My Nuclear Life
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.
- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 74
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Shipbuilding with the precision of a watchmaker - ITER with Michael Loughlin
The history of fusion as a source of energy is discussed along with past and current projects. Is a fusion power plant still decades away?
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00:41:39 |
Tue 26 Apr 2022
Can Wargaming teach ethics? With John Emery
What is a war game? How did they shape our understanding of the Cold War? Did the mathematicians or social scientists win the war of the COW game? Learn about issues surrounding wargaming at RAND an…
01:08:26 |
Tue 29 Mar 2022
Nuclear Threat Reduction & Current Events with Matthias Grosse Perdekamp
Special episode on reducing nuclear threat with Prof. Matthias Grosse Perdekamp. Recorded when Russia was invading Ukraine.
00:59:22 |
Tue 08 Mar 2022
Radium & Marie Curie go Goth Rock with Charming Disaster
Today's episode features the musical duo Charming Disaster. They discuss the process of writing their new album based on the life of Marie Curie and the element she discovered, stories that did not m…
00:41:11 |
Tue 22 Feb 2022
Using nuclear science to understand cultural heritage with Michael Wiescher
What role does nuclear science play in understanding art and culture? Michael Wiescher from The University of Notre Dame explains.
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Visit us at: mynuclearlife.com
Patreon: www.patreon.com/mynuclea…
00:53:32 |
Tue 25 Jan 2022
Should Khrushchev receive story credit for Dr. Strangelove? With Nathan and Lee from The UnCover Up
Nathan Radke and Lee Kuhnle from The UnCover Up podcast discuss Dr. Strangelove with Shelly and introduce an interesting conspiracy theory. Lee poses a question on if Nikita Khrushchev should rece…
00:39:18 |
Thu 06 Jan 2022
The movie with the finest ending: Failsafe (1964) with Nathan & Lee from The UnCover Up
Nathan Radke and Lee Kuhnle from The UnCover Up podcast discuss Failsafe (1964) with Shelly and compare it to Dr. Strangelove. Find out what character made Lee want to quit watching Failsafe, who t…
00:46:55 |
Tue 04 Jan 2022
What's with all the Nuclear Movies? With Nathan & Lee from The UnCover Up
Nathan and Lee from the UnCover Up podcast join today’s conversation in discussing their favorite nuclear movies spanning over the decades, involving wars, nuclear disasters, and so much more! Amongs…
01:00:12 |
Tue 28 Dec 2021
Using radiation as a poison. The murder of Alexander Litvinenko with Pete Burgess
In this episode Pete Burgess discusses the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian spy who defected to the UK. Why is polonium-210 a good poison? How do you make it? Why wasn’t the public scared i…
00:53:31 |
Tue 30 Nov 2021
How the Norwegians & British ended the Nazi atomic bomb program with Neal Bascomb
In this episode, host Shelly Lesher is joined by Neal Bascomb, author of The Winter Fortress, which tells the story of the plan to sabotage Hitler’s atomic bomb. Listen as Neal tells about the severa…
00:57:06 |
Tue 26 Oct 2021
Finger on the Button: Life as a Cold War Missileer with Col. (Ret.) Charles G. Simpson
Go inside a US missile silo with Col. (Ret.) Charles G. Simpson as he discusses his time as a US Air Force Missileer which started weeks before the Cuban Missile Crisis and ends shortly before the en…
00:59:39 |
Tue 28 Sep 2021
Scientists as activists, human rights, and ethics with Don Howard
This episode features Don Howard, a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame with an interest in the ethics of emerging technologies. Shelly & Don explore the ethical…
01:21:58 |
Wed 15 Sep 2021
History of early computing with Thomas Haigh
In this episode Shelly speaks with Thomas Haigh, a historian of computing, about the ENIAC and its influence on nuclear physics. Learn how the ENIAC was more of an experimental apparatus than a comp…
01:24:30 |
Tue 17 Aug 2021
The connection between nuclear disarmament, peace, and black freedom with Vincent Intondi
In this episode Shelly is joined by Dr. Vincent Intondi, history professor at Montgomery College in Maryland. He is invited on the podcast today to discuss his recent authorship of his eye opening b…
00:58:20 |
Tue 03 Aug 2021
Nuking the Moon and other Shenanigans with The Uncover Up
In this episode, Shelly is joined by 2/3rds of The Uncover Up Conspiracy Podcast, Nathan Radke and Lee Kuhlne. They discuss the Pentagon UFO report, their joint Cold War obsession, what we can learn …
01:06:58 |
Tue 20 Jul 2021
The impact of the Cold War on LIGO with Tiffany Nichols
In this episode Shelly speaks to Tiffany Nichols, doctoral candidate at the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University, graduate student affiliate at the Black Hole Initiative and a N…
00:42:18 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
Announcement: My Nuclear Life / The UncoverUp Crossover
We are excited to announce our first crossover! Surviving the Nuclear Age.
00:01:07 |
Tue 29 Jun 2021
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster with Adam Higginbotham
In this episode Shelly is joined by Adam Higginbotham, author of New York Times best selling book Midnight in Chernobyl. Listen as Shelly and Adam talk about his book and about the biggest nuclear d…
00:51:41 |
Tue 22 Jun 2021
Death by control rod: The story of SL1 with Todd Tucker
In this episode of My Nuclear Life, Shelly speaks with Todd Tucker, author of several books including Atomic America: How a Deadly Explosion and a Feared Admiral changed the Course of Nuclear Histor…
00:51:06 |
Tue 08 Jun 2021
How to restart a nuclear reactor in Japan after the Fukushima disaster with Dreux Richard
In this episode, Shelly Lesher and Dreux Richard author of the book, Every Human Intention: Japan in the New Century, explore the post-Fukushima nuclear regulatory system of Japan and how to determin…
01:02:53 |
Tue 25 May 2021
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