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Pressing the Button: Eisenhower
May 12, 2026
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'Fat, dumb and happy'
May 6, 2026
25m 20s
Pressing the Button: 'Fat, dumb and happy'
May 6, 2026
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When The Wind Blows, Part 19
May 2, 2026
30m 37s
Pressing the Button: Truman
Apr 27, 2026
20m 33s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/12/26 | Pressing the Button: Eisenhower | Eisenhower introduced three big nuclear changes which overturned Truman's policies on presidential sole authority. To get ad-free access, plus extra episodes, consider joining my Patreon at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Thank you,Julie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 5/6/26 | 'Fat, dumb and happy'✨ | nuclear warpresidential authority+3 | — | The Most Awful Responsibility | — | nuclear warTruman+3 | — | 25m 20s | |
| 5/6/26 | Pressing the Button: 'Fat, dumb and happy' | More on Truman and sole presidential authority, and why did Curtis LeMay say he would refuse to be 'fat, dumb and happy' if America got nuked?As with last week's episode on Truman, I must acknowledge the brilliant new book by Alex Wellerstein called The Most Awful Responsibility. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 5/2/26 | When The Wind Blows, Part 19✨ | nuclear warsurvival+3 | — | PatreonAcast | — | nuclear warsurvival+3 | — | 30m 37s | |
| 4/27/26 | Pressing the Button: Truman✨ | nuclear authoritypresidential power+3 | — | Acast | — | nuclear warpresidential authority+3 | Patreon | 20m 33s | |
| 4/17/26 | When The Wind Blows, Part 18✨ | nuclear warsociety+3 | — | AcastPatreon | — | nuclear wargrim+3 | — | 26m 06s | |
| 4/15/26 | Shadow Libraries✨ | nuclear warliterature preservation+3 | — | Patreon | salt minesshadow libraries+1 | nuclear warlibraries+3 | — | 23m 14s | |
| 4/3/26 | When The Wind Blows, Part 17✨ | nuclear waroverkill+4 | — | Fruit Pastille | — | nuclear waroverkill+5 | Patreon | 26m 49s | |
| 4/1/26 | Nuclear Fear: The Prologue, Part 2✨ | nuclear pop cultureself-publishing+3 | — | AcastPatreon+1 | — | nuclear fearpop culture+4 | — | 36m 49s | |
| 3/31/26 | Nuclear Fear: the Prologue✨ | nuclear warpop culture+3 | — | PatreonNUCLEAR FEAR | — | nuclear warNUCLEAR FEAR+5 | — | 25m 06s | |
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| 3/18/26 | Jitters in North Carolina?✨ | nuclear crisesNorth Carolina+4 | — | The Doomsday LibraryPatreon | North Carolina | nuclear warBerlin Crisis+5 | — | 30m 35s | |
| 2/24/26 | The Sculthorpe Nuclear Weapons Incident✨ | nuclear weaponsmilitary history+3 | — | Conelrad6401240Something Foolish With A Pistol | Norfolk | nuclear warSculthorpe+3 | Patreon£3 a month | 24m 09s | |
| 2/17/26 | Soviet Civil Defence: The Komsomol | The Soviet youth organisation, the Komsomol, and how it prepared the young for nuclear war with "predators from the imperialist jungle", as Khrushchev nicely put it.I quote from THE WHISPERERS: PRIVATE LIFE IN STALIN'S RUSSIA by Orlando Figes.Get ad-free access to all episodes, plus bonus episodes, here www.patreon.com/atomichoboJulie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/10/26 | Soviet Civil Defence: The Trouble With Vegetables | Americans in the early 50s were told there was a "civil defence gap", and that the Soviets were superior in protecting their population? Was this true? As mentioned in the pod, I quote from two academic articles. They are:'Soviet Civil Defence: The Mineshaft Gap Revisited' by Josh M Weinstein, Arms Control Today, Vol 12, No 7, August 1982'Was There A Real Mineshaft Gap?' by Edward Geist, Journal of Cold War Studies, Vol 14, No 2, Spring 2012And you can get ad-free access to the whole archive, plus all bonus episodes, if you join my Patreon here: www.patreon.com/atomichoboJulie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/2/26 | Greenland: The Thule Air Base | Why is America so interested in Greenland? What was its role in nuclear attack and early warning? And what happened when a huge B52 bomber carrying a bunch of hydrogen bombs crashed into the ice up there?There's a bonus pod which accompanies this episode. You can grab it here, and get ad-free listening for the whole pod archive, at www.patreon.com/atomichobo The reading list for these Thule episodes is below:Fifteen Minutes: General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation, by L. Douglas KeeneyCommand and Control by Eric SchlosserProject Crested Ice: The Thule Nuclear Accident (SAC Historical Study)'Greenland and its Relevance to North American