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Annual walk to commemorate Church Rock uranium tailings pond disaster on Navajo Nation land – from 2019. Site of the mine and tailings pond in the background. This Week’s Featured Interviews: Trinity Downwinders Advocating for Justice – Tina Cordova: Trinity Downwinder Tina Cordova grew up in her family home in the Tularosa Basin, 40 miles...…
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This Week’s Features: LINKS from this feature: Radioactive Contamination of U.S. Food and Water and What Congress Can Do About It – Upcoming Webinar An interview with Kimberly Roberson, founder/director of Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network (FFAN) and lead organizer for this Congressional briefing. WHERE & WHEN? The briefing will be held via Zoom …
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A symbol of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Anti-nuclear activists are often isolated from each other because we focus on what’s most important to us – a local issue with radioactive waste dump, or uranium mining, or weapons, or a spike in health...…
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This Week’s Featured Interview: Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness): Fukushima saki? That’s right – get drunk to ignore the radionuclides that might be in your alcohol! Nuclear Hotseat Hot Story with Linda Pentz Gunter: The ADVANCE Act will gut nuclear safety and keep the Nuclear Navy happy. Hardly anyone on Capitol Hill op…
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May was a bust, thanks to some awful storms and possibly a grumpy ghost, but we've got a new Haunted AF episode for June! Want to hear spooky stories about ghostly dog-walkers and haunted plane rides (click HERE to find out more about those parts salvaged from airline crashes)? What about a haunted homestead and a bull who eats waffles or that Ital…
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Welcome to the start of the 14th year of Nuclear Hotseat! This Week’s Featured Interview: Hinamoeura Cross of Polynesia and Tina Cordova of New Mexico, both winners of the 2023 Nuclear Free Future Award, embrace in congratulations and commiseration, as both are Downwinders from different parts of the world. Nuclear Hotseat Hot Story with Linda...…
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This Week’s First Featured Interview: Alfred Meyer of Physicians for Social Responsibility, mid-Zoom interview This Week’s Second Featured Interview: Dr. Gordon Edwards, addressing the United Nations What Scares Me Most about Nuclear: Excerpts from last year’s Halloween feature: “What Scares Me Most about Nuclear.” I spoke with more than 30 activis…
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The Miller Map. The path radioactive fallout took from the 100 above-ground nuclear tests in Nevada. Actually, it took three or more nuclear fallout clouds overhead to make it onto this map. Compiled by Richard Miller, author of Under the Cloud: The Decades of Nuclear Testing. This Week’s Featured Interview: PHONE NUMBERS TO CONTACT CONGRESS...…
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Patti Ameno (also Patty, Patricia) grew up in Apollo, Pennsylvania, 35 miles NE of Pittsburgh, not realizing that her childhood home was directly across the street from the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation. NUMEC manufactured fuel for commercial nuclear power plants and the Navy’s nuclear submarines, leaving behind a legacy of uranium an…
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This Week’s Featured Interviews: Some weeks, it’s time to catch up with a number of stories. So here we present a series of short interviews covering a range of issues that are up for us right now. International Uranium Film Festival co-Founder and Director Norbert Suchanek, seen here hard at work from his North American...…
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Oppenheimer Opens in Japan: Prof. Robert “Bo” Jacobs of Hiroshima Peace Institute After a delay of more than one year, the Oppenheimer film has opened in Japan. To learn what the response has been, we spoke with Prof. Robert “Bo” Jacobs of the Hiroshima Peace Institute and the Graduate School of Peace Studies of Hiroshima...…
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Hi & welcome to our April episode, which we're dropping on the very last day of April (hey...it still counts). We've got some great stories this month about haunted hotels, dead pets and bomb shelters that will make you skip those late-night trips to the bathroom. Remember to find the companion blog at HauntedAF.com and to watch the full episode on…
