Podcasts about Nagasaki

In the spring of 1954, a Japanese fishing vessel called the Lucky Dragon No. 5 sailed into the fallout zone of an American hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll. Its crew came home irradiated, and Japan, a nation still raw from Hiroshima and Nagasaki less than a decade earlier, found itself confronting nuclear terror all over again.Within months, Toho producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, with a collapsed co-production and an empty budget to fill, conceived a monster movie. What emerged from that collision of commercial necessity and national grief was Gojira (aka Godzilla); a film in which director Ishirō Honda, effects genius Eiji Tsuburaya, and a nation's unspoken anguish combined to create something cinema had never quite seen before. The character of Godzilla has evolved over 70 years, embodying contemporary fears and anxieties in a uniquely artistic way.Godzilla was never simply a creature feature. Honda had walked through the ruins of Hiroshima after the war. When his monster surfaced from the Pacific, awakened and mutated by nuclear testing, and reduced Tokyo to ash and radiation, Japanese audiences weren't watching spectacle. They were watching their own grief and trauma on screen. The hospital scenes, the Geiger counters, the dying children: all of it was modelled on the aftermath of atomic destruction. Even the film's resolution; Dr Serizawa destroying his world-ending weapon and himself along with it, posed a moral question about nuclear responsibility that no Western movie of the era came close to asking.As long as countries continue to test and threat with nuclear weapons, as long as that threat persists, so does Godzilla, as a warning to humanity.Support Verbal DioramaLoved this episode? Here's how you can help:⭐ Leave a 5-star review on your podcast app

The connections between Hong Kong and Japan began far earlier than many realise. Yet only recently has Hong Kong's historic Japanese community received the attention it deserves through Meiji Graves in Happy Valley: Stories of Early Japanese Residents in Hong Kong (Hong Kong UP, 2024). In this compelling book, Dr Yoshiko Nakano and Georgina Challen guide readers into the Meiji era, reconstructing history through the lives of ordinary people whose stories have long been overlooked. During our interview, Yoshio explained her desire to place this research within a broader East-West framework, a cross-cultural perspective reflected in her own collaboration and long-term friendship with Georgina. Perhaps the book's most moving aspect is the authors' compassion for Kiya Saki, a karayuki-san (sex worker) from Nagasaki who migrated to Hong Kong and later died by suicide. Yoshiko and Georgina spoke movingly about discovering her story. Like Saki, both have experienced life far from home and understand the challenges of building a life as a sojourner. Her tragic fate inspired them to investigate the lives of early Japanese residents through the meticulous study of 470 graves in Happy Valley. Beyond individual tragedies, the book reveals a diaspora divided by deep social tensions. While the Meiji state sought to project the image of a modern, civilised nation, the Japanese community in Hong Kong was effectively a ‘community of two halves'. Elite business figures, including Mitsubishi managers, existed alongside marginalised karayuki-san and boarding-house operators. Yet from this division emerged a remarkable story of solidarity. Through institutions, wealthier members of the community funded healthcare, financial assistance, and dignified burials for those in need. Driven by the necessity of mutual support in a foreign colonial port, they transformed a fragmented group of migrants into a resilient and organised community. This dynamic resonates with Michel Foucault's concept of heterotopia, which views the cemetery as a counter-site where distinctions of class, gender, and status dissolve. The Meiji graves vividly illustrate this reality. In death, social divisions that shaped everyday life become impossible to conceal: the graves of marginalised karayuki-san lie alongside those of the community's elite. Together, they offer a unique window into a history shaped by colonialism, human trafficking, global trade, and Japan's transformation into a world power. Richly narrated and grounded in extensive archival research, Meiji Graves in Happy Valley fills an important gap in the histories of both Hong Kong and Japan. By recovering the experiences of ordinary migrants, merchants, workers and sojourners, it reveals the human stories behind larger processes of migration, empire, and modernisation, offering a fresh perspective on the intertwined histories of Hong Kong and Japan. Yoshiko Nakano is a professor in the Department of International Design Management at Tokyo University of Science. She previously taught Japanese studies at the University of Hong Kong. Georgina Challen holds an MA in literary and cultural studies from the University of Hong Kong. Born in England, she grew up in Switzerland and has called Hong Kong home since 1990. Bing Wang receives her PhD at the University of Leeds in 2020. Her research interests include the exploration of overseas Chinese cultural identity and critical heritage studies. She is also a freelance translator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

