"This story [of This American Life] includes excerpts from a radio documentary called "The Human Button", which originally aired on BBC Radio 4 in December, 2008. For more information visit www.bbc.co.uk/radio4."
Via This American Life 399: Contents Unknown, http://thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=399
Can You Test a Nuclear Weapon Without Fallout? — Over the course of human existence, thousands of nuclear weapons have been exploded on Earth and in space. With all of those tests, one can’t help but wonder how much fallout has been produced. Learn the tricks of the nuke-testing trade in this episode.
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As the nuclear crisis in Japan continues, One Planet looks at the future for nuclear energy worldwide. Plus, the clean-up operation from last year’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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"Stories of filling in the blank. A man finds himself in a train station in India, with no idea how he got there or who he is. His memory gone, he has no choice but to let other people—police, doctors, friends, family—create an identity for him. In another story, people bid blind on the contents of abandoned storage units up for auction. (One tip: If you see large bags, go low; it’s someone’s old clothes.)"
Starts with the WWIII instruction set with Ron Rosenbaum, my journalistic hero!
From http://thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=399
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