Alaska
state of the United States of America
Episodes
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#5795: Digging Harbors with Nuclear Bombs: Project PlowshareFrom Sedan's 104-kiloton crater to a plan for 520 bombs in the Negev — how the atomic age tried to become civil engineering. -
#5792: Tsar Bomba: The 50-Megaton Test That Shook the WorldIn 1961, the Soviets dropped the largest bomb ever built — a weapon with no military purpose, designed to be seen. -
#5585: The Lighthouse Keeper and the Serbian CabinA YouTube video from rural Serbia broke one listener's whole model of what a hermit is. Turns out the anchorite image is a thousand years out of date. -
#5439: Life at 76 Degrees North: Inside Pituffik Space BaseA few hundred people, four months of darkness, and a $100M-a-year mission on thawing permafrost. -
#5242: Two Neighbors, Two Invasion PlansCanada drew up a plan to invade the U.S. in 1921. The friendly-neighbor story is only 80 years old.