#159 El niño de Nagasaki - Historia del arte con KenzaUn episodio dedicado a una fotografía y cómo una fotografía impactante puede 50 años más tarde seguir cargando las voces de las víctimas de guerras.Historia del arte con Kenza - Obras que encienden el asombro. Una serie sobre el arte a través de la historia y las culturas. Se presentarán obras que trascienden el tiempo por su belleza y por lo que nos cuenta.Instagram: @historia_del_arte_con_kenzaNos puede seguir en la pagina historia del arte con kenza en substack : https://historiadelarteconkenza.substack.com para descubrir las obras del podcast y muchas más. Para mayor información sobre los cursos en línea favor de escribir a arte.kenza@gmail.com Producido por @RojoVenado #historiadelarte #historiadelarteconkenza #podcastdearte #podcastenespañol #ElNiñoDeNagasaki #HistoriaDelArteConKenza #Nagasaki #MemoriaHistórica #FotografíaDocumental #ArteYMemoria #SegundaGuerraMundial #PoderDeLaImagen #HistoriasQuePerduran #NuncaMás Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The connections between Hong Kong and Japan began far earlier than many realise. Yet only recently has Hong Kong's historic Japanese community received the attention it deserves through Meiji Graves in Happy Valley: Stories of Early Japanese Residents in Hong Kong (Hong Kong UP, 2024). In this compelling book, Dr Yoshiko Nakano and Georgina Challen guide readers into the Meiji era, reconstructing history through the lives of ordinary people whose stories have long been overlooked. During our interview, Yoshio explained her desire to place this research within a broader East-West framework, a cross-cultural perspective reflected in her own collaboration and long-term friendship with Georgina. Perhaps the book's most moving aspect is the authors' compassion for Kiya Saki, a karayuki-san (sex worker) from Nagasaki who migrated to Hong Kong and later died by suicide. Yoshiko and Georgina spoke movingly about discovering her story. Like Saki, both have experienced life far from home and understand the challenges of building a life as a sojourner. Her tragic fate inspired them to investigate the lives of early Japanese residents through the meticulous study of 470 graves in Happy Valley. Beyond individual tragedies, the book reveals a diaspora divided by deep social tensions. While the Meiji state sought to project the image of a modern, civilised nation, the Japanese community in Hong Kong was effectively a ‘community of two halves'. Elite business figures, including Mitsubishi managers, existed alongside marginalised karayuki-san and boarding-house operators. Yet from this division emerged a remarkable story of solidarity. Through institutions, wealthier members of the community funded healthcare, financial assistance, and dignified burials for those in need. Driven by the necessity of mutual support in a foreign colonial port, they transformed a fragmented group of migrants into a resilient and organised community. This dynamic resonates with Michel Foucault's concept of heterotopia, which views the cemetery as a counter-site where distinctions of class, gender, and status dissolve. The Meiji graves vividly illustrate this reality. In death, social divisions that shaped everyday life become impossible to conceal: the graves of marginalised karayuki-san lie alongside those of the community's elite. Together, they offer a unique window into a history shaped by colonialism, human trafficking, global trade, and Japan's transformation into a world power. Richly narrated and grounded in extensive archival research, Meiji Graves in Happy Valley fills an important gap in the histories of both Hong Kong and Japan. By recovering the experiences of ordinary migrants, merchants, workers and sojourners, it reveals the human stories behind larger processes of migration, empire, and modernisation, offering a fresh perspective on the intertwined histories of Hong Kong and Japan. Yoshiko Nakano is a professor in the Department of International Design Management at Tokyo University of Science. She previously taught Japanese studies at the University of Hong Kong. Georgina Challen holds an MA in literary and cultural studies from the University of Hong Kong. Born in England, she