Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast

By Julie McDowallSociety & Culture History

Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast episodes

June 30, 2025 When The Wind Blows, Part 11
"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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26 min
June 10, 2025 Fiascos, Mormons and Graves: Nuclear News from 1981 Aldershot
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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27 min
June 02, 2025 When The Wind Blows, Part 10
Their first hours within the tiny inner refuge.

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Julie
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26 min
May 27, 2025 Paper Tigers
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 JishengMao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62, by Frank DikotterThe Evolution of Nuclear Strategy by Lawrence FreedmanThe Cold War: A World History by Odd Arne WestadThe Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis

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26 min
May 19, 2025 When The Wind Blows, Part 9
The first terrible 48 hours after the Bomb drops...

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34 min
May 12, 2025 Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows, Part 8
The episode where the bomb drops!

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Thanks,

Julie
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40 min
April 29, 2025 When The Wind Blows, Part 7
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37 min
April 21, 2025 Operation Wake Up!
"LA was bombed today" said the local paper in 1951. This was Operation Wake Up.
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27 min
March 20, 2025 A Silly Name for the H-Bomb
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?

If you've been enjoying my FOUR MINUTES OF...episodes, please know I'm doing the same on Patreon for THE WAR GAME. Episode 6 of Four Minutes of The War Game was uploaded at the weekend, and you can join us for £3 a month and get all extra episodes. Find it here: www.patreon.com/atomichobo

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Julie
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24 min
March 10, 2025 When The Wind Blows, Part 6
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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44 min