the implications for Santa.

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Artesia's Underground School

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:58:10 GMT

In 1962, New Mexico built America's first - and last - underground school.

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Trekking Out To Chico

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:00:32 GMT

In 1961, a group of families from New York gave up their lives on the East Coast and headed west in search of a place safe from nuclear attack. But did they choose the right place?

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Richland - The Atom-Bustin' Village of the West!

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:24:27 GMT

The atomic city of Richland - bustin' atoms, blowin' bubbles, and expelling "undesirables".

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It's the Plutonium Pioneers!

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:44:57 GMT

The building of the world's first plutonium plant in Washington state. Make way for the plutonium pioneers!

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Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows - Part 3

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:12:20 GMT

Will we all go together when we go?

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The Cobalt Bomb says...Hold My Beer!

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 07:53:09 GMT

If you thought the hydrogen bomb was as bad as it gets, then the cobalt bomb is here to say, "Hold my beer!"

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Nuclear News from 1980s Sussex

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 13:57:08 GMT

How to keep your village free from "marauders" - the local issues concerning Sussex in the early 80s.

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Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows, Part 2

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:56:05 GMT

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Riddley Walker

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 07:00:03 GMT

Is this the only great nuclear war novel? And will it fry your head? Grab your spear and head to post-holocaust Kent with Riddley Walker.

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Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 17:36:39 GMT

First in our new series, examining WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, four minutes at a time.

(Please excuse any snaps or clicks you might hear. It's my pup chewing. She's too young to be left unattended, or to sleep soundly whilst I'm recording. Some sounds have intruded, but I have tried to edit out the most obtrusive ones, and thrown some music down over the general snufflings.)

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The FINAL Four Minutes of Threads

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:38:26 GMT

The final Four Minutes of Threads episode!

I have also put every Four Minutes episode together, minus all the intros and outros, into one gigantic podcast episode. It is 12 hours' long! Twelve Hours of Threads. Twelve hours! No intros. No outros. No ads. Just edited down to the pure essence of THREADS for twelve long hours.

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Thank you,

Julie

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The Doomies Go To Washington

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 17:08:43 GMT

The 1981 conference of the American Civil Defense Association, featuring discussion of pancake batter, Kansas City, Minutemen, and The Twilight Zone

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The Committee on the Present Danger

Tue, 28 May 2024 11:27:03 GMT

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Sweden - Part 5

Tue, 21 May 2024 17:03:09 GMT

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Sweden - Part 4

Tue, 14 May 2024 12:47:55 GMT

The second half of Sweden's 1961 civil defence booklet, covering evacuation, letters home, luggage, baths and plastic sheeting.

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Sweden - Part 3

Tue, 07 May 2024 14:09:54 GMT

The 1961 version of the Swedish civil defence booklet has been translated for me by two kind listeners. Let's explore it, comparing it to the British booklet of the same era.

You can find the Swedish booklet, plus its Second World War version and the later 1950s edition, at my Patreon page. Join me here at www.patreon.com/atomichobo where you will also get access to posts, archives, and bonus podcast episodes.

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Sweden - Part 2

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:34:32 GMT

Are the Swedish brave enough to take surstromming into their shelter?

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Sweden - Part 1

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:10:53 GMT

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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Four Minutes of Threads, Part 28

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 09:08:37 GMT

We reach the penultimate episode!

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Fallout Shelters in US Schools

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:29:53 GMT

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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1953: Churchill in Bermuda

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 15:50:42 GMT

Churchill and Eden head to Bermuda for a conference with Eisenhower.

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No Nukes and Kisses

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:09:39 GMT

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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Hurricane! Britain gets the bomb

Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:41:26 GMT

Britain gets the bomb! Then gets left behind again...

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Why Australia?

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:48:53 GMT

Why did Britain choose Australia for its first nuclear test - and why did Australia say yes?

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part 27

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 09:18:00 GMT

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.

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Canadians Don't Flap!

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 05:00:19 GMT

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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N.E.A.R.

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:34:29 GMT

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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Atomic Wonderland

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 05:00:11 GMT

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

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Sorry We Missed You!

Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:48:23 GMT

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

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Ted Turner's Doomsday Video

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 05:00:00 GMT

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

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Four Minutes to Midnight - 1981 BBC lecture

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:55:33 GMT

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

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The Growling Bombers

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 05:00:35 GMT

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

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The Bloody Union Jack on Top of It!

