Broken Arrows, Part 1: Whoops, Where's Our Nuke?

Ridiculous History

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🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Nuclear weapons are one of the most dangerous things humanity ever invented. So while we might reasonably assume people would keep a close eye on these potentially world-ending bombs and missiles...we would be wrong. In this week's two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max explore the harrowing, ridiculous times humans absolutely lost track of live nukes -- some of which are still out there, somewhere, in the modern day.

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0:00.0	Oh, how?
0:01.7	I'm Carol Fisher, and I'm hosting a podcast called
0:04.6	The Girl Friends.
0:05.9	Back in the 1990s in Las Vegas,
0:08.5	a few of us dated the most eligible bachelor in town, Bob.
0:13.4	He spoke several languages.
0:15.9	He did medical missionary work, and he was Jewish.
0:20.8	He was perfect on paper.
0:23.0	But he wasn't.
0:23.9	He really wasn't.
0:25.8	He choked into the point she went unconscious.
0:29.4	Bob could lie about anything.
0:32.2	It only takes the one time when somebody ends up dead.
0:35.7	Unfortunately for Bob, us girlfriends
0:38.2	know how to fight back.
0:39.8	I wanted him to pay for his crime.
0:41.8	He needed to be put to justice.
0:44.2	I'll be honest with you.
0:45.0	If I saw him right now, I'd spit on him.
0:46.7	I would call him, and I would say,
0:49.0	I know you killed my sister.
0:50.5	I will always hound you and haunt you.
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