Security', Naval War College Review, Vol 32, No. 6 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/26/26 | Harold Macmillan, Part 4: Pressing the Button | How would Harold Macmillan have ordered nuclear retaliation?Join us at www.patreon.com/atomichobo for ad-free listening and bonus episodes.The books and articles I used in this episode are listed below:The Secret State by Peter HennessyWinds of Change by Peter HennessyThe Prime Minister: The Office and its Holders Since 1945 by Peter HennessyCabinet by Peter HennessySupermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan by D.R. ThorpePlanning Armageddon: Britain, the United States and the Command of Western Nuclear Forces, 1945-1964, by Len Scott, Robert Twigge et al.'A Matter of Joint Decision': The Origins of British Nuclear Retaliation Procedures and the Murphy-Dean Agreement of 1958, by Matthew Jones in the English Historical Review Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/15/26 | Harold Macmillan, Part 3 | Thor is here! In 1958, the American Thor missiles arrive in the east of England, creating a headache for the authorities, and pain for those who protested their arrival and found themselves thrown into wet concrete, pelted with rotten fruit, and dragged around by the hair. Remember you can get ad-free access and bonus episodes by joining my Patreon for just £3 a month here: www.patreon.com/atomichobo Thank you! Julie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/5/26 | Harold Macmillan, Part 2 | Supermac becomes Prime Minister in January 1957, a bumper year for nuclear matters! To get ad-free listening and extra episodes join us at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 12/8/25 | Harold Macmillan, Part 1 | A new series on former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, a man born in the Victorian era who led Britain into her thermonuclear age and through the Cuban Missile Crisis.This episode starts with his horrible experiences in the trenches and takes us up to his 1954 appointment as Defence Secretary, but we take in Greek tragedy, adultery, plane crashes and a bit of Ronnie Kray on the way.To get AD-FREE ACCESS please consider becoming a patron of the pod where you will get your own feed delivering all episodes to you, ad-free, plus bonus episodes.The books I quote from today are:Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan, by D.R. ThorpeChurchill and the Bomb, by Kevin Ruane The Macmillan Diaries: The Cabinet Years, by Harold Macmillan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 12/2/25 | When The Wind Blows, Part 16 | To get ad-free listening, plus bonus episodes, visit www.patreon.com/atomichoboThis week, Jim retreats into daydreams, and Hilda dishes out hard truths at the kitchen sink. Which one is best equipped to face the coming horror: the dreamer or the realist? PS I left one of my puppy's snores in the recording as it was cute. I used to sometimes do this with Bomba's snores, so here is one of Gadget's. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 11/25/25 | When The Wind Blows, Part 15 | To get ad-free access, plus bonus episodes, please visit www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 11/18/25 |  POP! 99 Red Balloons | The chart-topping 1983 hit about nuclear war - even though the band insisted it was no such thing!To get ad-free episodes, plus bonus episodes, please visit www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 11/10/25 | When The Wind Blows, Part 14 | Lions and tigers and bears? Oh my! We see that everything becomes a threat after nuclear war. And what is that strange scent hanging in the air?Also, a new BONUS EPISODE has been released for patrons, this one about Ronald Reagan and the biblical prophecy of Armageddon. Did Reagan believe it? Did he think the end of the world, in the form of nuclear war, was inevitable? Join us for £3 a month and get all bonus episodes here www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 11/3/25 |  France - Part Trois | The final part of our look at Savoir Pour Vivre, the French civil defence booklet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 10/29/25 |  A Canticle for Leibowitz | The weird post-nuclear novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz.We will continue our series on the French civil defence booklet next week. I just couldn't resist interrupting my own schedule with an episode on this mind-bending novel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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3 placements across 3 markets.
Chart Positions
3 placements across 3 markets.