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Atomic Hobo

JULIE MCDOWALL

A weekly podcast on how we prepared for nuclear war. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Listen to Atomic Hobo, a Society & Culture podcast by JULIE MCDOWALL. Stream 259 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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When The Wind Blows, Part 19

Jim finally accepts how dire their situation is. To get ad-free listening and bonus episodes, join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/atomicho...

30:37May 2, 2026

Pressing the Button: Truman

First in a new series looking at presidential sole authority to "press the button", and what each President has done with that authority. Fi...

20:33Apr 27, 2026

When The Wind Blows, Part 18

Oh dear, it's starting to get really grim! To get ad-free listening, plus bonus epiosdes, join us at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Ac...

26:06Apr 17, 2026

Shadow Libraries

How do you protect the written word from the bomb? Using salt mines and shadow libraries and iron mountains! To get ad-free listening join m...

23:14Apr 15, 2026

When The Wind Blows, Part 17

Overkill, megadeath and a single Fruit Pastille. We approach the dreadful end. For ad-free listening, join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/...

26:49Apr 3, 2026

Nuclear Fear: The Prologue, Part 2

Here is the second part of the Prologue to NUCLEAR FEAR, my book on nuclear pop culture which can't find a publisher. Should I self-publish?...

36:49Apr 1, 2026

Nuclear Fear: the Prologue

A different episode from the usual: this is Part One of the Prologue from my second book, NUCLEAR FEAR. Unfortunately, it cannot find a publ...

25:06Mar 31, 2026

Jitters in North Carolina?

Two nuclear crises hit in the early 60s: the Berlin Crisis in '61, then Cuba in '62. How did the good people of North Carolina react? In oth...

30:35Mar 18, 2026

The Sculthorpe Nuclear Weapons Incident

What happened on a Norfolk air base in 1958 when an American threatened to k1ll himself by firing a gun into an atomic bomb? My thanks to th...

24:09Feb 24, 2026

Soviet Civil Defence: The Komsomol

The Soviet youth organisation, the Komsomol, and how it prepared the young for nuclear war with "predators from the imperialist jungle", as...

39:24Feb 17, 2026

Greenland: The Thule Air Base

Why is America so interested in Greenland? What was its role in nuclear attack and early warning? And what happened when a huge B52 bomber c...

22:19Feb 2, 2026

Harold Macmillan, Part 3

Thor is here! In 1958, the American Thor missiles arrive in the east of England, creating a headache for the authorities, and pain for those...

35:34Jan 15, 2026

Harold Macmillan, Part 2

Supermac becomes Prime Minister in January 1957, a bumper year for nuclear matters! To get ad-free listening and extra episodes join us at w...

29:57Jan 5, 2026

Harold Macmillan, Part 1

A new series on former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, a man born in the Victorian era who led Britain into her thermonuclear age and throu...

34:06Dec 8, 2025

When The Wind Blows, Part 16

To get ad-free listening, plus bonus episodes, visit www.patreon.com/atomichobo This week, Jim retreats into daydreams, and Hilda dishes out...

33:11Dec 2, 2025

When The Wind Blows, Part 15

To get ad-free access, plus bonus episodes, please visit www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

30:44Nov 25, 2025

POP! 99 Red Balloons

The chart-topping 1983 hit about nuclear war - even though the band insisted it was no such thing! To get ad-free episodes, plus bonus episo...

32:35Nov 18, 2025

When The Wind Blows, Part 14

Lions and tigers and bears? Oh my! We see that everything becomes a threat after nuclear war. And what is that strange scent hanging in the...

31:08Nov 10, 2025

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