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A weekly podcast on how we prepared for nuclear war. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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...
First in a new series looking at presidential sole authority to "press the button", and what each President has done with that authority. Fi...
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...
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...
Overkill, megadeath and a single Fruit Pastille. We approach the dreadful end. For ad-free listening, join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/...
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?...
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...
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...
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...
The Soviet youth organisation, the Komsomol, and how it prepared the young for nuclear war with "predators from the imperialist jungle", as...
Americans in the early 50s were told there was a "civil defence gap", and that the Soviets were superior in protecting their population? Was...
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...
How would Harold Macmillan have ordered nuclear retaliation? Join us at www.patreon.com/atomichobo for ad-free listening and bonus episodes....
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...
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...
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...
To get ad-free listening, plus bonus episodes, visit www.patreon.com/atomichobo This week, Jim retreats into daydreams, and Hilda dishes out...
To get ad-free access, plus bonus episodes, please visit www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
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...
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...
The final part of our look at Savoir Pour Vivre, the French civil defence booklet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
The weird post-nuclear novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz. We will continue our series on the French civil defence booklet next week. I just co...
We look at the French civil defence booklet, Savoir Pour Vivre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
I have the 1965 French civil defence booklet, and you can view it on Patreon here. I've made it free to read, but do consider subscribing fo...
How will Germany alert its population to a nuclear attack? And why isn't the British warning system as good as theirs? Hosted on Acast. See...
Jim lets the vampire, Fallout, cross the threshold! Join me on Patreon for more episodes at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See...
The Bell and Light alert system, used in America in the early Cold War. I discuss the booklet A Realistic Approach to Civil Defense, from 19...
"All dead..." Jim tries the TV, the radio, the phone...but there's nothing. "All dead..." he keeps saying. Get the latest Four Minutes of Th...
In 1983, a GP from a village near Bristol was so worried about the prospect of nuclear war, and how it would leave him unable to effectively...
A difficult subject this week - but aren't they all? We don't do sunshine and rainbows on this pod. I look at the topic of "suicide pills" w...
"I never knew a bomb could give you a headache." The fallout descends and Jim and Hilda start to feel ill. For patrons, a new Four Minutes o...
I go into the newspaper archives to see what the local papers in Aldershot were saying about nuclear war in the early 80s. Hosted on Acast....
Their first hours within the tiny inner refuge. Join us on Patreon here www.patreon.com/atomichobo Thanks for listening. Julie Hosted on Aca...
Chairman Mao and his "paper tigers". Join us on Patreon for more episodes at www.patreon.com/atomichobo I quote a lot of good books in this...
The first terrible 48 hours after the Bomb drops... Join me on Patreon for more episodes at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See...
The episode where the bomb drops! I've also uploaded a new Four Minutes of The War Game episode for patrons, so please consider joining us t...
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"LA was bombed today" said the local paper in 1951. This was Operation Wake Up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The 1950s trend - which caused mockery and anger - for calling the hydrogen bomb "clean" or "humanitarian". Could the Americans make this aw...
The shadow of death falls over Jim and Hilda's cottage. Not that they notice! Too busy sorting out bottles and pepper pots - getting things...
Operation Hot Rod in 1951 took five 1930s cars out to the new Nevada test site. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The 1953 nuclear test, ANNIE, and her creepy mannequins, wrecked cars, and flying toilets. Join us on Patreon for more content at www.patreo...
A long episode today because the bomb draws near. Jim tries to protect his home with pineapple chunks, cushions and white paint. Join us on...
What happened when a sect arrived in Montana in the 1980s, with predictions that the end was nigh, annoying the bears at Yellowstone, and di...
Examining the film, four minutes at a time. This week, Jim and Hilda hide from reality via wartime nostalgia. But the missiles are being rea...
The Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) was set up in 1963 to alert Americans, via TV and radio, of nuclear attack. Stations were required to t...
The American radio system which operated from 1953 - 1963 and would dispense civil defence advice to the public whilst working to confuse an...
In 1961, the Soviets resumed nuclear testing in the Arctic, and one wee girl from Michigan was worried about the implications for Santa. Hos...
In 1962, New Mexico built America's first - and last - underground school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 atta...