4.6 • 735 Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Reading his great-grandfather's memoir, Joe Dunthorne discovers a disturbing confession
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0:35.6 | Hi, I'm Joe Dunthorn. This is not an episode of life-changing. Instead, I'm here to tell you |
0:42.4 | about Half-Life, my new series for BBC Radio 4 and The History Podcast. It's the story of a |
0:49.1 | confession I found hidden on page 1692 of my great-grandfather's memoir, a look at how the past lives on |
0:58.2 | inside us, even when we try to ignore it. You can find Half-Life on BBC Sounds. Here's a taster |
1:05.3 | for you to discover more. My grandmother grew up brushing her teeth with radioactive toothpaste. |
1:19.6 | According to the packaging, it charged your gums with new life energy |
1:24.6 | and left your teeth blindingly white. |
1:30.4 | It was called Dora Mad, and her father was the chemist in charge of making it. |
1:36.8 | Even before it was available in shops, he brought home samples for his family. |
1:42.7 | They were living in a small town outside Berlin, |
1:46.1 | in an apartment so close to the factory |
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