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:12:16 GMT

Britain's decision to build their own atomic bomb.

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part 26

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 05:00:46 GMT

Standard life - for all of your life!

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

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Project Sunshine, Part 2

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:58:08 GMT

The secret plutonium experiments carried out in Cold War America.

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Project Sunshine, Part 1

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:33:58 GMT

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

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part 25

Mon, 29 May 2023 08:45:57 GMT

The survivors try to drag and hack dead crops from the ground and, high on the moor, Ruth's baby is born. A moment of hope and joy? Don't be daft!

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The Real Threads: Civil Defence in the US Fabric and Textile Industry

Mon, 22 May 2023 10:08:37 GMT

Looking at a 1970 booklet called Civil Defense in the Textile, Apparel and Related Industries.

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Don't Mention The War!

Wed, 10 May 2023 10:26:25 GMT

Looking at the UK's new emergency alert test.

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Free extract from ATTACK WARNING RED audiobook

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:56:00 GMT

An extract from my upcoming book's audiobook. This is taken from the book's final chapter, 'Nuclear War at the BBC', and looks at the controversy surrounding The War Game. We go from the glitzy 1967 Oscar ceremony to panicked talk of mass suicides if the film made it to British television.

I hope you enjoy it.

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The Trouble With Balloons

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 09:45:33 GMT

How balloons have been used in nuclear spying, testing and protesting.

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part 24

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:47:56 GMT

Another four minutes of Threads!

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POP! Dancing With Tears In My Eyes

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:00:54 GMT

First in a new series looking at nuclear-themed pop music. This week, Dancing With Tears In My Eyes by Ultravox.

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American Industrial Civil Defence

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 10:32:29 GMT

We look into my civil defence archive and find a thin yellow leaflet from the 60s called Civil Defense Training for Business and Industry.

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part 23

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 06:00:00 GMT

Radioactive refugees, rats and regret. It's all here in Part 23!

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Neither snow nor rain nor nuclear war...

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 18:34:26 GMT

The United States Postal Service and its plans to keep delivering the mail after nuclear war.

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One Minute of Threads, Part 22

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:50:43 GMT

"Buggered if I'll be shot by a traffic warden!"

One minute of Threads, devoted to the moment when the iconic traffic warden appears, and tickets our hearts and minds!

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Listeners' Letters of Last Resort

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 10:40:49 GMT

"Finally, I am sorry, that I failed you, your crew and the country."

Listeners sent me their letters of last resort: what would they write if they were the British PM?

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Prime Ministers and the Bomb: LIZ TRUSS

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:23:12 GMT

First in a new series looking at British PMs and the Bomb. We talk decisions, submarines and madness, and whether her letters ever actually got out to sea.

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part 21

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 06:50:28 GMT

Pinching prawn cocktail crisps and boozing in the graveyard. Things are grim in post-nuclear Sheffield!

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Sheffield Special - Part 3

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 05:00:32 GMT

The final part of our THREADS journey to Sheffield.

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Sheffield Special - Part 2

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 15:38:48 GMT

Second part of our THREADS visit to Sheffield.

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Sheffield Special - Part 1

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:27:42 GMT

The first episode from our Threads tour and podcast meet-up in Sheffield.

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Getting Frustrated In Battle Creek

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 12:31:03 GMT

Back into the archives, looking at the instructions for Shelter Managers in Battle Creek, Michigan. Handling frustration, misery and bed-hopping.

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part 20

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 05:00:00 GMT

"Shoot the buggers, I don't care!" Desperation down in the town hall bunker.

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part 19

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 05:00:37 GMT

We reach the dreaded hospital scene! Amputations, blood on the staircase, tearful nurses, sloshing salt in a bucket...

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The Hawaii False Alarm

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:00:00 GMT

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Where Have All The Sirens Gone?

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 12:48:14 GMT

What happened to Britain's air raid sirens after the Cold War?

Please be warned this episode starts with the sound of a siren!

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Kaliningrad, Part 2

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 17:30:49 GMT

Looking at how close Russian and NATO are on the map due to the existence of Kaliningrad, and the vulnerability of the Suwalki Gap which could test NATO's collective defence.

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Kaliningrad, Part 1

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 05:00:35 GMT

The origins of Kaliningrad, going back to the First World War and the creation of the Polish Corridor, and taking in train crashes, ghost stations and lost amber.

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part 18

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 20:09:13 GMT

Another four minutes of THREADS, touching on nuclear winter and disaster syndrome.

