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Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast

The Doomies Go To Washington

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The 1981 conference of the American Civil Defense Association, featuring discussion of pancake batter, Kansas City, Minutemen, and The Twilight Zone


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Introductory music: "No More Forevers" by IX. By kind permission of IX.


Other music: "Martian Cowboy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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