Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast

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've made the poll free to everyone, not just members.And if you're a patron, our latest book club video is out. Next month's book is Red Alert by Peter Bryant.

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

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 please consider becoming a member. You get archive material, bonus episodes, and ad-free access. See www.patreon.com/atomichobo

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/atomichobo

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 report, and get ad-free listening, on Patreon at www.patreon.com/atomichobo

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/atomichoboThe first book was THE CHRYSALIDS but the second one, to be discussed in July, is ALAS BABYLON which is set in 1950s Florida, and so I thought we'd have a podcast episode looking at the local newspaper archives for Florida in that era. If you think of Florida as sun-kissed and care-free, it was slightly different under the nuclear tensions of '59.

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

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 Thank you,Julie

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 book by Alex Wellerstein called The Most Awful Responsibility.