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Quick Announcement!

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 14:19:28 GMT

Quick announcement about the podcast and the book.

You can now pre-order my book, ATTACK WARNING RED: HOW BRITAIN PREPARED FOR NUCLEAR WAR, by Julie McDowall.

Here is the Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1847926215/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_SVZQW251FATSTHY45NF8

It's also available on all other book shop sites.

Thank you for pre-ordering and for supporting my work.

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SPECIAL EPISODE - Interview with Nicholas Meyer, director of THE DAY AFTER

Thu, 26 May 2022 05:00:45 GMT

Interview with Nick Meyer, director of THE DAY AFTER.

Getting fired from the movie, censorship, sponsors fleeing, being pushed to depression and to thoughts of suicide - he tells us about the struggle to make the film.

And what was the reaction in the Pentagon and from Ronald Reagan? Did the White House make any demands?

He also talks about the insults thrown at him after broadcast.

My thanks to Nick Meyer for speaking to me via Zoom.

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SPECIAL EPISODE - Interview with Joshua Pollack

Mon, 23 May 2022 05:00:17 GMT

An interview with Josh Pollack, editor of the Non Proliferation review. I ask him how might NATO react to nuclear use in Ukraine? How long will the nuclear taboo hold? And he offers a reminder that there are nuclear threats beyond the Cold War scenario of Russia v the West.

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part 17

Mon, 16 May 2022 15:32:18 GMT

Examining the next four minutes of THREADS. This week, filthy water, dried blood, tetchy council workers, and following the notorious Protect and Survive aadvice on dealing with a corpse in the house.

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SPECIAL EPISODE - Interview with Pavel Podvig about Russia's nuclear forces

Thu, 12 May 2022 10:55:54 GMT

Interview with Pavel Podvig about Russia's nuclear forces.

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Victory Parade - Moscow May 1985

Mon, 09 May 2022 08:30:51 GMT

Looking back at the Soviet Victory Day celebrations of May 1985.

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SPECIAL EPISODE - Interview with Richard Spencer about Kharkiv Metro

Thu, 05 May 2022 05:00:23 GMT

The Times journalist tells us about conditions in the Heroiv Pratsi metro station in Kharkiv.

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SPECIAL EPISODE - Interview with Mark Galeotti on Russia and the Nuclear Threat

Tue, 03 May 2022 05:00:53 GMT

Interview with Professor Mark Galeotti on Russia, the war in Ukraine, and the nuclear threat. What might prompt Putin to use nuclear weapons? When did Russia last test their tactical nukes? Can Putin's Generals say no if he issues a nuclear launch order?

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Azovstal and Soviet Industrial Civil Defence

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 14:58:13 GMT

The bunker beneath the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, and the Soviet industrial civil defence ideas which created it.

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Four Minutes of The War Game

Mon, 18 Apr 2022 15:38:20 GMT

A new series looking at THE WAR GAME (1966). First episode free to all listeners, and subsequent THE WAR GAME episodes will be for Patrons only. Become a podcast patron at www.patreon.com/atomichobo

Weekly podcast episodes will continue as normal, with FOUR MINUTES OF THE WAR GAME as bonus Patreon content.

Thank you for listening.

Julie

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part XVI

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 18:23:11 GMT

Another four minutes of THREADS.

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part XV

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 15:07:02 GMT

The latest in our in-depth look at THREADS, the greatest nuclear war film.

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Bash the Octopus on the Head! - Massive Retaliation

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:19:43 GMT

The New Look and the doctrine of massive retaliation

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The Norwegian Rocket Incident

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:17:51 GMT

The 1995 Norwegian Rocket Incident, and the danger of launch on warning.

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The Credible Threat of Tactical Nukes

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 08:40:26 GMT

What are tactical nuclear weapons, and how does their threat differ from the thumping thermonuclear monsters?

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The Madman Theory

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 20:12:20 GMT

Putin's nuclear alert and the madman theory.

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Kevin Keegan and Crossbows: SPOTLIGHT, January 1982

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 11:06:10 GMT

Round-up of nuclear news from Jan 1982, featuring Kevin Keegan and crossbows.

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The Bloody Union Jack On Top Of It!

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:15:01 GMT

The final episode in the story of how Britain got the atomic bomb.

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America, Why Won't You Write?

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 06:00:30 GMT

More on the story of Tube Alloys and how Britain got the Bomb. This week, when USA went cool and stopped replying to our letters.

