Every story needs context. In part one of our two-part series on the Chernobyl disaster, we start at the dawn of the atomic age. Our special guest Nuclear Norm gives us a "nuclear physics for dummies" introduction to the history of nuclear power. Little Boy, Fat Man, uranium, plutonium, and the shocking death of a nuclear physicist in a very non-laboratory accident. Join us as we tee up the events to come in 1986 Soviet Ukraine.
Norm's song pick:: Decay by HOME
https://open.spotify.com/track/5XfoqJevsj1fDLOtd5bKQg
Leigh's song pick:: Hallogallo by Neu!
https://open.spotify.com/track/03vZjTWmX1Bk57DIrYADdM
Peter's song pick:: Soviet Anthem by The Red Army Choir
https://open.spotify.com/track/0JRoo5kkeboyTWVdMEU3pw?si=avlrZ1-LT3qlj09wqueQWQ
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