Episodes

  • Sweden - Part 3

    Sweden - Part 3
    May 7 2024

    The 1961 version of the Swedish civil defence booklet has been translated for me by two kind listeners. Let's explore it, comparing it to the British booklet of the same era.


    You can find the Swedish booklet, plus its Second World War version and the later 1950s edition, at my Patreon page. Join me here at www.patreon.com/atomichobo where you will also get access to posts, archives, and bonus podcast episodes.


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


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

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


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    58 mins
  • Sweden - Part 2

    Sweden - Part 2
    Mar 20 2024

    Are the Swedish brave enough to take surstromming into their shelter?


    Find my Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/atomichobo> here


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


    Further music: SCP-x3x (I am Not OK)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


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    50 mins
  • Sweden - Part 1

    Sweden - Part 1
    Mar 11 2024

    The Soviets tried to call the Baltic "the sea of peace" but Sweden had a few objections. Especially as any disruptions to the Baltic "peace" seemed to be coming from the Soviets, not the Swedes.


    In this episode we look at how Sweden's position on the Baltic, uncomfortably close to the Soviet Union, drew her into the Cold War and nuclear tension even though she was a neutral state.


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    36 mins
  • Four Minutes of Threads, Part 28

    Four Minutes of Threads, Part 28
    Feb 7 2024
    We reach the penultimate episode!

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    33 mins
  • Fallout Shelters in US Schools

    Fallout Shelters in US Schools
    Jan 30 2024
    Back in the archives this week. We look at a US civil defence booklet from 1969 about fallout shelters in schools.

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    51 mins
  • 1953: Churchill in Bermuda

    1953: Churchill in Bermuda
    Dec 18 2023
    Churchill and Eden head to Bermuda for a conference with Eisenhower.

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    30 mins
  • No Nukes and Kisses

    No Nukes and Kisses
    Dec 4 2023
    Churchill sails across the Atlantic to meet Eisenhower - the new US President. But even though they are allies and friends from the war, there will be no nukes and kisses from Ike.

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    25 mins
  • Hurricane! Britain gets the bomb

    Hurricane! Britain gets the bomb
    Nov 27 2023

    Britain gets the bomb! Then gets left behind again...


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    35 mins