Following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the threat of radiation was ubiquitous. While radiation took its toll physically, it took an arguably heavier toll on the minds of those that lived near the nuclear plant... and even the world at large. A psychology professor joins us to talk about the long-term mental health effects of the Reactor Number Four meltdown in 1986.
Gerri's song pick:: Recoil Ignite by Mono
https://monoofjapan.bandcamp.com/track/recoil-ignite
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Episode 44.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] TIDAL
[Announcement] End of the First Era
Episode 43.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Curious Case of Adolphe Sax and his Saxophone
Episode 43: [Album Autopsy] Garth Brooks in... The Life of Chris Gaines
Episode 42.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Pono Player
Episode 42: The Laki Eruption
Episode 41.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Third Wave Experiment
Episode 41: [Album Autopsy] Lulu
Episode 40.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Station Nightclub Fire
Episode 40: [Ruinous Rewind] Plague of Athens
Episode 39.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Norwegian Black Metal
Episode 39: The Peshtigo Firestorm
Episode 38.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Witchcraft Trial of Sarah Good
Episode 38: Darby Crash
Episode 37.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Jim Shooter's New Universe
Episode 37: The Great Tangshan Earthquake
Episode 36.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] British Airtours Flight 28M
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Episode 36: Climate Change, Part 2
Episode 35.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Legendary E.T. Landfill
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