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John Anderson and the Missed Bus

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:00:09 GMT

A look at John Anderson and the birth of the Tube Alloys project. #TubeAlloys!

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part XIV

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 21:17:02 GMT

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Miss Nagasaki

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:10:41 GMT

The beauty contest which took place in Nagasaki in 1946, and what it tells us about public perception of the Bomb.

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Xmas Special - NUCLEAR WINTER with Dr Steve Arnold

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 10:34:04 GMT

A special episode for Christmas about the chilly, smoky misery of nuclear winter. With Dr Steve Arnold of Leeds University, an expert in atmospheric chemistry.

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part XIII

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 15:18:59 GMT

Reaching the most awful four minutes of the film. Michael? Michael!

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SPOTLIGHT, Part 2

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:07:45 GMT

The nuclear news from January 1981, taken from the 'Spotlight' section of that month's Protect and Survive Monthly magazine.

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SPOTLIGHT, Part 1

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 17:00:19 GMT

Looking at the 'Spotlight' news section from nuclear war prep mag, Protect and Survive Monthly. What was happening in Jan 1981?

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The Lake of Jade

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 07:31:05 GMT

Trinitite, the green glassy substance created by the world's first nuclear detonation.

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Purple Fire

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:10:15 GMT

The bombing of Nagasaki

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Kokura's Luck

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 06:00:53 GMT

The flight of Bockscar from Tinian to its rendezvous point, and then onwards to the primary nuclear target: Kokura. Why did the city escape nuclear destruction that day?

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A Vixen on a Feather Bed

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 06:00:35 GMT

The series of 'minor' nuclear experiments in Australia known as Vixens. They were small and sub-critical, but threw contamination over the Maralinga test site.

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part XII

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:00:45 GMT

Another four minutes of the greatest nuclear war film. In this week's segment, the bomb drops. Attack Warning Red!

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Willy Wonka's Nuclear Factories

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 16:06:32 GMT

What sweet treats lay within Britain's buffer depots?

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Sound An Alarm

Wed, 28 Jul 2021 09:09:54 GMT

The 1971 film 'Sound An Alarm', looking at the work of the UKWMO.

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part XI

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:16:20 GMT

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The NHS and Nuclear War

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 05:00:28 GMT

Another short extract from the book about the health service's plans for nuclear war.

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Royal Observer Corps

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:31:13 GMT

A short extract from my upcoming book. I explore an ROC Monitoring Post and describe the work of the Corps during the Blitz and the Cold War.

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Interview with Rita May (Mrs Kemp in THREADS)

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 05:00:10 GMT

I spoke to the wonderful Rita May about her memories of THREADS.

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Short extract from the book...

Mon, 31 May 2021 17:54:32 GMT

I read two pages from the Civil Defence Corps chapter of my book.

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Cauliflower and Plym: Britain's First Atomic Bomb

Mon, 24 May 2021 05:00:00 GMT

Cauliflower and Plym: not a cocktail, but two unusual elements of Britain's first atomic test, Operation Hurricane.

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A Saturday Job After Nuclear War

Mon, 17 May 2021 14:26:33 GMT

Looking at proposals for jobs for adolescents after nuclear attack.

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Target North West

Mon, 10 May 2021 14:43:09 GMT

The 1982 booklet 'Target North West' evaluated civil defence plans for the NW of England. We look at the chapter on Law and Order.

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Interview with director of THREADS, Mick Jackson

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 07:15:07 GMT

I phoned Mick Jackson in LA to discuss THREADS. We also talked about A Guide To Armageddon, and The Day After, plus liquorice and all manner of nuclear horror.

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part X

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 17:28:47 GMT

The classic nuclear war film, minute by horrifying minute.

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Minuteman

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:48:36 GMT

What made the Minuteman so special, why did it spook the Soviets, and does it threaten us?

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How To Survive An Atomic Bomb, Part II

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:04:46 GMT

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How To Survive An Atomic Bomb

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:04:44 GMT

The 1950 book on surviving an atomic bomb.

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Thirteen Days, Part II

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 15:09:33 GMT

Second part of our look at THIRTEEN DAYS, the film about the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Thirteen Days

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:25:22 GMT

The Kevin Costner film about the Cuban Missile Crisis

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part IX

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 14:21:05 GMT

Scrutinising the nuclear war film, minute by minute.

