The Nuclear Option

By: Cody Bloomfield
Listen for free

  • Summary

  • Tales of nuclear fervor, folly, and fallout, from the disastrous to the comedic, from the well-reasoned to the utterly absurd. True histories of the atomic age, hosted by Cody Bloomfield.
    Cody Bloomfield
    Show More Show Less
World
Show More Show Less
Episodes
  • Project Chariot Part I: "We're going to work miracles"

    Project Chariot Part I: "We're going to work miracles"
    Jul 13 2022

    In the aftermath of World War II, America was an aspirational empire, buttressed by trade relationships across the globe and animated by a sense of possibility. The Suez Canal crisis and launch of Sputnik revealed that the American economic empire could be a fragile beast. But the United States had an ace up its sleeve - nuclear development. Atomic architects decided to build a harbor in Alaska - one in the shape of a polar bear, if people wanted, bragged Edward Teller. The Alaskan harbor project, code named Project Chariot, was to be built on stolen Inupiaq land. The flagship project dissolved into a fierce contestation between indigenous ways of life and atomic scientists' scientific empire. Were the Inupiaq people ready for miracles? Part one of a two-part series.
    Show More Show Less
    37 mins
  • Nuclear Lunacy

    Nuclear Lunacy
    Apr 14 2022

    When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into space, the United States knew they needed to demonstrate something new, something spectacular. The plan? Nuking the moon.
    Show More Show Less
    23 mins

What listeners say about The Nuclear Option

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.co.uk reviews

Amazon reviews
No Reviews are Available