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My Nuclear LifeAuthor: Shelly Lesher
On July 16, 1945, in a New Mexico desert, the Trinity Test ushered in the Nuclear Age. No other piece of technology has penetrated the American consciousness like the nuclear bomb and found a place in everything from culture to medicine. This podcast explores how nuclear science has impacted and changed our world in both beneficial and destructive ways. We explore the intersection of nuclear science and society using interviews with historians, policymakers, experts in their fields, and first-hand accounts to weave a picture of your nuclear life. Language: en-us Genres: Physics, Science, Technology Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Cold War Human Radiation Experiments | Eileen Welsome
Episode 66
Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
“As all these stories do, it started with a radioactive animal dump in Albuquerque,” is the best first line of a story I have ever heard. Listen as Eileen Welsome and Shelly Lesher discuss some of the medical experiments the US government funded on its own citizens involving radiation without their consent over the decades.
