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Atomic Hobo

JULIE MCDOWALL

  • 25 minutes 13 seconds
    This Is Only A Jingle

    The Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) was set up in 1963 to alert Americans, via TV and radio, of nuclear attack. Stations were required to test the EBS once a week, but some got bored of reading the same sombre script, and tried to recite the script as a jaunty jingle. Nuclear war delivered with some easy listening?


    I have a bonus podcast episode out NOW on the 1971 event when an EBS test went wrong, and was broadcast across America as a real alert. Find it on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/atomichobo


    My book, Attack Warning Red: How Britain Prepared for Nuclear War is currently on an Amazon special deal in paperback. Down to £7.49 for a limited period.


    Thank you for listening.


    Julie


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    20 January 2025, 8:00 am
  • 38 minutes 50 seconds
    CONELRAD

    The American radio system which operated from 1953 - 1963 and would dispense civil defence advice to the public whilst working to confuse an incoming Soviet bomber.


    Join us on Patreon here for more episodes www.patreon.com/atomichobo


    My book, ATTACK WARNING RED: HOW BRITAIN PREPARED FOR NUCLEAR WAR is currently on a special paperback deal for £7.49 here


    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Attack-Warning-Red-Britain-Prepared/dp/1529920019/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3A8B2MAX4MNRI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.R9sWLkhu55nZT5yVyZZbhQ.SslFvc5OyWSD-Ajh7PB-k9icPldgIaCxcW1kxaCX1tg&dib_tag=se&keywords=attack+warning+red+julie+mcdowall&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1736785872&sprefix=%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1


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    13 January 2025, 4:32 pm
  • 18 minutes 24 seconds
    Santa and the Nuclear Tests
    In 1961, the Soviets resumed nuclear testing in the Arctic, and one wee girl from Michigan was worried about the implications for Santa.

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    23 December 2024, 2:10 pm
  • 31 minutes 55 seconds
    Artesia's Underground School
    In 1962, New Mexico built America's first - and last - underground school.

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    16 December 2024, 4:58 pm
  • 31 minutes 38 seconds
    Trekking Out To Chico
    In 1961, a group of families from New York gave up their lives on the East Coast and headed west in search of a place safe from nuclear attack. But did they choose the right place?

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    2 December 2024, 10:00 am
  • 29 minutes 10 seconds
    Richland - The Atom-Bustin' Village of the West!
    The atomic city of Richland - bustin' atoms, blowin' bubbles, and expelling "undesirables".

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    29 October 2024, 12:24 pm
  • 25 minutes 20 seconds
    It's the Plutonium Pioneers!

    The building of the world's first plutonium plant in Washington state. Make way for the plutonium pioneers!


    Join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/atomichobo


    Julie


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    24 October 2024, 1:44 pm
  • 23 minutes 41 seconds
    Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows - Part 3

    Will we all go together when we go?




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    16 October 2024, 2:12 pm
  • 37 minutes 20 seconds
    The Cobalt Bomb says...Hold My Beer!

    If you thought the hydrogen bomb was as bad as it gets, then the cobalt bomb is here to say, "Hold my beer!"


    Tickets still available for this weekend's HoboCon '24 where we'll meet at a cinema in Manchester to watch Threads and an exclusive pre-recorded Q+A with the director. The Q+A will be uploaded to Patreon after the event for those who can't attend. Join us here: https://www.patreon.com/atomichobo


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    23 September 2024, 7:53 am
  • 32 minutes 10 seconds
    Nuclear News from 1980s Sussex

    How to keep your village free from "marauders" - the local issues concerning Sussex in the early 80s.


    Tickets now on sale for this year's HoboCon - www.patreon.com/atomichobo


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    4 September 2024, 1:57 pm
  • 39 minutes 22 seconds
    Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows, Part 2

    Tickets now available for HoboCon '24 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Threads. Get them here www.patreon.com/atomichobo



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    27 August 2024, 2:56 pm
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