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The Surrey Streetwatchers

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:04:40 GMT

Surrey's plans for community patrols and streetwatchers, to keep the peace in their isolated post-nuclear villages.

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Fylingdales and the Four-Minute Warning

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:36:49 GMT

The famous "golf balls" on the moor at Fylingdales, and how they would have delivered the four-minute warning

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Tracking the Bone Seeker: The Baby Tooth Survey

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:15:44 GMT

The Baby Tooth Survey and how it tracked fallout in the US population

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Sex Bombs

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:37:07 GMT

The pairing of atomic bombs with sex.

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Underground Nuclear Testing, Part II

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:39:39 GMT

What happens when underground tests go wrong? We look at the notorious SEDAN test.

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Underground Nuclear Testing

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:59:46 GMT

Craters, fallout fears, and deep gouges in the earth. What is an underground nuclear test?

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part VIII

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 16:53:55 GMT

Examining four minutes of the nuclear war film.

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Ladybug, Ladybug

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 12:28:51 GMT

The 1963 film about the fear of nuclear attack in an American school.

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The Russian Woodpecker

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:25:20 GMT

The Duga radar near Chernobyl which watched the skies for nuclear attack.

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The Irish Triangle

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:57:32 GMT

Why did so many trawlers sink in the Irish Sea during the Cold War?

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Priscilla and the Pigs

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 09:39:45 GMT

The Priscilla Test and its experiments on pigs

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Pennies and Gravediggers

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:41:22 GMT

Nuclear retaliation in the age of Harold Macmillan

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part VII

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 07:12:05 GMT

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Fail Safe

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 08:43:54 GMT

We look at the harrowing nuclear war film, and ask how realistic it was.

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1983: Cruise Missiles in Britain

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 10:12:29 GMT

The controversial arrival of cruise missiles at Greenham Common and Molesworth.

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Disaster Syndrome and Project East River

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 04:54:38 GMT

The human response to disaster, and how the American authorities tried to manage our nuclear terror.

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Sick Presidents and Broken Biscuits

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:55:24 GMT

Can a sick or dangerous President be replaced, and how does he launch a nuclear attack? We look at the 25th Amendment, the Biscuit, and the Football.

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Panic!

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 08:41:56 GMT

Panic in wartime: how the people react.

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Soviet Nuclear Testing in Kazakhstan

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:43:17 GMT

The horrible legacy of nuclear testing at the Semipalatinsk site.

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Hack Green Nuclear Bunker

Sun, 13 Sep 2020 16:19:09 GMT

A tour of the Cheshire bunker

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Tsar Bomba, Part II

Sun, 06 Sep 2020 15:59:41 GMT

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Tsar Bomba

Sun, 30 Aug 2020 15:19:28 GMT

The biggest nuclear bomb ever made.

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Special Episode: Interview with William Perry and Tom Collina

Sun, 16 Aug 2020 17:15:27 GMT

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Nuclear War Games, Part II

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 12:21:10 GMT

Second part of our look at Square Leg

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Nuclear War Games: Square Leg, Pt 1

Sun, 26 Jul 2020 17:58:38 GMT

The 1980 nuclear war exercise, Square Leg

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part VI

Sun, 19 Jul 2020 18:27:34 GMT

Examining four minutes of the classic nuclear war film.

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The Creation of the Hydrogen Bomb

Sun, 12 Jul 2020 20:38:07 GMT

The debates about the invention of this new thermonuclear horror.

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Spies for Peace

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 14:20:28 GMT

The daring bunker break-in of 1963

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On The Beach

Sun, 07 Jun 2020 14:55:58 GMT

The film about the slow radiation death of Australia.

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part V

Sun, 31 May 2020 18:52:20 GMT

Examining the nuclear film, minute by minute.

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The Green Goddess

Sun, 24 May 2020 12:38:59 GMT

The trusty old machines of the Auxiliary Fire Service, and how they'd have been used in nuclear war.

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Yikes! It's the Strath Report!

Sun, 17 May 2020 15:21:07 GMT

The secret 1955 report which told the truth about thermonuclear war.

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The Waking Point

Mon, 11 May 2020 14:24:49 GMT

A look at the 1951 civil defence recruitment film.

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Civil Defence Corps Can Put On A Show!

Tue, 05 May 2020 11:15:39 GMT

The shows and displays of the Civil Defence Corps

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Kicking the Air Raid Warden

Sun, 26 Apr 2020 13:57:12 GMT

The wardens of WW2 and the various kicks, slaps and abuse they got in the blitz.

