80 years of nuclear weapons
The Naked Scientists Podcast
Dr Chris Smith
4.6 • 958 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | All engine running. |
| 0:03.3 | Absolutely genius. |
| 0:04.1 | Welcome. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome. |
| 0:05.9 | This is the show where we bring you science. |
| 0:07.7 | What that essentially means is... |
| 0:09.3 | Discovery is... |
| 0:09.9 | Advances. |
| 0:10.3 | Research. |
| 0:11.5 | Technology. |
| 0:12.4 | Unbelievable. |
| 0:13.4 | Without further ado, this is The Naked Scientists. |
| 0:17.8 | Hello, welcome to the Naked Scientist. |
| 0:19.7 | This is the program that brings you the biggest breakthroughs |
| 0:22.5 | and also talks to the major movers and shakers in the worlds of science, technology and medicine. |
| 0:28.1 | I'm Chris Smith, and today we are going nuclear to examine the science and politics |
| 0:33.9 | of some of the most powerful weapons of mass destruction ever invented. |
| 0:47.4 | This programme was first published on the 11th of November, or Armistice Day, |
| 0:53.5 | a moment not only to reflect on the devastation of conflict, |
| 0:56.9 | but the fragility of peace. |
| 0:59.5 | 2025 is particularly poignant because it marks 80 years since the end of the most costly war in human history, |
| 1:07.4 | which concluded when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese |
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