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This Week’s Nuclear Hotseat CLASSIC: Independent W.H.O.’s Alison Katz on World Health Organization’s Chernobyl Cover-up We continue our commemoration of the 38th year since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster with a reprise of one of Nuclear Hotseat’s most CLASSIC episodes. Chernobyl Truth – Other Excellent Information Sources: No official Numnutz of th…
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The Elephant’s Foot – solidified melted fuel core at Chernobyl in Ukraine. Still highly radioactive, still dangerous. SPECIAL: Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster 38th Anniversary – Stories of its Deadly Legacy This Week’s Featured Interviews: The Chernobyl nuclear disaster began on April 26, 1986 – another of those dates that will live in infamy. Here is a…
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WHY WE DO IT: Linda Seeley of San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace shows off a picture of her 3-week old great grandson – the next generation of reason for working against nukes. KEYSTONE PHOTO: Dream Team of Activists at the UCSB Global Legacies conference: (l-r) Jane Swanson, Libbe HaLevy, Linda Seeley, Melissa Bumstead, Heidi...…
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Erwin TN Nuclear Fuel Nightmare – People’s Hearing for Nuclear Awareness features Lodge, Ketterer, Olson, McNeill, Inoue This Week’s Featured Interviews: Erwin, Tennessee is a small town with a big problem: Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., known as NFS, a company that since the 1960’s has been a major supplier of fuel for the United States...…
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Nuclear Bailout chart compiled by Environmental Working Group. This Week’s Featured Interview: Kevin Kamps Links from Interview: The Monthly ICAN UPDATE on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Alistair Burnett, Head of Media for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) reports the latest on the Treaty from ICAN headq…
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Did you know that some people are treating this upcoming eclipse like it's Y2K all over again? If you're in Texas (or anywhere else along the path of totality) you're probably well aware of the school closings, booked hotels, and State of Emergency declarations that have become the norm down here. Seems like the perfect time to drop some scary stor…
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Three Mile Island Alert’s Eric Epstein (l) and Nuclear Hotseat’s Libbe HaLevy, pictured at TMI’s 40th anniversary conference held in Harrisburg, PA, in late March, 2019. This week’s full-length Three Mile Island Anniversary SPECIAL features interviews with: Our thanks to filmmaker Robert (Robbie) Leppzer, producer of the two-hour audio documentary …
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SPECIAL: Navajo Nation Hosts Launch of Int’l Uranium Film Festival’s N. American Tour Sometimes a film festival is about more than just the films. The International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) kicked off its 2024 North American tour in Window Rock, Navajo Nation, with not only powerful films but an informational and emotional space where Navajo...…
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This Week’s Featured Interview: Mary Beth Gallagher Links mentioned during the interview: Nuclear Hotseat Hot Story with Linda Pentz Gunter A Hollywood letter calling for an end to nuclear weapons was the initiative of an organization that promotes nuclear power. No two thumbs up to that. And here’s a LINK to Linda Pentz Gunter’s article on this...…
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Nuclear Hotseat’s annual Fukushima Anniversary SPECIAL: VOICES FROM JAPAN this year considers earthquake dangers to Japan’s nuclear reactors. In addition to an update on Fukushima, it focuses on the January 1, 2024 Noto Peninsula quake which shook the two Shika nuclear reactors, one of them beyond what it was built to be able to sustain....…
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Man, we are getting this episode in just under the wire! Here's your February SURPRISE episode...though I guess they aren't that surprising anymore. We promised we'd keep posting episodes when we had enough stories to share, so keep sending those to hauntedafpodcast@gmail.com! And remember that we've got all that exclusive stuff on the Haunted AF P…
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This Week’s Featured Interview: A networking session, with trade booths, at the 2024 Nuclear Deterrence Summit in DC. Each of those tables costs $6,000 – $7,500 for 90 minutes of branding. Logo keychains, anyone? Links referenced in this interview: NEW FEATURE: The ICAN Update – From the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons The ICAN...…
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This Week’s Featured Interview: Dr. Gordon Edwards, addressing the United Nations Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness): GREENWASHING ALERT: Boeing is aiming at school kids with their 12-week naturalist training at the Santa Susana Field Lab in Simi Valley – one of California’s most toxic sites that’s never been cleaned up. O…