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PYTHON

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 13:45:29 GMT

The top secret PYTHON plan.

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STORYTIME: Second-Hand Time

Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:12:19 GMT

A quick review of this oral history of the fall of the Soviet Union

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The Scourge of the Lefties!

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 13:12:09 GMT

Sir Rhodes Boyson's campaign to rid schools of Peace Studies

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STORYTIME: Shadows on the Tundra

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 11:56:30 GMT

Short extracts and reviews of my favourite history books to entertain you during the lockdown.

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Stay At Home!

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 11:23:05 GMT

Looking at the "stay put" message of the public information campaigns on coronavirus and nuclear war.

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part IV

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 19:31:44 GMT

Analysing the nuclear war film, minute by minute

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Special episode - The Knowledge with Lewis Dartnell

Sun, 29 Mar 2020 13:45:03 GMT

The author explains how to reboot civilisation after an apocalypse.

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The Neutron Bomb

Tue, 24 Mar 2020 15:31:11 GMT

The unique horror of the enhanced radiation weapon

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Tidy Up for Nuclear War!

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:37:26 GMT

The 1950s film 'The House In The Middle' suggested tidy gardens and freshly-painted fences could help keep a house safe under nuclear attack.

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Enola Gay

Sun, 01 Mar 2020 16:42:14 GMT

The plane which dropped the bomb on Hiroshima

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Atomic Pop Music of the 1950s

Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:52:13 GMT

Gruesome, comic and cheeky: atomic-themed pop music of the 1950s

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Firestorm - Dresden, Hamburg, Hiroshima

Sun, 16 Feb 2020 10:36:58 GMT

The firestorms of Dresden, Hamburg and Hiroshima.

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Windscale and Atomic Milk

Sun, 09 Feb 2020 14:09:03 GMT

The Windscale nuclear fire and how it affected local milk supplies

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part 3

Sun, 02 Feb 2020 15:20:37 GMT

Analysing another 4 minutes of the nuclear war film.

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Mocking Protect and Survive

Sun, 26 Jan 2020 20:47:48 GMT

How the campaign was ridiculed in comedy, film and the media.

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Operation RYAN

Sun, 12 Jan 2020 15:57:50 GMT

Blood, burgers and lightbulbs - could they tell Soviet spies if nuclear war was coming?

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The Great Cat and Dog Massacre

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 14:41:31 GMT

What happened to pets and zoo animals in WW2?

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Four Minutes of Threads, Part 2

Sun, 22 Dec 2019 17:16:41 GMT

Looking at four minutes of the nuclear war film, Threads

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Kitchen Patriots

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 19:07:24 GMT

Fighting the war with potatoes and a well-stocked fallout room.

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The Nuclear NHS

Sun, 08 Dec 2019 17:41:44 GMT

How do you get to hospital after nuclear war?

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Four Minutes of Threads

Sun, 17 Nov 2019 16:52:46 GMT

We examine four minutes of the film THREADS

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Dr Strangelove and the Dead Hand

Sun, 10 Nov 2019 17:18:12 GMT

A look at the real Soviet Doomsday Machine

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A British Guide To The End Of The World

Sun, 03 Nov 2019 16:02:31 GMT

An interview with the director of the upcoming BBC film about Britain's preparation for nuclear war.

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Brother In The Land

Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:11:41 GMT

What the novel tells us about nuclear war

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Special episode: Interview with Taras Young

Sun, 06 Oct 2019 15:22:11 GMT

Taras joins us to discuss his new book, Nuclear War In The UK.

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Greenham Common: "Dirty" Women and Angry Locals

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 17:00:04 GMT

What did locals think of the huge women's peace camp at Greenham Common?

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"Excruciating pain!": When the BBC Offended the Civil Defence Corps

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 15:47:19 GMT

A Panorama episode from 1960 which upset the Civil defence Corps

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1980s Nuclear Pop Music

Sun, 08 Sep 2019 15:08:28 GMT

A look at some of the best nuclear hits of the 80s

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The Road

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 16:58:33 GMT

What Cormac McCarthy's novel tells us about a post-nuclear world.

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It's Crackers!

Sun, 25 Aug 2019 13:43:04 GMT

The gigantic stockpile of crackers in America's fallout shelters, and what happened to them when they turned rancid.

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Gold Phones and Red Phones: Telephones in Nuclear War

Sun, 18 Aug 2019 13:02:43 GMT

How Britain, America and the USSR made use of telephones in their plans for nuclear war.

