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A Recast of ‘My Nuclear Life’

On July 16, 1945, in a New Mexico desert, the Trinity Test ushered in the Nuclear Age. No other piece of technology has penetrated the American consciousness like the nuclear bomb and found a place in everything from culture to medicine. This podcast explores how nuclear science has impacted and changed our world in both beneficial and destructive ways. We explore the intersection of nuclear science and society using interviews with historians, policymakers, experts in their fields, and first-hand accounts to weave a picture of your nuclear life.

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Recastable Episodes (68)

1. Saving the world with nuclear energy, one microreactor at a time with Leslie Dewan Dec. 16, 2020
2. How do you celebrate Alaska Statehood? Nuke them a harbor with Dan O'Neill Dec. 23, 2020
3. Thwarting nuclear ambitions with sanctions: Iran, North Korea, and ... Sweden? with Richard Nephew Dec. 30, 2020
4. Sunshine in a bottle. The origins of using radiation as a modern cancer treatment with Aimee Slaughter Dec. 30, 2020
5. How it all began: Europe, fission, and the Nazis with Richard Rhodes (Pt. 1) Jan. 1, 2021
6. How to turn the US into a factory: Beer in Hanford, Silver from Fort Knox, and PO Box 1663 with Richard Rhodes (Pt. 2) Jan. 1, 2021
7. The War Science Won? Building the bomb, ingenuity, and politics with Richard Rhodes (Pt. 3) March 2, 2021
8. Nuclear newsletters, queer theory, and Freedom of Information with Martin Pfeiffer March 16, 2021
9. Radium: Luxurious, Beautiful, Expensive, and Modern with Lucy Santos March 30, 2021
10. Quarky News: Volk Field 1962 April 6, 2021
11. Hanford Lab Pt. 1: The triumph of the engineer with Robert Franklin April 13, 2021
12. Hanford Lab Pt. 2: How the DOE got into the museum business with Robert Franklin April 13, 2021
13. Deep beneath the surface: Innovating nuclear waste disposal with Elizabeth Muller April 27, 2021
14. Soviet bone records, Tom Lehrer, and music for your nuclear protest with Tim & Joanna Smolko May 11, 2021
15. How to restart a nuclear reactor in Japan after the Fukushima disaster with Dreux Richard May 25, 2021
16. Death by control rod: The story of SL1 with Todd Tucker June 8, 2021
17. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster with Adam Higginbotham June 22, 2021
18. Announcement: My Nuclear Life / The UncoverUp Crossover June 29, 2021
19. The impact of the Cold War on LIGO with Tiffany Nichols July 6, 2021
20. Nuking the Moon and other Shenanigans with The Uncover Up July 20, 2021
21. The connection between nuclear disarmament, peace, and black freedom with Vincent Intondi Aug. 3, 2021
22. History of early computing with Thomas Haigh Aug. 17, 2021
23. Scientists as activists, human rights, and ethics with Don Howard Sept. 15, 2021
24. Finger on the Button: Life as a Cold War Missileer with Col. (Ret.) Charles G. Simpson Sept. 28, 2021
25. Announcement & Anniversary Give Away Oct. 12, 2021
26. How the Norwegians & British ended the Nazi atomic bomb program with Neal Bascomb Oct. 26, 2021
27. Using radiation as a poison. The murder of Alexander Litvinenko with Pete Burgess Nov. 30, 2021
28. What's with all the Nuclear Movies? With Nathan & Lee from The UnCover Up Dec. 28, 2021
29. The movie with the finest ending: Failsafe (1964) with Nathan & Lee from The UnCover Up Jan. 4, 2022
30. Should Khrushchev receive story credit for Dr. Strangelove? With Nathan and Lee from The UnCover Up Jan. 6, 2022
31. Using nuclear science to understand cultural heritage with Michael Wiescher Jan. 25, 2022
32. Radium & Marie Curie go Goth Rock with Charming Disaster Feb. 22, 2022
33. Nuclear Threat Reduction & Current Events with Matthias Grosse Perdekamp March 8, 2022
34. Can Wargaming teach ethics? With John Emery March 29, 2022
35. Shipbuilding with the precision of a watchmaker - ITER with Michael Loughlin April 26, 2022
36. Exploring the end of the world with nuclear literature and Daniel Cordle May 31, 2022
37. How did the U.S. Government plan for nuclear war without you? with Garrett Graff June 28, 2022
38. What if a nuclear engineer was elected US President? with Jonathan Alter July 26, 2022
39. St. Louis Baby Tooth Survey with Nina Gilden Seavey Aug. 30, 2022
40. The Baby Tooth Study 2.0 with Marc Weisskopf Sept. 27, 2022
41. Inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone with Dominik & Lara from ChernobylX Oct. 25, 2022
42. US Nuclear Weapons and the Nuclear Posture Review with Steve Fetter Nov. 29, 2022
43. Mom, I'm scared, come pick me up! Students speak out. Dec. 15, 2022
44. Is this the year NORAD shoots down Santa? With Martin Pfeiffer Dec. 24, 2022
45. Solving the solar neutrino problem with Nobel Laureate Art McDonald Jan. 31, 2023
46. Witnessing the Starfish Prime nuclear test with Jim Burkhart Feb. 28, 2023
47. NIF fusion was a breakthrough, but what kind? with Bob Rosner March 28, 2023
48. The Origin of the Elements with Artemis Spyrou April 25, 2023
49. The 3rd Nuclear Age with Ankit Panda May 30, 2023
50. J. Robert Oppenheimer with Kai Bird June 27, 2023
51. Trying to stay alive at the Diefenbunker with Nathan Radke & Lee Kuhnle July 25, 2023
52. How to identify Manhattan Project Plutonium with Cody Folden Aug. 29, 2023
53. Are radiation limits based on a lie? with Ed Calabrese Sept. 26, 2023
54. For the love of lasers with Donna Strickland Oct. 31, 2023
55. Understanding Edward Teller with Istvan Hargittai Nov. 28, 2023
56. The new face of the nuclear nerd - Miss America (2023) Grace Stanke Jan. 30, 2024
57. Adventures in Nuclear Risk Reduction - Georgia Pt 1 Feb. 27, 2024
58. Adventures in Nuclear Risk Reduction - Georgia Pt 2 March 27, 2024
59. Prelude to the Black Sea Experiment: Soviet Scientists Reach Out April 30, 2024
60. The Black Sea Experiment: Data taking and legacy April 30, 2024
61. The journey of a citizen scientist with Frank von Hippel May 28, 2024
62. What should we do with all the ray cats? with Matt Caplan Aug. 1, 2024
63. The Uranium Show with Lucy Santos Sept. 3, 2024
64. Announcement - Contest & Free Documentary Premiere Sept. 3, 2024
65. 61. Threads turns 40 with Bob Mielke Oct. 3, 2024
66. The return of Matt Caplan - Twelve Thousand Bombs Oct. 17, 2024
67. Ray Cats Nuke the Moon Nov. 6, 2024
68. Was the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion inevitable? with Adam Higginbotham Nov. 26, 2024