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My Nuclear Life

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
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All Episodes

55:26
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day & Able Archer (1983)
My Nuclear Life ·
2026/09/26
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54:13
1983 - The Year of Living Dangerously
My Nuclear Life ·
2026/09/15
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52:11
Project Paperclip | Brian Crim
My Nuclear Life ·
2026/07/28
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59:02
The JASONS | Ann Finkbeiner
My Nuclear Life ·
2026/06/09
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49:41
Not Dead Yet | Conspiracy Theory with Uncover Up
My Nuclear Life ·
2026/05/14
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38:19
The "best" Doomsday Devices | The Uncover Up
My Nuclear Life ·
2026/03/31
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50:16
The bomber will always get through | Nathan Radke
My Nuclear Life ·
2026/03/03
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44:54
(New Intro) Challenger Explosion | Adam Higginbotham
My Nuclear Life ·
2026/01/28
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Black holes, string theory, and public policy | Jim...
My Nuclear Life ·
2025/12/30
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How much time does the US need to restart nuclear...
My Nuclear Life ·
2025/12/02
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56:48
House of Dynamite | Lee and Nathan
My Nuclear Life ·
2025/11/18
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HItler and the Bomb | Mark Walker
My Nuclear Life ·
2025/10/16
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Hidden in plain sight. The Greenbrier Bunker | Deanna...
My Nuclear Life ·
2025/09/02
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The Atomic Pilgrim | James Patrick Thomas
My Nuclear Life ·
2025/08/05
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The ethics of human radiation experiments | The...
My Nuclear Life ·
2025/06/24
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37:39
Day in the Life of a Nuclear Physicist | Kelly Chipps
My Nuclear Life ·
2025/05/13
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53:49
Cold War Human Radiation Experiments | Eileen Welsome
My Nuclear Life ·
2025/04/08
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17:40
Plutonium Files Bonus Episode
My Nuclear Life ·
2025/04/01
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48:32
Cold War Kids | Ann Kordas
My Nuclear Life ·
2025/02/25
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11:28
Bonus - Challenger
My Nuclear Life ·
2025/01/21
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