Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast

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 wro...

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-...

In 1961, the Soviets resumed nuclear testing in the Arctic, and one wee girl from Michigan was worried about the implications for Santa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1962, New Mexico built America's first - and last - underground school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The atomic city of Richland - bustin' atoms, blowin' bubbles, and expelling "undesirables". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will we all go together when we go? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/atomi...

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tickets now available for HoboCon '24 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Threads. Get them here www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is this the only great nuclear war novel? And will it fry your head? Grab your spear and head to post-holocaust Kent with Riddley Walker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First in our new series, examining WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, four minutes at a time. (Please excuse any snaps or clicks you might hear. It's my pup chewing. She's too young to be left unattended, or to sleep soundly whilst I'm recording. Some sounds have intruded, but I have tried to edit out the most obtrusive ones, and thrown some music down over the general snufflings.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

The final Four Minutes of Threads episode! I have also put every Four Minutes episode together, minus all the intros and outros, into one gigantic podcast episode. It is 12 hours' long! Twelve Hours of Threads . Twelve hours! No intros. No outros. No ads. Just edited down to the pure essence of THREADS for twelve long hours. This is available for members NOW on Patreon as a bonus podcast episode a...

The 1981 conference of the American Civil Defense Association, featuring discussion of pancake batter, Kansas City, Minutemen, and The Twilight Zone Join me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/atomichobo Get a copy of my book, Attack Warning Red, here: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningred Introductory music: "No More Forevers" by IX. By kind permission of IX. Other music: "Martian Cowboy" Kevin MacLeod...

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Join me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/atomichobo Get a copy of my book, Attack Warning Red, here: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningred Introductory music: "No More Forevers" by IX. By kind permission of IX. Other music: "Martian Cowboy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast...

The second half of Sweden's 1961 civil defence booklet, covering evacuation, letters home, luggage, baths and plastic sheeting. Join me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/atomichobo Get a copy of my book, Attack Warning Red, here: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningred Introductory music: "No More Forevers" by IX. By kind permission of IX. Other music: "Martian Cowboy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Li...

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 podc...

Are the Swedish brave enough to take surstromming into their shelter? Find my Patreon page  <a href= https://www.patreon.com/atomichobo > here</a> Introductory music: No More Forevers by IX. By kind permission of IX. Further music: SCP-x3x (I am Not OK)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

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. Hosted on Acast....

We reach the penultimate episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back in the archives this week. We look at a US civil defence booklet from 1969 about fallout shelters in schools. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Churchill and Eden head to Bermuda for a conference with Eisenhower. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.