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What if a nuclear engineer was elected US President? with Jonathan Alter

What if a nuclear engineer was elected US President? with Jonathan Alter

He was and served as the 39th President of the USA. But before his career in politics, Jimmy Carter was a Navy Nuke under Gen. Rickover. What did he do in the Navy? How did this time in the Nuclear Navy shape his policies? What would happen if someone who thought like a scientist gained access to the h...

Using radiation as a poison. The murder of Alexander Litvinenko with Pete Burgess
November 30, 2021
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Using radiation as a poison. The murder of Alexander Litvinenko with Pete Burgess

In this episode Pete Burgess discusses the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian spy who defected to the UK. Why is polonium-210 a good poison? How do you make it? Why wasn’t the public scared it could happen to them? All of those questions and more are answered in this exciting episode. Visit us a...