Atomic Hobo
By Julie McDowall
A weekly podcast on how we prepared for nuclear war.
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Latest episode
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Four Minutes of Threads, Part 20
"Shoot the buggers, I don't care!" Desperation down in the town hall bunker. Support the pod on Patreon at www.patreon.com/atomichoboThank you for listening. See -
Four Minutes of Threads, Part 19
We reach the dreaded hospital scene! Amputations, blood on the staircase, tearful nurses, sloshing salt in a bucket... You can support the pod on Patreon or leave a tip on my Paypal at these links. If you do: THANK YOU.www.pa… -
The Hawaii False Alarm
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Where Have All The Sirens Gone?
What happened to Britain's air raid sirens after the Cold War?Please be warned this episode starts with the sound of a siren!Thank you for listening. Julie See… -
Kaliningrad, Part 2
Looking at how close Russian and NATO are on the map due to the existence of Kaliningrad, and the vulnerability of the Suwalki Gap which could test NATO's collective defence. See -
Kaliningrad, Part 1
The origins of Kaliningrad, going back to the First World War and the creation of the Polish Corridor, and taking in train crashes, ghost stations and lost amber. See -
Four Minutes of Threads, Part 18
Another four minutes of THREADS, touching on nuclear winter and disaster syndrome.Support the pod on Patreon at www.patreon.com/atomichoboThanks for listening.Julie -
Quick Announcement!
Quick announcement about the podcast and the book. You can now pre-order my book, ATTACK WARNING RED: HOW BRITAIN PREPARED FOR NUCLEAR WAR, by Julie McDowall.Here is the Amazon link:https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1847… -
SPECIAL EPISODE - Interview with Nicholas Meyer, director of THE DAY AFTER
Interview with Nick Meyer, director of THE DAY AFTER. Getting fired from the movie, censorship, sponsors fleeing, being pushed to depression and to thoughts of suicide - he tells us about the struggle to make the film. And wh… -
SPECIAL EPISODE - Interview with Joshua Pollack
An interview with Josh Pollack, editor of the Non Proliferation review. I ask him how might NATO react to nuclear use in Ukraine? How long will the nuclear taboo hold? And he offers a reminder that there are nuclear threats beyond the Cold War sce…