The Bomb
By BBC World Service
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Subscribers: 1024
Reviews: 20
Episodes: 23
Mar 20, 2024
j Branchflower
Sep 21, 2023
excellent series
Mike Caplan
Sep 16, 2022
Superb....enthralling!
Aug 8, 2022
Becka
May 23, 2021
Brilliant podcast. Very informative and well presented show.
NGC300
Nov 12, 2020
Riveting.
Cheesynose
Nov 2, 2020
An interesting podcast... loved the detailed facts and interviews. One downside - the monotonous voice of the narrator. Obviously being read - no feeling or warmth added.
Oct 29, 2020
Sep 21, 2020
Asuna
Sep 16, 2020
Really good well worth a listen, very informative and gripping from the start.
Shakkers
Sep 15, 2020
A gripping yet thought provoking narrative . Historical hindsight doesn't lessen the thrilling tension of this true story telling of the race to unlock the secrets of Nuclear power....and all the while the Atomic clock
ticks ominously for the Allies.
The question it asked of me was "What would I have done had I lived in those dark & desperate days?."
No matter my morals & feelings today I have had to conclude that I cannot possibly know the answer.
Another top quality production from the BBC.
Dancing Landlord
Sep 13, 2020
Excellent series. Thank you BBC 👍
Donald
Sep 11, 2020
top quality.... well presented....
Gavin M
Sep 9, 2020
Fascinating stuff. Dramatically presented.
Dave K
Aug 30, 2020
Fascinating story. Compelling listening.
Rich
Aug 24, 2020
Brilliant
bp
Aug 18, 2020
Very good so far. awaiting additional episodes
Me
Aug 15, 2020
Very good so far
Aug 12, 2020
guzziowner
Aug 9, 2020
Really enjoyed the first 2 episodes
Description
How the nuclear bomb shaped world history. The scientists who raced to build weapons, the spies who stole the technology and the superpowers who grappled with deployment.
In Season 3, nuclear war is terrifyingly close. Can the superpowers of the Soviet Union and the USA prevent apocalypse? Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy, relatives of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and US President John F Kennedy, tell the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Season 2 is about Klaus Fuchs, the brilliant young physicist from a pacifist German family whose spying for Russia changed history.
Season 1 tells the story of Leo Szilard, and the scientist’s discovery of the lethal potential for nuclear weapons in the race to beat Nazi Germany.
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Kennedy and Khrushchev: 1. Opening moves
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Kennedy and Khrushchev: Trailer
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Klaus Fuchs: 10. Fallout
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Klaus Fuchs: 9. Dead cat, live cat
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Klaus Fuchs: 8. The uncertainty principle
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Klaus Fuchs: 7. Critical mass
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Klaus Fuchs: 6. Camp Y
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Klaus Fuchs: 5. An irreversible reaction
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Klaus Fuchs: 4. A stable bond
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Klaus Fuchs: 3. Unstable elements
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Klaus Fuchs: 2. A split life
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Klaus Fuchs: 1. A grave matter
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Klaus Fuchs: Bonus: The sound design
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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Klaus Fuchs: Bonus: Introducing Rosa Ellis
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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Klaus Fuchs: Introducing The Bomb season 2
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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Leo Szilard: 7. The doomsday clock
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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Leo Szilard: 6. The first atomic bomb
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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Leo Szilard: 5. Enemy alien
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Leo Szilard: 4. Pearl Harbour
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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Leo Szilard: 3. The Einstein letter
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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Leo Szilard: 2. Race to the bomb
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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Leo Szilard: 1. Moonshine
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Leo Szilard: The prologue
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Jul 23, 2020 |