Episodes

  • Operation Wake Up!

    Operation Wake Up!
    Apr 21 2025
    "LA was bombed today" said the local paper in 1951. This was Operation Wake Up.

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    27 mins
  • A Silly Name for the H-Bomb

    A Silly Name for the H-Bomb
    Mar 20 2025

    The 1950s trend - which caused mockery and anger - for calling the hydrogen bomb "clean" or "humanitarian". Could the Americans make this awful weapon clean, or was it just a ploy to quiet our fear of fallout, and silence calls to ban nuclear testing?


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    Julie

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    23 mins
  • When The Wind Blows, Part 6

    When The Wind Blows, Part 6
    Mar 10 2025
    The shadow of death falls over Jim and Hilda's cottage. Not that they notice! Too busy sorting out bottles and pepper pots - getting things just right for the bomb!

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    43 mins
  • "Killed Twice": Cars in Nuclear Tests

    "Killed Twice": Cars in Nuclear Tests
    Mar 4 2025
    Operation Hot Rod in 1951 took five 1930s cars out to the new Nevada test site.

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    33 mins
  • Annie and Her Flying Toilet

    Annie and Her Flying Toilet
    Feb 24 2025

    The 1953 nuclear test, ANNIE, and her creepy mannequins, wrecked cars, and flying toilets.


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    38 mins
  • Four Minutes of When the Wind Blows, Part 5

    Four Minutes of When the Wind Blows, Part 5
    Feb 19 2025

    A long episode today because the bomb draws near.


    Jim tries to protect his home with pineapple chunks, cushions and white paint.


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    51 mins
  • Praying for Nuclear War

    Praying for Nuclear War
    Feb 5 2025

    What happened when a sect arrived in Montana in the 1980s, with predictions that the end was nigh, annoying the bears at Yellowstone, and digging shelters all over the place?


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    Thank you

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    49 mins
  • When The Wind Blows, Part 4

    When The Wind Blows, Part 4
    Jan 29 2025

    Examining the film, four minutes at a time. This week, Jim and Hilda hide from reality via wartime nostalgia. But the missiles are being readied.


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    28 mins
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