Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast

By Julie McDowallSociety & Culture History

Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast episodes

March 04, 2025 "Killed Twice": Cars in Nuclear Tests
Operation Hot Rod in 1951 took five 1930s cars out to the new Nevada test site.
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34 min
February 24, 2025 Annie and Her Flying Toilet
The 1953 nuclear test, ANNIE, and her creepy mannequins, wrecked cars, and flying toilets.

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38 min
February 19, 2025 Four Minutes of When the Wind Blows, Part 5
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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51 min
February 05, 2025 Praying for Nuclear War
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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49 min
January 29, 2025 When The Wind Blows, Part 4
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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28 min
January 20, 2025 This Is Only A Jingle
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

My book, Attack Warning Red: How Britain Prepared for Nuclear War is currently on an Amazon special deal in paperback. Down to £7.49 for a limited period.

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Julie
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26 min
January 13, 2025 CONELRAD
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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My book, ATTACK WARNING RED: HOW BRITAIN PREPARED FOR NUCLEAR WAR is currently on a special paperback deal for £7.49 here

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39 min
December 23, 2024 Santa and the Nuclear Tests
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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19 min
December 16, 2024 Artesia's Underground School
In 1962, New Mexico built America's first - and last - underground school.
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32 min
December 02, 2024 Trekking Out To Chico
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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32 min