The Bomb
BBC World ServiceHow the nuclear bomb shaped world history. The scientists who raced to build weapons, the spies who stole the technology and the superpowers who grappled with deployment.
In Season 3, nuclear war is terrifyingly close. Can the superpowers of the Soviet Union and the USA prevent apocalypse? Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy, relatives of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and US President John F Kenn... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 27 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | History | |||
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The Soviets secretly plan to move an arsenal of nuclear weapons to Cuba. It is an audacious move by Nikita Khrushchev, to protect Fidel Castro’s communist regime from an American invasion. Since Castro and the Soviet leader met in a New York hotel in... more
The Berlin Wall rises, splitting the city from east to west. Then a stand-off between American and Soviet tanks at the crossing point, Checkpoint Charlie, brings the two superpowers to the brink of military confrontation. And fearing that they are fa... more
As the USA and Soviet Union race for supremacy in the 1960s, Premier Khrushchev sizes up his rival, President John F Kennedy. Hosts Max Kennedy and Nina Khrushcheva, relatives of the superpower leaders, explore their rise to power - one wealthy, smoo... more
The world is on the brink of nuclear war. How can the Soviet Union and the USA prevent it? Hosts Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy, relatives of the superpower leaders President John F Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev, tell the personal and polit... more
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- Simplistic
A juvenile heavily biased perspective on a historic event of ongoing importance. An analysis of the moral issues of not using the Bomb might have provided some much needed balance. Might I suggest Emily should be proud rather than ashamed of her Grandfathers and his generations legacy? The BBC’s balanced approach these days is becoming a parody!
Apple Podcasts1edparsons
United Kingdom3 months ago The story of creating the atomic bomb has no alternative but to be a fascinating story. This podcast tells the story in in just that way.
The story and thus the podcast should be longer and should take much more time than the episodes in this podcast. After all, from bare ground in Los Alamos until the first atomic bomb was used in combat took only 19 months. However, many, many sub-plots involving some of the brightest physicists in the history of the world occurred concurrently within t... more
Podchaser55 months agoWhitmireLaw- I am struggling with part two!
Part one was good and recommended. The second season, however…
When making a podcast in multiple parts, I expect it to be a link between them (which is not presented) . Listening to part two right after part one confuses me and I find it hard to understand the timelines and the links between the different stories told.
Apple Podcasts2Grungegnome
Norway9 months ago - Misleading
Series 1 is a message of guilt by the narrator and an anti-nuclear agenda wrapped in the guise of a documentary. I was disappointed by the lack of impartiality given this was produced by the BBC. 2 stars due to there being some interesting factual information amongst the agenda.
Apple Podcasts2CplSyxUnited Kingdom10 months ago - Self Absorbed Garbage
Historically very interesting, unfortunately told by self centered millennials that think these stories revolve around them.
Apple Podcasts1Sonos letdown
United Statesa year ago
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Apple Podcasts | #47 | United States/History |
Apple Podcasts | #26 | United Kingdom/History |
Apple Podcasts | #27 |  Canada/History |
Apple Podcasts | #26 |  Australia/History |
Apple Podcasts | #35 |  Italy/History |
Apple Podcasts | #61 |  Germany/History |
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