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Everything Everywhere Daily

The Soviet Bomb

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union successfully tested its first atomic bomb. The announcement shocked the world, especially the United States, which predicted the Soviets wouldn’t have Nuclear Weapons until the mid-1950s. The big question was, how did the Soviets make the bomb so fast? Well, the Americans inadvertently helped them, as did the resources they captured in Eastern Europe.  Learn more about how the Soviets got the bomb on this Episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Get 20% off your subscription to Newspapers.com Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Jerry Compare quotes and coverages side-by-side from up to 50 top insurers at jerry.ai/daily. Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

On August 29th, 1949, the Soviet Union successfully tested its first atomic bomb.

0:06.0

The announcement shocked the world, especially the United States, which predicted the Soviets

0:10.8

wouldn't have nuclear weapons until the mid-1950s. The big question was, how did the Soviets

0:16.9

make the bomb so fast? Well, the Americans inadvertently helped them, as did the resources

0:22.2

they captured during the war. Learn more about how the Soviets got the bomb on this episode

0:27.4

of Everything Everywhere Daily. Hey Harry. Hello, mate.

0:43.3

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1:29.0

but sometimes there's, oh my God, you know, I can't.

1:31.5

It's a bit of a barrier.

1:32.2

Yeah, yeah, and it shouldn't be there.

1:34.0

We should be trying to change that stereotype, believing that there is space for everybody.

1:42.8

One of the biggest advances in physics in the first half of the 20th century was the discovery

1:47.3

of the structure of the atom and its nucleus. The discoveries of the nucleus, radiation,

1:52.4

and the identification of radioactive elements were some of the greatest discoveries of this

1:56.8

period. While the Russians were heavily involved in the physics community at this time,

2:01.8

they weren't among the most prominent names, nor were they the ones making the most

2:06.2

significant discoveries. And that's not to say that Russian physicists weren't good,

2:10.8

just that Russia wasn't the epicenter of the physics world at this point.

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