grew up in Switzerland and has called Hong Kong home since 1990. Bing Wang receives her PhD at the University of Leeds in 2020. Her research interests include the exploration of overseas Chinese cultural identity and critical heritage studies. She is also a freelance translator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The connections between Hong Kong and Japan began far earlier than many realise. Yet only recently has Hong Kong's historic Japanese community received the attention it deserves through Meiji Graves in Happy Valley: Stories of Early Japanese Residents in Hong Kong (Hong Kong UP, 2024). In this compelling book, Dr Yoshiko Nakano and Georgina Challen guide readers into the Meiji era, reconstructing history through the lives of ordinary people whose stories have long been overlooked. During our interview, Yoshio explained her desire to place this research within a broader East-West framework, a cross-cultural perspective reflected in her own collaboration and long-term friendship with Georgina. Perhaps the book's most moving aspect is the authors' compassion for Kiya Saki, a karayuki-san (sex worker) from Nagasaki who migrated to Hong Kong and later died by suicide. Yoshiko and Georgina spoke movingly about discovering her story. Like Saki, both have experienced life far from home and understand the challenges of building a life as a sojourner. Her tragic fate inspired them to investigate the lives of early Japanese residents through the meticulous study of 470 graves in Happy Valley. Beyond individual tragedies, the book reveals a diaspora divided by deep social tensions. While the Meiji state sought to project the image of a modern, civilised nation, the Japanese community in Hong Kong was effectively a ‘community of two halves'. Elite business figures, including Mitsubishi managers, existed alongside marginalised karayuki-san and boarding-house operators. Yet from this division emerged a remarkable story of solidarity. Through institutions, wealthier members of the community funded healthcare, financial assistance, and dignified burials for those in need. Driven by the necessity of mutual support in a foreign colonial port, they transformed a fragmented group of migrants into a resilient and organised community. This dynamic resonates with Michel Foucault's concept of heterotopia, which views the cemetery as a counter-site where distinctions of class, gender, and status dissolve. The Meiji graves vividly illustrate this reality. In death, social divisions that shaped everyday life become impossible to conceal: the graves of marginalised karayuki-san lie alongside those of the community's elite. Together, they offer a unique window into a history shaped by colonialism, human trafficking, global trade, and Japan's transformation into a world power. Richly narrated and grounded in extensive archival research, Meiji Graves in Happy Valley fills an important gap in the histories of both Hong Kong and Japan. By recovering the experiences of ordinary migrants, merchants, workers and sojourners, it reveals the human stories behind larger processes of migration, empire, and modernisation, offering a fresh perspective on the intertwined histories of Hong Kong and Japan. Yoshiko Nakano is a professor in the Department of International Design Management at Tokyo University of Science. She previously taught Japanese studies at the University of Hong Kong. Georgina Challen holds an MA in literary and cultural studies from the University of Hong Kong. Born in England, she grew up in Switzerland and has called Hong Kong home since 1990. Bing Wang receives her PhD at the University of Leeds in 2020. Her research interests include the exploration of overseas Chinese cultural identity and critical heritage studies. She is also a freelance translator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

The connections between Hong Kong and Japan began far earlier than many realise. Yet only recently has Hong Kong's historic Japanese community received the attention it deserves through Meiji Graves in Happy Valley: Stories of Early Japanese Residents in Hong Kong (Hong Kong UP, 2024). In this compelling book, Dr Yoshiko Nakano and Georgina Challen guide readers into the Meiji era, reconstructing history through the lives of ordinary people whose stories have long been overlooked. During our interview, Yoshio explained her desire to place this research within a broader East-West framework, a cross-cultural perspective reflected in her own collaboration and long-term friendship with Georgina. Perhaps the book's most moving aspect is the authors' compassion for Kiya Saki, a karayuki-san (sex worker) from Nagasaki who migrated to Hong Kong and later died by suicide. Yoshiko and Georgina spoke movingly about discovering her story. Like Saki, both have