In this episode, we figured out how an RBMK reactor explodes by watching the hit HBO show Chernobyl. What caused the nuclear power plant disaster? How did the Soviet leadership and the Russian people respond to the crisis? If vodka is really such a powerful medicinal wonder, can it be covered by your health care insurance? Tim Westmyer (@NuclearPodcast) and special guests Meghan McCall (@Nuclear_Ginger_) and Geoff Wilson (@NuclearWilson) answer these questions and more.
Our guests also have awesome nuke podcasts to follow:
- Meghan’s Press the Button (Ploughshares Fund)
- Geoff’s Nukes of Hazard (Center for Nonproliferation and Arms Control)
Before we hug our dogs closer than normal, we recommend checking out:
- Chernobyl, Podcast by Craig Mazin and Peter Segal
- Chernobyl VR Project, The Farm 51
- The China Syndrome, 1979 movie
- Adam Higginbotham, Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster, 2019
- Svetlana Alexievich, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster, 2006
- David McMillan and David Baillargeon, David McMillan: Growth and Decay: Pripyat and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, 2019
- Pandora’s Promise, 2013 documentary
- Eric Schlosser, Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety, 2014
- Metro, video game series
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