Tickets now available for HoboCon '24 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Threads. Get them here www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is this the only great nuclear war novel? And will it fry your head? Grab your spear and head to post-holocaust Kent with Riddley Walker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First in our new series, examining WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, four minutes at a time. (Please excuse any snaps or clicks you might hear. It's my pup chewing. She's too young to be left unattended, or to sleep soundly whilst I'm recording. Some sounds have intruded, but I have tried to edit out the most obtrusive ones, and thrown some music down over the …

The final Four Minutes of Threads episode! I have also put every Four Minutes episode together, minus all the intros and outros, into one gigantic podcast episode. It is 12 hours' long! Twelve Hours of Threads. Twelve hours! No intros. No outros. No ads. Just edited down to the pure essence of THREADS for twelve long hours. This is available for me…

The 1981 conference of the American Civil Defense Association, featuring discussion of pancake batter, Kansas City, Minutemen, and The Twilight Zone Join me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/atomichobo Get a copy of my book, Attack Warning Red, here: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningred Introductory music: "No More Forevers" by IX. By kind permission …

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Join me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/atomichobo Get a copy of my book, Attack Warning Red, here: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningred Introductory music: "No More Forevers" by IX. By kind permission of IX. Other music: "Martian Cowboy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommo…

The second half of Sweden's 1961 civil defence booklet, covering evacuation, letters home, luggage, baths and plastic sheeting. Join me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/atomichobo Get a copy of my book, Attack Warning Red, here: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningred Introductory music: "No More Forevers" by IX. By kind permission of IX. Other music: "…

The 1961 version of the Swedish civil defence booklet has been translated for me by two kind listeners. Let's explore it, comparing it to the British booklet of the same era. You can find the Swedish booklet, plus its Second World War version and the later 1950s edition, at my Patreon page. Join me here at www.patreon.com/atomichobo where you will …

Are the Swedish brave enough to take surstromming into their shelter? Find my Patreon page here Introductory music: No More Forevers by IX. By kind permission of IX. Further music: SCP-x3x (I am Not OK)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http:/…

The Soviets tried to call the Baltic "the sea of peace" but Sweden had a few objections. Especially as any disruptions to the Baltic "peace" seemed to be coming from the Soviets, not the Swedes. In this episode we look at how Sweden's position on the Baltic, uncomfortably close to the Soviet Union, drew her into the Cold War and nuclear tension eve…

We reach the penultimate episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back in the archives this week. We look at a US civil defence booklet from 1969 about fallout shelters in schools. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Churchill and Eden head to Bermuda for a conference with Eisenhower. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Churchill sails across the Atlantic to meet Eisenhower - the new US President. But even though they are allies and friends from the war, there will be no nukes and kisses from Ike. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Britain gets the bomb! Then gets left behind again... Join us on Patreon for bonus episodes at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why did Britain choose Australia for its first nuclear test - and why did Australia say yes? Join me on Patreon for extra podcast episodes www.patreon.com/atomichobo Thank you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.