Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast Julie McDowall
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A weekly podcast on how we prepared for nuclear war.
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Sweden - Part 2
Are the Swedish brave enough to take surstromming into their shelter?
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Introductory music: No More Forevers by IX. By kind permission of IX.
Further music: SCP-x3x (I am Not OK)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sweden - Part 1
The Soviets tried to call the Baltic "the sea of peace" but Sweden had a few objections. Especially as any disruptions to the Baltic "peace" seemed to be coming from the Soviets, not the Swedes.
In this episode we look at how Sweden's position on the Baltic, uncomfortably close to the Soviet Union, drew her into the Cold War and nuclear tension even though she was a neutral state.
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Four Minutes of Threads, Part 28
We reach the penultimate episode!
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Fallout Shelters in US Schools
Back in the archives this week. We look at a US civil defence booklet from 1969 about fallout shelters in schools.
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1953: Churchill in Bermuda
Churchill and Eden head to Bermuda for a conference with Eisenhower.
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No Nukes and Kisses
Churchill sails across the Atlantic to meet Eisenhower - the new US President. But even though they are allies and friends from the war, there will be no nukes and kisses from Ike.
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Customer Reviews
A must for all Military history fans
I’ve always been interested in the history of the cold war, particularly the nuclear element if it. A twitter friend recommended this podcast to me a couple of years ago and I’ve listened to every single one. The way McDowell narrates is like a story intertwined in a history book, she’s funny, factual and has a way of making words come alive in your mind. She was a way of dealing with macabre subjects in a factual tone, thought provoking, yet dignified. Anyone interested in the cold war or nuclear war would be well advised to add to this list, and this is coming from someone who’d listened to a single podcast from anyone before. You will not be disappointed.
Union Jack
Thanks for the update for this subject.
Well told as usual, though I believe the breakthrough noted was included in the 1940 ‘Tizard Mission’ a crate of essentially the country’s most sensitive technology, intended to pull the still neutral US closer in with cooperation, to allow the mass production of them and away from enemy bombing.
Including the cavity magnetron, an important radar development, areas where the US was active too but the UK also had made progress, this was where the breakthrough in atomic science you mentioned was essentially given to the US, plus areas where the US was then nowhere, jet engines.
The Quebec Agreement had a clause where both the US President and British Prime Minister would have to give final permission to use the weapon on an enemy.
Truman stuck to that with the bombings of Japan, making Churchill the first and hopefully only PM to authorize nuclear release.
Bevin, one of my political heroes, would go on to be the leading figure in persuading the US to do something unique in their history, agree to a binding security agreement which formed the basis of NATO in 1949.
Despite what many think, it was not the US corralling Europe to form NATO, the pressure came from the other side of the Atlantic.
Thanks again for all your great content.
Very informative
Love these podcasts. Gradually working my way through them. Each has an enthusiasm and wit that keeps me enthralled and educated about the horror of nuclear catastrophe that has lurked in the background threatening the very existence of our society for decades. Great work Julie