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Playlist: Hiroshima & Nagasaki

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The atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9) in 1945.

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High Art out of Desperate Times

From Prime Time Radio | Part of the Prime Time Radio series | 00:59:50

The second half of this piece covers Dr. Benard Lown, most noted for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for co-founding the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

What good are these things for?: The pragmatic push to eliminate nuclear weapons

From A World of Possibilities | 00:55:00

Many former hawks are now drafting a plan for the phased, decades-long elimination of nuclear weapons, while U.S. relations with Russia, China, and Iran continue to sour. These countervailing trends could adversely affect new opportunities for nuclear disarmament.

Half-Hour (24:00-30:00)

RN Documentary : Building the Bomb

From Radio Netherlands Worldwide | Part of the RN Documentaries series | 00:29:30

Joseph Rotblat explains how he came to work on the first atomic bomb.

Imperial Ambitions

From Voices of Our World | 00:27:57

Leading nuclear specialist and peace campaigner Joseph Gerson talks about how the United States has used nuclear weapons to bolster its imperial ambitions and to preserve its global empire.

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Peace Talks Radio: Peace Elders Part 2 / Dr. Bernard Lown (29:00)

From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio - Series of Half-Hours series | 00:28:55

A conversation with 1985 Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Bernard Lown about his book "Prescription For Survival: A Doctor’s Journey to End Nuclear Madness."

The Nuclear Disarmament Question: A Conversation With Dr. Zia Mian (Peace Talks Radio Series)

From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio - Series of Half-Hours series | 00:29:06

Host Carol Boss talks with Princeton University's Dr. Zia Mian about the history of the development and proliferation of nuclear weapons, recent trends in both the spread of weapons technology, and on the disarmament front.

COLD WAR COMRADES

From Voices of Our World | 00:27:58

Dr. Bernard Lown and his nuclear war prevention crusade: in 1981 Dr. Bernard Lown and his Russian friend Dr. Yevgeni Chazov co-founded International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

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Nuclear Plowshares

From Gabriel Spitzer | 00:14:33

Here is the story of a government program that used nukes to excavate a deep-water harbor in Alaska; and how a small group of Eskimos turned back the feds, secured their own land and changed the global environmental movement.

Drop-Ins (2:00-4:59)

This I Believe - Harry Truman

From This I Believe | Part of the Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe series | 00:04:21

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. Born and raised in Missouri, Truman was a farmer, businessman, World War I veteran and U.S. Senator. As President, his order to drop atomic bombs on Japan helped end World War II.

Interstitials (Under 2:00)

Nuclear Security

From Woodrow Wilson Center | Part of the Lee H. Hamilton Commentaries series | 00:01:41

Securing nuclear weapons should be the paramount concern of U.S. foreign policy, says former Congressman Lee Hamilton. No threat risks graver repercussions that the detonation of a nuclear weapon on U. S. soil.