Edition 113: The Nuclear Threat with Cynthia Enloe, Thistle Pettersen & Aurora Linnea

About this episode

The episode discusses the nuclear threat through a feminist lens, featuring an interview with Professor Cynthia Enloe and commentary on the anti-nuclear movement.

Today's edition starts off with a greeting from Thistle, our resident singer/songwriter and founder of WLRN before diving into our world news segment with Cat Bradfield. After the news, hear Ani DiFranco's song, Atom, in its entirety to get an idea of the enormity of the problem and its root in male dominion and madness. Next, stay tuned for an interview Thistle did with Professor Cynthia Enloe of Clark University about the global nature of the nuclear problem and the different responses, actions and solutions of governments and peace activists. Cynthia emphasizes the work of ICAN, the International Campaign to End Nuclear Weapons https://www.icanw.org/and the book Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy by Ray Acheson. Then, hear riveting commentary delivered by aurora linnea in which she discusses the phallic nature of the Bomb and the absurdity that all of human history, culture and life could end in a moment of males punching in codes to blast off large penis-shaped bombs. Aurora explores the anit-nuclear movement led by feminists in the 1980s to show how women organized in the past and could do it again. She highlights the work of Dr. Helen Caldicott, among other…

People in this episode

Host: Thistle Pettersen

Guest: Cynthia Enloe

Topics covered

• nuclear threat
• feminism
• peace activism
• male dominion
• anti-nuclear movement

Keywords

• nuclear weapons
• feminism
• ICAN
• anti-nuclear movement
• Cynthia Enloe

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICAN

Books & works: Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy, Atom, Jezebel

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