Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast

"All dead..." Jim tries the TV, the radio, the phone...but there's nothing. "All dead..." he keeps saying. Get the latest Four Minutes of The War Game over on Patreon at www.patreon.com/atomichobo ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

In 1983, a GP from a village near Bristol was so worried about the prospect of nuclear war, and how it would leave him unable to effectively treat his patients, that he called a public meeting and asked the residents whether they'd wish him to issue "suicide pills" in the event of nuclear war. I interviewed Dr Richard Lawson to ask him about this very painful question. You can watch the full video interview on my Patreon page at www.patreon.com/atomichobo ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

A difficult subject this week - but aren't they all? We don't do sunshine and rainbows on this pod. I look at the topic of "suicide pills" which was bravely raised by American students at Brown in 1984, and made news all across the USA. The issue was also present in Britain in the early 80s, and was brought to prominence by a local doctor. I'll be interviewing him for next week's episode which will look at the British aspects of the "suicide pill" debate. Join me on Patreon for more episodes at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Thanks, Julie ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

"I never knew a bomb could give you a headache." The fallout descends and Jim and Hilda start to feel ill. For patrons, a new Four Minutes of The War Game episode has also been uploaded. You can get it here: www.patreon.com/atomichobo Thanks, Julie ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

I go into the newspaper archives to see what the local papers in Aldershot were saying about nuclear war in the early 80s. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.