That Time the U.S. Decided to Nuke Space: Starfish Prime (with Chris Winterbauer & Lizzie Bassett of What Went Wrong)
SNAFU with Ed Helms
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Lizzie Bassett and Chris Winterbauer are film afficianados. This week, they help Ed uncover cinematic treasures that just may be synonomous with a very spooky moment in American hubris; the time we decided to literally NUKE SPACE! Find out what "Dr. Strangelove," "The China Syndrome," and "The Iron Giant" all have in common with today's SNAFU built for Cinemascope.
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| 0:00.0 | Operation Fishbowl sounds less like a nuclear testing program and more like something you'd win tickets to see at SeaWorld. |
| 0:08.0 | I don't know which is more depressing. |
| 0:11.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast, Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:29.1 | Welcome to Snafu, the show about history's greatest screw-ups. |
| 0:32.8 | I'm Ed Helms, and today we'll be covering Starfish Prime. |
| 0:37.6 | This was actually a royally nuclear screw-up in our history. |
| 0:41.5 | I'm joined today by a dynamic duo. |
| 0:44.9 | Both are talented artists combining skills of writing, directing, producing, |
| 0:49.4 | and together they host the critically acclaimed podcast, |
| 0:52.6 | What Went Wrong? |
| 1:04.0 | Which you guys have self-described as a biweekly podcast exploring moviemaking mayhem behind your favorite films. |
| 1:07.5 | Welcome to Snafu, Chris Winterbauer, and Lizzie Bassett. |
| 1:08.3 | Thank you. |
| 1:09.6 | Thank you so much for having us at. |
| 1:13.3 | Although we have since gone weekly, we will say now. |
| 1:16.8 | We need to update our text clearly. |
| 1:22.1 | And we are just going to start off with just blowing your audience away. |
| 1:25.3 | They can have twice as much of us as they thought they might get previously. |
| 1:26.3 | So that's exciting. |
| 1:29.4 | Do not correct me on my own podcast. |
| 1:30.5 | How dare you? |
| 1:31.2 | What are you? |
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