In our second episode on the apocalypse, we discuss the fears that the world would end in a nuclear war and what the world might be like afterwards. We also discuss how these nuclear and other Cold War fears influenced culture from the 1950s onward.

Books we discussed:

• John Wyndham's Day of the Triffids and The Kraken Wakes
• Pat Frank's Alas Babylon
• Walter M. Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle 

If you're interested in watching The Day After you can find it here on YouTube

 

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Mixed and edited by Matt

Theme music composed by Matt