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Hosted by Julie McDowall · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 268 episodes
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A weekly podcast on how we prepared for nuclear war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Julie McDowall hosts Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast, a history show with 268 episodes published.
We reach the end of the film. To whom can Jim pray? Is anyone out there, either in heaven, or in the lanes and streets of Sussex? Vote for which nuclear war film you want me to cover next at www.patreon.com/atomichobo I'
Camden annoy the Government in 1984 with more questions about nuclear war. You can read the accompanying archive material on my Patreon at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform
Back into the archives to see what happened when Camden Borough Council wrote to the Home Office in 1984 with some clever questions. All the archive material referred to in the episode has been uploaded to my Patreon, so
Michael Heseltine - nicknamed Tarzan - became Defence Secretary in Jan 1983 and formed Defence Secretariat 19, a group charged with attacking CND. To get ad-free access and archive material, visit www.patreon.com/atomich
Hard Rock in 1982 would've been the biggest nuclear war planning exercise in Britain for years - but the government were forced to cancel it, and anti-nuclear campaigners reacted with glee! What happened? See the SOLACE
Our nuclear book club has now started on Patreon, and the first video is free to view. You can watch it at www.patreon.com/atomichobo The first book was THE CHRYSALIDS but the second one, to be discussed in July, is ALAS
How does a "pal" stop an "individual psychotic" from launching a nuke? JFK had the answer. To get ad-free access, and bonus episodes, visit www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor
Eisenhower introduced three big nuclear changes which overturned Truman's policies on presidential sole authority. To get ad-free access, plus extra episodes, consider joining my Patreon at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Tha
More on Truman and sole presidential authority, and why did Curtis LeMay say he would refuse to be 'fat, dumb and happy' if America got nuked? As with last week's episode on Truman, I must acknowledge the brilliant new b
Jim finally accepts how dire their situation is. To get ad-free listening and bonus episodes, join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
First in a new series looking at presidential sole authority to "press the button", and what each President has done with that authority. First up is Truman, obviously, and the lesson for the military seems to be: don't
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 Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 my Patreon at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f
Overkill, megadeath and a single Fruit Pastille. We approach the dreadful end. For ad-free listening, join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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? Are there enough nuclear nerds out there to make it viable? You can get ad-free
A different episode from the usual: this is Part One of the Prologue from my second book, NUCLEAR FEAR. Unfortunately, it cannot find a publisher. NUCLEAR FEAR was to be a book about the pop culture inspired by the bomb
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 other news, I'm launching a nuclear book club called The Doomsday Library . Here's
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 the Conelrad6401240 YouTube/Twitter account for alerting me to this story, and for
The Soviet youth organisation, the Komsomol, and how it prepared the young for nuclear war with "predators from the imperialist jungle", as Khrushchev nicely put it. I quote from THE WHISPERERS: PRIVATE LIFE IN STALIN'S
Americans in the early 50s were told there was a "civil defence gap", and that the Soviets were superior in protecting their population? Was this true? As mentioned in the pod, I quote from two academic articles. They ar
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Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast is hosted by Julie McDowall. The show is categorised under history (society) and has published 268 episodes.
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