Date Pegs » Hiroshima & Nagasaki

The atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9) in 1945.
HV Special: Mushroom Cloud (Atomic Age)
From: Hearing Voices
Series: Hearing Voices
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Tales from the Atomic Age

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 36
What good are these things for?: The pragmatic push to eliminate nuclear weapons
From: A World of Possibilities
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A discussion about the future of nuclear weapons.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KUOW, WVTF, KICI Iowa City, WLPR and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 6
#130 - Hiroshima Remix
From: HowSound
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If you want to re-broadcast an old doc from 20 years ago but you don't like a lot of the writing, the mix, and the voicing, what do you do? If you'...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 45:20
  • Purchases: 3
Lessons of Nagasaki
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Hope for peace in Nagasaki. Atomic bomb anniversary, 2004., Credit: creative common flickr user: Marufish
The US dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. Three days later, Nagasaki also fell victim. On this edition, w...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 8
RN Documentary : Building the Bomb
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Joseph Rotblat explains how he came to work on the first atomic bomb.

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 12
Imperial Ambitions
From: Voices of Our World
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How the United States has used nuclear weapons to bolster its imperial ambitions

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2008
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 2
Nuclear Plowshares
From: Gabriel Spitzer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What if the government wanted to blow up thermonuclear bombs near your house -- and forgot to tell you about it.

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  • Added: Jun 25, 2006
  • Length: 14:33
  • Purchases: 4
Last Witness: Mission to Hiroshima
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness
Caption: Second Lt. Russell Gackenbach
On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first time a nuclear weapon had been used in...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 1
Hiroshima - What We Think
From: Richard Paul
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How American public opinion has changed in the 60 years since Hiroshima

Bought by PRX Remix, Listenwise, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WGCU


  • Added: Aug 09, 2005
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Harry Truman
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Harry Truman speaks about democracy and faith.

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  • Added: Jun 21, 2006
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 13
Nuclear Security
From: Woodrow Wilson Center
Series: Lee H. Hamilton Commentaries
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Drawing on his 34 years in office, Lee H. Hamilton, former Congressman from Indiana and president and director of the Woodrow Wilson Center for Sch...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:41

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