In 1961, the Soviets resumed nuclear testing in the Arctic, and one wee girl from Michigan was worried about the implications for Santa.

Santa and the Nuclear Tests

In 1962, New Mexico built America's first - and last - underground school.

Artesia's Underground School

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 attack. But did they choose the right place?

Trekking Out To Chico

The atomic city of Richland - bustin' atoms, blowin' bubbles, and expelling "undesirables".

Richland - The Atom-Bustin' Village of the West!

The building of the world's first plutonium plant in Washington state. Make way for the plutonium pioneers! Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Julie

It's the Plutonium Pioneers!

Will we all go together when we go?

Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows - Part 3

If you thought the hydrogen bomb was as bad as it gets, then the cobalt bomb is here to say, "Hold my beer!" Tickets still available for this weekend's HoboCon '24 where we'll meet at a cinema in Manchester to watch Threads and an exclusive pre-recorded Q+A with the director. The Q+A will be uploaded to Patreon after the event for those who can't attend. Join us here: https://www.patreon.com/atomichobo

The Cobalt Bomb says...Hold My Beer!

How to keep your village free from "marauders" - the local issues concerning Sussex in the early 80s. Tickets now on sale for this year's HoboCon - www.patreon.com/atomichobo

Nuclear News from 1980s Sussex

Tickets now available for HoboCon '24 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Threads. Get them here www.patreon.com/atomichobo

Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows, Part 2

A weekly podcast on how we prepared for nuclear war.

Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast

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