Podcast Episodes

Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows, Part 8

The episode where the bomb drops!

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1 year, 1 month ago

When The Wind Blows, Part 7

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1 year, 2 months ago

Operation Wake Up!

"LA was bombed today" said the local paper in 1951. This was Operation Wake Up.

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1 year, 2 months ago

A Silly Name for the H-Bomb

The 1950s trend - which caused mockery and anger - for calling the hydrogen bomb "clean" or "humanitarian". Could the Americans make this awful weapo…

1 year, 3 months ago

When The Wind Blows, Part 6

The shadow of death falls over Jim and Hilda's cottage. Not that they notice! Too busy sorting out bottles and pepper pots - getting things just righ…

1 year, 4 months ago

"Killed Twice": Cars in Nuclear Tests

Operation Hot Rod in 1951 took five 1930s cars out to the new Nevada test site.

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1 year, 4 months ago

Annie and Her Flying Toilet

The 1953 nuclear test, ANNIE, and her creepy mannequins, wrecked cars, and flying toilets.

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1 year, 4 months ago

Four Minutes of When the Wind Blows, Part 5

A long episode today because the bomb draws near.

Jim tries to protect his home with pineapple chunks, cushions and white paint.

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1 year, 4 months ago

Praying for Nuclear War

What happened when a sect arrived in Montana in the 1980s, with predictions that the end was nigh, annoying the bears at Yellowstone, and digging she…

1 year, 5 months ago

When The Wind Blows, Part 4

Examining the film, four minutes at a time. This week, Jim and Hilda hide from reality via wartime nostalgia. But the missiles are being readied.

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1 year, 5 months ago