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Hand-out prepared by Navajo Nation and given to members of Congress during meetings on the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). KEYSTONE PHOTO: The team that educated Congress for passage of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. (l-r) Christen Commuso, Reyaun Francisco, Karen Nickel, Dawn Chapman, Rep. Tricia Byrnes, Rep Chantelle Nickson…
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This Week’s Featured Interviews: Vina Colley – Portsmouth/Piketon Residents for Environmental Safety and Security Melissa Biumstead – Parents Against Santa Susana Field Lab Burn pit at Santa Susana Filed Labs Area 1, which was supposed to begin on Monday, Feb. 5 but was delayed by the massive rainstorm and flooding. Historical photo from Parents Ag…
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Int’l Uranium Film Festival Coming to US, Canada! – Norbert Suchanek + Holtec Illegally Evaporating Pilgrim Radwater in MA – Diane Turco This Week’s Featured Interviews: (l-r) International Uranium Film Festival Co-founders and Directors Marcîa Gomes de Oliviera and Norbert Suchanek, and Nuclear Hotseat’s Libbe HaLevy at the 2023 IUFF in Rio de Jan…
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We've got some recurring themes in this episode of Haunted AF, like wandering trees, haunted pianos, demonic boom-boxes and siblings who keep experiencing the same spooky sh*t. Remember the find more exclusive content at Patreon.com/HauntedAF & to watch the video version on our YouTube channel. And keep sending your scary stories to hauntedafpodcas…
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Atomic Bamboozle film director Jan Haaken Takes on SMNRs, Pacific NW Nuclear Nightmares + Doomsday Clock Stuck, Bill Nye Sucks This Week’s Featured Interview: Links for This Week’s Featured Interview: Nuclear Hotseat Hot Story with Linda Pentz Gunter: The Doomsday Clock was unveiled on Tuesday, January 23, still set at 90 seconds to midnight. But..…
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) new Executive Director, Melissa Parke (L) interviewed by Nuclear Hotseat’s Libbe HaLevy This Week’s Featured Interview: Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness): So many numnutz to choose from! The Congressional “comprehensive” 160-page review of nuclear arms build-up that…
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This Week’s Featured Interviews: A round-up of short featured interviews by outstanding anti-nuclear campaigners. Dr. Ivana Hughes, President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation The Nukewatch Report with John LaForge The Nukewatch Report with John LaForge will appear once a month on Nuclear Hotseat. Nuclear Hotseat Hot Story with Linda Pentz Gunter The n…
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Dr. Chris Busby, DU weapons expert Depleted Uranium Plume from Ukraine Hit UK – Dr. Chris Busby + DU Dangers – Damacio Lopez This Week’s Featured Interviews: Nuclear Hotseat Hot Story with Linda Pentz Gunter Leave the World Behind sends a metaphorical warning about the perils of ignoring existential threats — a good admonition about...…
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HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE!!! To celebrate, we're revisiting some of our favorite stories from 2023! Remember to find the companion blogs at HauntedAF.com and that you can also watch this on the Haunted AF YouTube Channel. Find more exclusive content at Patreon.com/HauntedAF & keep sending those scary stories to hauntedafpodcast@gmail.com!…
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The ultimate in nuclear numnutzery – the atomic/nuclear/hydrogen bomb – brought to you by the winner(s) of the annual Nuclear Hotseat Numnutz of the Year for 2023! SPECIAL – Annual NUMNUTZ OF THE YEAR Award, 2023! As regular listeners to the show will know, Nuclear Hotseat’s Numnutz of the Week is a regular feature that...…
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TPNW SPECIAL, Pt. 2: US Congressman, Int’l Gov’t Reps Support Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty at UN (l-r) State Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa, MA; US Congressional Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts; Bill Kidd, member of Scottish Parliament; Frank Cownie, Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa. After a press conference on the steps of the United Nations building. Keystone..…
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! We've gotten so many great stories lately that we decided to drop a Surprise Episode on you. Special thanks to Emma from Real Life Ghost Stories for letting us use part of her Chicken Glitch story. We love chickens and we love Glitches in the Matrix so this one couldn't get any better for us. Don't forget to find pictures a…
