Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast

By Julie McDowallSociety & Culture History

Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast episodes

July 31, 2023 The Bloody Union Jack on Top of It!
Britain's decision to build their own atomic bomb.

You can listen to my book on Radio 4 here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m001p1ky
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19 min
July 24, 2023 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:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Attack-Warning-Red-Julie-McDowall/dp/1847926215/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YA0PURH07HLA&keywords=attack+warning+red+julie+mcdowall&qid=1690147483&sprefix=%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-1
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32 min
July 20, 2023 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

Thank you for listening.

Julie
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24 min
June 06, 2023 Project Sunshine, Part 1
The gathering of children's bones in order to track fallout.

Join me on Patreon for extra podcast episodes at www.patreon.com/atomichobo

And you can buy my new book here: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningred
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28 min
May 29, 2023 Four Minutes of Threads, Part 25
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!

You can get my new book, ATTACK WARNING RED: HOW BRITIAN PREPARED FOR NUCLEAR WAR here: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningred
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20 min
May 22, 2023 The Real Threads: Civil Defence in the US Fabric and Textile Industry
Looking at a 1970 booklet called Civil Defense in the Textile, Apparel and Related Industries.
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32 min
May 10, 2023 Don't Mention The War!
Looking at the UK's new emergency alert test.

You can buy my new book, ATTACK WARNING RED: HOW BRITAIN PREPARED FOR NUCLEAR WAR here: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningred
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31 min
April 04, 2023 Free extract from ATTACK WARNING RED audiobook
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.

The audiobook is read by me, and can be pre-ordered NOW from all trusted audiobook retailers. It will then be available for full download on publication day, 6th April.

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31 min
March 09, 2023 The Trouble With Balloons
How balloons have been used in nuclear spying, testing and protesting.

You can now pre-order my book, ATTACK WARNING RED, at this link: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningred
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25 min
February 20, 2023 Four Minutes of Threads, Part 24
Another four minutes of Threads!

You can now pre-order my book, ATTACK WARNING RED, at this link: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningred

And you can support the podcast on Patreon and get extra episodes and other rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/atomichobo

Thank you for listening.

Julie
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25 min