Selects: Fallout Shelters: Probably Useless (Let’s Never Find Out)
In this re-aired 2020 episode of Stuff You Should Know, hosts Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant dive into the history, science, and cultural psychology of Cold War-era fallout shelters, sparked by Josh’s recent (and humorous) 18-hour entrapment in one. The conversation blends nuclear physics
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