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Shipbuilding with the precision of a watchmaker - ITER with Michael Loughlin
Episode 32
The history of fusion as a source of energy is discussed along with past and current projects. Is a fusion power plant still decades away?
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4 years, 1 month ago
Can Wargaming teach ethics? With John Emery
Episode 30
What is a war game? How did they shape our understanding of the Cold War? Did the mathematicians or social scientists win the war of the COW game? L…
4 years, 2 months ago
Nuclear Threat Reduction & Current Events with Matthias Grosse Perdekamp
Episode 31
Special episode on reducing nuclear threat with Prof. Matthias Grosse Perdekamp. Recorded when Russia was invading Ukraine.
4 years, 3 months ago
Radium & Marie Curie go Goth Rock with Charming Disaster
Episode 29
Today's episode features the musical duo Charming Disaster. They discuss the process of writing their new album based on the life of Marie Curie and …
4 years, 3 months ago
Using nuclear science to understand cultural heritage with Michael Wiescher
Episode 28
What role does nuclear science play in understanding art and culture? Michael Wiescher from The University of Notre Dame explains.
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4 years, 4 months ago
Should Khrushchev receive story credit for Dr. Strangelove? With Nathan and Lee from The UnCover Up
Episode 27
Nathan Radke and Lee Kuhnle from The UnCover Up podcast discuss Dr. Strangelove with Shelly and introduce an interesting conspiracy theory. Lee po…
4 years, 5 months ago
The movie with the finest ending: Failsafe (1964) with Nathan & Lee from The UnCover Up
Episode 26
Nathan Radke and Lee Kuhnle from The UnCover Up podcast discuss Failsafe (1964) with Shelly and compare it to Dr. Strangelove. Find out what charac…
4 years, 5 months ago
What's with all the Nuclear Movies? With Nathan & Lee from The UnCover Up
Episode 25
Nathan and Lee from the UnCover Up podcast join today’s conversation in discussing their favorite nuclear movies spanning over the decades, involving…
4 years, 5 months ago
Using radiation as a poison. The murder of Alexander Litvinenko with Pete Burgess
Episode 24
In this episode Pete Burgess discusses the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian spy who defected to the UK. Why is polonium-210 a good poison? …
4 years, 6 months ago
How the Norwegians & British ended the Nazi atomic bomb program with Neal Bascomb
Episode 23
In this episode, host Shelly Lesher is joined by Neal Bascomb, author of The Winter Fortress, which tells the story of the plan to sabotage Hitler’s …
4 years, 7 months ago