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Nuclear Kids

Sun, 11 Aug 2019 16:41:27 GMT

Children in care or custody during nuclear war

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False Alarm!

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 13:10:19 GMT

How did we respond to false nuclear alerts in the Cold War?

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Protect and Survive Monthly

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:47:17 GMT

A look through the back issues of PROTECT AND SURVIVE MONTHLY

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Inside the Soviet Union (Part 2)

Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:00:04 GMT

The second part of my interview with Kristaps Andrejsons of The Eastern Border podcast.

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Inside the Soviet Union with Kristaps Andrejsons

Sun, 07 Jul 2019 11:34:10 GMT

Life, paranoia, and the nuclear threat as seen from Soviet Latvia

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Atomic Dog Tags

Sun, 30 Jun 2019 13:19:21 GMT

1950s America issued dog tags to kids so their burned bodies could be identified after nuclear war.

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Australia

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:51:18 GMT

Was it safe Down Under? How Australia prepared for, and imagined, nuclear war.

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Operation Alert and the Angry Mothers

Sun, 16 Jun 2019 17:04:34 GMT

America's Operation Alert and how it was disrupted by mums and babies and toys.

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Kiev and the Soviet metro systems

Sun, 09 Jun 2019 16:26:08 GMT

How the Soviet metro stations could be used as fallout shelters.

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The York Experiment

Sun, 02 Jun 2019 19:19:41 GMT

What happened when three Yorkshire ladies spent 48 hours in a shelter

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1980s Nuclear TV

Sun, 19 May 2019 17:06:47 GMT

What the critics made of British nuclear TV.

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Underground Art

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 18:21:48 GMT

Protecting art and treasure from nuclear attack

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The Police and Nuclear War

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 19:40:45 GMT

The role of the police in nuclear war.

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West Germany

Sun, 07 Apr 2019 17:42:07 GMT

How West Germany prepared for nuclear war

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The Bomb Will Drive You Mad

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 19:52:11 GMT

The psychological effects of nuclear war

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The Last Word - The BBC and Nuclear War

Sun, 10 Mar 2019 17:27:45 GMT

The role of the BBC before and after nuclear attack

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Trains in Nuclear War

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 18:55:35 GMT

The use of trains in nuclear war

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Who'll Save The Queen?

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:00:42 GMT

Plans to save the Queen from nuclear war

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New Zealand

Sun, 03 Feb 2019 12:08:41 GMT

What would happen to New Zealand in a nuclear war?

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What Would You Do?

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 15:18:10 GMT

What would you do if the bomb dropped? Listeners share their plans.

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The Sea

Sun, 20 Jan 2019 18:26:48 GMT

The sea in nuclear war

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Ireland

Sun, 13 Jan 2019 19:20:06 GMT

Ireland and nuclear civil defence

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Forced Labour

Sun, 06 Jan 2019 17:56:54 GMT

Forced labour after nuclear war

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The Bible and the Bomb

Sun, 28 Oct 2018 20:19:53 GMT

How the Bible influenced the nuclear debate

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Some Place Where There Isn't Any Sky

Sun, 21 Oct 2018 17:05:09 GMT

Children's fears of the bomb

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How To Run Away!

Sun, 14 Oct 2018 13:35:50 GMT

Using the car to escape the bomb

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Fallout on the Farm

Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:45:00 GMT

Nuclear advice for farmers

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Prague

Sun, 26 Aug 2018 18:10:33 GMT

A look inside a Prague civilian bunker

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Survive Beside The Seaside

Sun, 19 Aug 2018 17:53:19 GMT

Would you like to survive beside the seaside? Looking at the RSG system.

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Stockpiling food for nuclear war

Sun, 29 Jul 2018 18:15:59 GMT

Stockpiling is back in the news. How did it work in the Cold War?

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Advising the Householder

Sun, 15 Jul 2018 17:07:29 GMT

An early information campaign

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Chernobyl - Special episode

Sun, 17 Jun 2018 16:33:11 GMT

Special edition about Chernobyl

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Threads

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 17:09:20 GMT

Why Threads terrifies me so much

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Shoot Thy Neighbour

Sun, 20 May 2018 17:55:21 GMT

The American debate on "shelter morality"

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Letters of Last Resort

Sun, 06 May 2018 17:31:31 GMT

Launching nuclear war from beyond the grave

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