Atomic Hobo

By Julie McDowall

A weekly podcast on how we prepared for nuclear war.

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Atomic Hobo episodes:

November 29, 2021 The Lake of Jade
Trinitite, the green glassy substance created by the world's first nuclear detonation.
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22min
November 17, 2021 Purple Fire
The bombing of Nagasaki
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25min
November 08, 2021 Kokura's Luck
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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22min
November 01, 2021 A Vixen on a Feather Bed
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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27min
October 27, 2021 Four Minutes of Threads, Part XII
Another four minutes of the greatest nuclear war film. In this week's segment, the bomb drops. Attack Warning Red!
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38min
August 03, 2021 Willy Wonka's Nuclear Factories
What sweet treats lay within Britain's buffer depots?
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20min
July 28, 2021 Sound An Alarm
The 1971 film 'Sound An Alarm', looking at the work of the UKWMO.
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27min
July 20, 2021 Four Minutes of Threads, Part XI

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31min
June 21, 2021 The NHS and Nuclear War
Another short extract from the book about the health service's plans for nuclear war.
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19min
June 14, 2021 Royal Observer Corps
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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25min

FAQs about Atomic Hobo:

How many episodes does Atomic Hobo have?

The podcast currently has 136 episodes available.