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Solving the solar neutrino problem with Nobel Laureate Art McDonald
Episode 42
From his beginnings as a nuclear physicist to his Nobel Prize-winning work on neutrinos, Arthur McDonald sits down with Shelly Lesher in the studio. …
3 years, 4 months ago
Is this the year NORAD shoots down Santa? With Martin Pfeiffer
Episode 41
Martin Pfeiffer aka @nuclearanthro joins Shelly to discuss the origin story of NORAD Tracks Santa and why it matters. Not suitable for children and …
3 years, 5 months ago
Mom, I'm scared, come pick me up! Students speak out.
Episode 40
Young scientists from the Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP) Conference react to the nuclear weapon talks which opened the conference. Hear their thou…
3 years, 5 months ago
US Nuclear Weapons and the Nuclear Posture Review with Steve Fetter
Episode 39
With all the talk of nuclear weapons in Europe, learn about the US nuclear weapon triad with Dr. Steve Fetter. Recorded live during a nuclear physic…
3 years, 6 months ago
Inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone with Dominik & Lara from ChernobylX
Episode 38
In this episode, we take you inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone with Dominik Orfanus founder of ChernobylX and lead tour guide, Lara Graldina. What …
3 years, 7 months ago
The Baby Tooth Study 2.0 with Marc Weisskopf
Episode 37
The St. Louis Baby Tooth Study has been reimagined. Using the original teeth collected from the children of the 1950s and 1960s Marc Weisskopf and hi…
3 years, 8 months ago
St. Louis Baby Tooth Survey with Nina Gilden Seavey
Episode 36
Nina Gilden Seavey discusses how the St. Louis Baby Tooth Survey helped persuade U.S. President Kennedy to sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty w…
3 years, 9 months ago
What if a nuclear engineer was elected US President? with Jonathan Alter
Episode 35
He was and served as the 39th President of the USA. But before his career in politics, Jimmy Carter was a Navy Nuke under Gen. Rickover. What did he…
3 years, 10 months ago
How did the U.S. Government plan for nuclear war without you? with Garrett Graff
Episode 34
Underground nuclear bunkers, the birth of FEMA, secret government plans for the end of the world, and more in this episode. Garrett Graff discusses h…
3 years, 11 months ago
Exploring the end of the world with nuclear literature and Daniel Cordle
Episode 33
This episode explores how we, as humans, grapple with the end of the world through nuclear literature including fiction, nonfiction, poems, etc. How…
4 years ago