Gruesome, comic and cheeky: atomic-themed pop music of the 1950s

Gruesome, comic and cheeky: atomic-themed pop music of the 1950s

Atomic Pop Music of the 1950s

The beauty contest which took place in Nagasaki in 1946, and what it tells us about public perception of the Bomb.

Miss Nagasaki

A special episode for Christmas about the chilly, smoky misery of nuclear winter. With Dr Steve Arnold of Leeds University, an expert in atmospheric chemistry.

Xmas Special - NUCLEAR WINTER with Dr Steve Arnold

Reaching the most awful four minutes of the film. Michael? Michael!

Four Minutes of Threads, Part XIII

The nuclear news from January 1981, taken from the 'Spotlight' section of that month's Protect and Survive Monthly magazine.

SPOTLIGHT, Part 2

Looking at the 'Spotlight' news section from nuclear war prep mag, Protect and Survive Monthly. What was happening in Jan 1981?

SPOTLIGHT, Part 1

Trinitite, the green glassy substance created by the world's first nuclear detonation.

The Lake of Jade

Purple Fire

The flight of Bockscar from Tinian to its rendezvous point, and then onwards to the primary nuclear target: Kokura. Why did the city escape nuclear destruction that day?

Kokura's Luck

The series of 'minor' nuclear experiments in Australia known as Vixens. They were small and sub-critical, but threw contamination over the Maralinga test site.

A Vixen on a Feather Bed

A weekly podcast on how we prepared for nuclear war.

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