The US government knew that uranium mining posed existential threats to workers. But throughout the Cold War, as they bought ton after ton of uranium ripped out of the Four Corners region—frequently on the Navajo Nation—they provided miners, millers, and transporters little, if any, protective equipment or education about the well-documented dangers of radioactive materials. 

In Episode 04: Wastelanding (Part 01), you'll hear from Diné artists Will Wilson and Shayla Blatchford; Center for Land Use Interpretation director Matthew Coolidge; environmental scholar Traci Brynne Voyles (Wastelanding, 2015); uranium researcher Dr. Tommy Rock; and Curtis Francisco and Eldon Francisco, of Laguna Pueblo. 

Learn more, make a donation, or find a text-based version of today's program at: timezeropod.com.

And make sure to check out Shayla Blatchford's Anti-Uranium Mapping Project.