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My Nuclear Life

My Nuclear Life

Shelly Lesher

Science
Technology
History

Frequency: 1 episode/23d. Total Eps: 73

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On July 16, 1945, in a New Mexico desert, the Trinity Test ushered in the Nuclear Age. No other piece of technology has penetrated the American consciousness like the nuclear bomb and found a place in everything from culture to medicine. This podcast explores how nuclear science has impacted and changed our world in both beneficial and destructive ways. We explore the intersection of nuclear science and society using interviews with historians, policymakers, experts in their fields, and first-hand accounts to weave a picture of your nuclear life.
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What should we do with all the ray cats? with Matt Caplan

Episode 59

jeudi 1 août 2024 • Duration 52:18

What if you discovered warning signs of something very dangerous buried deep underground from an ancient civilization? Would you believe the item was dangerous or would you think it was valuable treasure? Would you continue exploring? Find out what could be buried and what Drs. Caplan and Lesher would do with the knowledge. Send an email us to My Nuclear Life or visit our website mynuclearlife.com. Please leave a 5-star review on iTunes and subscribe to My Nuclear Life wherever you listen to podcasts.

The journey of a citizen scientist with Frank von Hippel

Episode 58

mardi 28 mai 2024 • Duration 51:23

Physicist and activist, Frank von Hippel discusses his career in arms control and what the future may hold for the world. Two corrections – 1) The Nuclear Weapons Freeze march was from the UN to Central park and 2) The banner in the Freeze march said 177 out of 195 towns voted for the Freeze in Vermont, not 193 out of 197.

How to identify Manhattan Project Plutonium with Cody Folden

Episode 49

mardi 29 août 2023 • Duration 48:48

How can you find the age of Plutonium? Why is it important? What are the applications? Find out the answer to these questions and more on this episode of My Nuclear Life when Cody Folden joins Shelly Lesher to discuss his paper in the Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry.

Trying to stay alive at the Diefenbunker with Nathan Radke & Lee Kuhnle

Episode 48

mardi 25 juillet 2023 • Duration 01:04:01

My Nuclear Life and The Uncover Up visit the Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum. Join Shelly, Nathan, and Lee as they journey 75 feet underground to compare how the Canadian Government planned to prepare for their survival versus the Civil Defense measured intended for their citizens.

J. Robert Oppenheimer with Kai Bird

Episode 47

mardi 27 juin 2023 • Duration 01:03:02

Get ready for the summer movie by joining Oppenheimer biographer Kai Bird (author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer) as he discusses Oppie's life and science.

The 3rd Nuclear Age with Ankit Panda

Episode 46

mardi 30 mai 2023 • Duration 50:33

What is the 3rd Nuclear Age? Wait, what about the 1st and 2nd? Join Shelly as she speaks to Stanton Senior Fellow Ankit Panda about how the world is grabbling with nuclear proliferation and what challenges we face.

The Origin of the Elements with Artemis Spyrou

Episode 45

mardi 25 avril 2023 • Duration 40:30

Chemical elements make up the matter we observe in the universe but how did they form? How did scientists figure this out and what is left to learn? Artemis Spyrou joins Shelly to discuss the evolution of the elements and the nuclear processes that govern stellar nucleosynthesis.
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NIF fusion was a breakthrough, but what kind? with Bob Rosner

Episode 44

mardi 28 mars 2023 • Duration 43:38

In December 2022, Lawrence Livermore's National Ignition Facility (NIF) achieved ignition. Join Shelly as she speaks with Bob Rosner about what this milestone means to Stockpile Stewardship and to physics. Also - learn how cool it is to focus 192 lasers onto a tiny little capsule.
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Witnessing the Starfish Prime nuclear test with Jim Burkhart

Episode 43

mardi 28 février 2023 • Duration 39:20

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to witness an above-ground nuclear weapons test? Shelly is joined by Jim Burkhart who was stationed on the Johnston Atoll in 1962 when the largest nuclear test in outer space was conducted. He will discuss this and other shots during his year "on island" as part of Operation Dominic.

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Solving the solar neutrino problem with Nobel Laureate Art McDonald

Episode 42

mardi 31 janvier 2023 • Duration 51:30

From his beginnings as a nuclear physicist to his Nobel Prize-winning work on neutrinos, Arthur McDonald sits down with Shelly Lesher in the studio.
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