My Nuclear Life

By Shelly Lesher

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Subscribers: 15
Reviews: 1
Episodes: 59

john
 Aug 16, 2023
facanating and in-depth takes. very easy to listen to and really draws you in.

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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.

Episode Date
The Black Sea Experiment: Data taking and legacy
Apr 30, 2024
Prelude to the Black Sea Experiment: Soviet Scientists Reach Out
Apr 30, 2024
Adventures in Nuclear Risk Reduction - Georgia Pt 2
Mar 27, 2024
Adventures in Nuclear Risk Reduction - Georgia Pt 1
Feb 27, 2024
The new face of the nuclear nerd - Miss America (2023) Grace Stanke
Jan 30, 2024
Understanding Edward Teller with Istvan Hargittai
Nov 28, 2023
For the love of lasers with Donna Strickland
Oct 31, 2023
Are radiation limits based on a lie? with Ed Calabrese
Sep 26, 2023
How to identify Manhattan Project Plutonium with Cody Folden
Aug 29, 2023
Trying to stay alive at the Diefenbunker with Nathan Radke & Lee Kuhnle
Jul 25, 2023
J. Robert Oppenheimer with Kai Bird
Jun 27, 2023
The 3rd Nuclear Age with Ankit Panda
May 30, 2023
The Origin of the Elements with Artemis Spyrou
Apr 25, 2023
NIF fusion was a breakthrough, but what kind? with Bob Rosner
Mar 28, 2023
Witnessing the Starfish Prime nuclear test with Jim Burkhart
Feb 28, 2023
Solving the solar neutrino problem with Nobel Laureate Art McDonald
Jan 31, 2023
Is this the year NORAD shoots down Santa? With Martin Pfeiffer
Dec 24, 2022
Mom, I'm scared, come pick me up! Students speak out.
Dec 15, 2022
US Nuclear Weapons and the Nuclear Posture Review with Steve Fetter
Nov 29, 2022
Inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone with Dominik & Lara from ChernobylX
Oct 25, 2022
The Baby Tooth Study 2.0 with Marc Weisskopf
Sep 27, 2022
St. Louis Baby Tooth Survey with Nina Gilden Seavey
Aug 30, 2022
What if a nuclear engineer was elected US President? with Jonathan Alter
Jul 26, 2022
How did the U.S. Government plan for nuclear war without you? with Garrett Graff
Jun 28, 2022
Exploring the end of the world with nuclear literature and Daniel Cordle
May 31, 2022
Shipbuilding with the precision of a watchmaker - ITER with Michael Loughlin
Apr 26, 2022
Can Wargaming teach ethics? With John Emery
Mar 29, 2022
Nuclear Threat Reduction & Current Events with Matthias Grosse Perdekamp
Mar 08, 2022
Radium & Marie Curie go Goth Rock with Charming Disaster
Feb 22, 2022
Using nuclear science to understand cultural heritage with Michael Wiescher
Jan 25, 2022
Should Khrushchev receive story credit for Dr. Strangelove? With Nathan and Lee from The UnCover Up
Jan 06, 2022
The movie with the finest ending: Failsafe (1964) with Nathan & Lee from The UnCover Up
Jan 04, 2022
What's with all the Nuclear Movies? With Nathan & Lee from The UnCover Up
Dec 28, 2021
Using radiation as a poison. The murder of Alexander Litvinenko with Pete Burgess
Nov 30, 2021
How the Norwegians & British ended the Nazi atomic bomb program with Neal Bascomb
Oct 26, 2021
Finger on the Button: Life as a Cold War Missileer with Col. (Ret.) Charles G. Simpson
Sep 28, 2021
Scientists as activists, human rights, and ethics with Don Howard
Sep 15, 2021
History of early computing with Thomas Haigh
Aug 17, 2021
The connection between nuclear disarmament, peace, and black freedom with Vincent Intondi
Aug 03, 2021
Nuking the Moon and other Shenanigans with The Uncover Up
Jul 20, 2021
The impact of the Cold War on LIGO with Tiffany Nichols
Jul 06, 2021
Announcement: My Nuclear Life / The UncoverUp Crossover
Jun 29, 2021
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster with Adam Higginbotham
Jun 22, 2021
Death by control rod: The story of SL1 with Todd Tucker
Jun 08, 2021
How to restart a nuclear reactor in Japan after the Fukushima disaster with Dreux Richard
May 25, 2021
Soviet bone records, Tom Lehrer, and music for your nuclear protest with Tim & Joanna Smolko
May 11, 2021
Deep beneath the surface: Innovating nuclear waste disposal with Elizabeth Muller
Apr 27, 2021
Hanford Lab Pt. 2: How the DOE got into the museum business with Robert Franklin
Apr 13, 2021
Hanford Lab Pt. 1: The triumph of the engineer with Robert Franklin
Apr 13, 2021
Quarky News: Volk Field 1962
Apr 06, 2021
Radium: Luxurious, Beautiful, Expensive, and Modern with Lucy Santos
Mar 30, 2021
Nuclear newsletters, queer theory, and Freedom of Information with Martin Pfeiffer
Mar 16, 2021
The War Science Won? Building the bomb, ingenuity, and politics with Richard Rhodes (Pt. 3)
Mar 02, 2021
How to turn the US into a factory: Beer in Hanford, Silver from Fort Knox, and PO Box 1663 with Richard Rhodes (Pt. 2)
Jan 01, 2021
How it all began: Europe, fission, and the Nazis with Richard Rhodes (Pt. 1)
Jan 01, 2021
Sunshine in a bottle. The origins of using radiation as a modern cancer treatment with Aimee Slaughter
Dec 30, 2020
Thwarting nuclear ambitions with sanctions: Iran, North Korea, and ... Sweden? with Richard Nephew
Dec 30, 2020
How do you celebrate Alaska Statehood? Nuke them a harbor with Dan O'Neill
Dec 23, 2020
Saving the world with nuclear energy, one microreactor at a time with Leslie Dewan
Dec 16, 2020