Atomic Hobo

By Julie McDowall

A weekly podcast on how we prepared for nuclear war.

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The podcast currently has 136 episodes available.

Atomic Hobo episodes:

December 21, 2020 Ladybug, Ladybug
The 1963 film about the fear of nuclear attack in an American school.
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25min
December 15, 2020 The Russian Woodpecker
The Duga radar near Chernobyl which watched the skies for nuclear attack.
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20min
November 30, 2020 The Irish Triangle
Why did so many trawlers sink in the Irish Sea during the Cold War?
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18min
November 23, 2020 Priscilla and the Pigs
The Priscilla Test and its experiments on pigs
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17min
November 12, 2020 Pennies and Gravediggers
Nuclear retaliation in the age of Harold Macmillan
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18min
November 02, 2020 Four Minutes of Threads, Part VII

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19min
October 26, 2020 Fail Safe
We look at the harrowing nuclear war film, and ask how realistic it was.
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32min
October 19, 2020 1983: Cruise Missiles in Britain
The controversial arrival of cruise missiles at Greenham Common and Molesworth.
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17min
October 12, 2020 Disaster Syndrome and Project East River
The human response to disaster, and how the American authorities tried to manage our nuclear terror.
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21min
October 06, 2020 Sick Presidents and Broken Biscuits
Can a sick or dangerous President be replaced, and how does he launch a nuclear attack? We look at the 25th Amendment, the Biscuit, and the Football.
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20min

FAQs about Atomic Hobo:

How many episodes does Atomic Hobo have?

The podcast currently has 136 episodes available.