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NH #650: EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Int’l Activists Gather in NYC for A Week of UN Meetings on Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty (TPNW) This Week’s EXCLUSIVE REPORT on the UN Meetings of States Parties on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Interviewees:By Libbe Halevy
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What’s been going on… Hi All. I’m still in NYC for the United Nations 2nd Meeting of States Parties on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The trip and what I’ve been able to learn and cover has been extraordinary, but tech has been a disaster. This Week’s Featured Interview: Independent W.H.O.’s...…
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NH #648: TPNW SPECIAL: UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Nuclear Hotseat Looks Back – Alice Slater, Heidi Hutner, Alicia Sayres-Zakre, Susi Snyder This Week’s TPNW SPECIAL: Nuclear Hotseat producer/Host Libbe HaLevy will be in New York next week for the United Nations’ 2nd Meeting of States Parties on the Treaty on the...…
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Nuclear Ohio: A Radioactive Waste Hub? Mangano on Death Rates, Colley & Marida on Government Nuke Shills Epidemiologist Joseph Mangano interviewed by Nuclear Hotseat producer/host Libbe HaLevy This Week’s Featured Interviews: Cancer rates in the counties surrounding the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio, are the highest in that st…
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WRONG! IAEA BLIND SPOTS in “Safety” Tests of Fukushima Radioactive Water Release – What’s Missing? Marine Biologist Tim Deere-Jones LOL! – IAEA working hard to make their monitoring of the radioactive Tritium-contaminated water being released from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean is actually accurate. (Screen shot from IAEA self-promotion video) Th…
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Halloween SPECIAL: BOO! “What Scares Me Most About Nuclear…” – 35 Activists Share Their Nightmares Special feature: Halloween is supposed to be a scary holiday, and I can think of nothing scarier than nuclear. So I talked with some people who know a thing or two about nuclear to find out what about it scares...…
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This is a tough one. Haunted AF is going into hibernation until 2024. After that, we will drop in whenever we have enough good stories for a full episode. You can still find years of content on the Haunted AF Patreon page and companion blogs at HauntedAF.com. Grab some merch while your there for the podcast fans in your life. Remember to find us on…
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Nat’l Monument Loophole Still Allows Grand Canyon Uranium Mining! Leona Morgan of Haul No This Week’s Featured Interview: Numnutz of the Week for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness: Why do people continue to think that being a tourist on a radioactive nuclear explosion site is a good idea? Selfies at the Trinity site Links:…
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Have you ever seen an abandoned building & thought, "I'd sure love to go inside that place?" In this Haunted AF, we meet Ben who does exactly that for his Places Forgotten page. Julie also shares some ghost stories from the food podcast she produces (listen to that here) and we have a brand new Dead Pet of the Week! Don't forget to find links and p…
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International Activism! 2022 Nuclear Free Future Awards Laureates Honored + 2023 Winners Announced! 2022 Nuclear Free Future Award Laureates (top, L-R) – Anthony Lyamunda, Libbe HaLevy, Makle Gottsch (Keystone photo on landing page taken from screenshot of awards event) This Week’s Featured Interviews: The Nuclear Free Future Foundation educates pe…
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This Spooky Season episode of Haunted AF features a ghost story from the literal ghost town of Terlingua, Texas! You can learn more about it here and click here to check out that freaky basecamp we mentioned. We've also got some Shadow Person Squatters and a Ghost Dad who likes leaving cash around. Find the photos and links at HauntedAF.com (in the…
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RADIATION! Piketon, OH Demolition Releases, Trinity Fallout in E. California, RECA Implications – Dr. Michael Ketterer Radiation researcher Dr. Michael Ketterer Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness): The nukesters are choosing glamour-pusses to hawk their wares and recite their talking points. Don’t they realize that someone …
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