experienced life far from home and understand the challenges of building a life as a sojourner. Her tragic fate inspired them to investigate the lives of early Japanese residents through the meticulous study of 470 graves in Happy Valley. Beyond individual tragedies, the book reveals a diaspora divided by deep social tensions. While the Meiji state sought to project the image of a modern, civilised nation, the Japanese community in Hong Kong was effectively a ‘community of two halves'. Elite business figures, including Mitsubishi managers, existed alongside marginalised karayuki-san and boarding-house operators. Yet from this division emerged a remarkable story of solidarity. Through institutions, wealthier members of the community funded healthcare, financial assistance, and dignified burials for those in need. Driven by the necessity of mutual support in a foreign colonial port, they transformed a fragmented group of migrants into a resilient and organised community. This dynamic resonates with Michel Foucault's concept of heterotopia, which views the cemetery as a counter-site where distinctions of class, gender, and status dissolve. The Meiji graves vividly illustrate this reality. In death, social divisions that shaped everyday life become impossible to conceal: the graves of marginalised karayuki-san lie alongside those of the community's elite. Together, they offer a unique window into a history shaped by colonialism, human trafficking, global trade, and Japan's transformation into a world power. Richly narrated and grounded in extensive archival research, Meiji Graves in Happy Valley fills an important gap in the histories of both Hong Kong and Japan. By recovering the experiences of ordinary migrants, merchants, workers and sojourners, it reveals the human stories behind larger processes of migration, empire, and modernisation, offering a fresh perspective on the intertwined histories of Hong Kong and Japan. Yoshiko Nakano is a professor in the Department of International Design Management at Tokyo University of Science. She previously taught Japanese studies at the University of Hong Kong. Georgina Challen holds an MA in literary and cultural studies from the University of Hong Kong. Born in England, she grew up in Switzerland and has called Hong Kong home since 1990. Bing Wang receives her PhD at the University of Leeds in 2020. Her research interests include the exploration of overseas Chinese cultural identity and critical heritage studies. She is also a freelance translator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies

The connections between Hong Kong and Japan began far earlier than many realise. Yet only recently has Hong Kong's historic Japanese community received the attention it deserves through Meiji Graves in Happy Valley: Stories of Early Japanese Residents in Hong Kong (Hong Kong UP, 2024). In this compelling book, Dr Yoshiko Nakano and Georgina Challen guide readers into the Meiji era, reconstructing history through the lives of ordinary people whose stories have long been overlooked. During our interview, Yoshio explained her desire to place this research within a broader East-West framework, a cross-cultural perspective reflected in her own collaboration and long-term friendship with Georgina. Perhaps the book's most moving aspect is the authors' compassion for Kiya Saki, a karayuki-san (sex worker) from Nagasaki who migrated to Hong Kong and later died by suicide. Yoshiko and Georgina spoke movingly about discovering her story. Like Saki, both have experienced life far from home and understand the challenges of building a life as a sojourner. Her tragic fate inspired them to investigate the lives of early Japanese residents through the meticulous study of 470 graves in Happy Valley. Beyond individual tragedies, the book reveals a diaspora divided by deep social tensions. While the Meiji state sought to project the image of a modern, civilised nation, the Japanese community in Hong Kong was effectively a ‘community of two halves'. Elite business figures, including Mitsubishi managers, existed alongside marginalised karayuki-san and boarding-house operators. Yet from this division emerged a remarkable story of solidarity. Through institutions, wealthier members of the community funded healthcare, financial assistance, and dignified burials for those in need. Driven by the necessity of mutual support in a foreign colonial port, they transformed a fragmented group of migrants into a resilient and organised community. This dynamic resonates with Michel Foucault's concept of heterotopia, which views the cemetery as a counter-site where distinctions of class, gender, and status dissolve. The Meiji graves vividly illustrate this reality. In death, social divisions that shaped everyday life become impossible to conceal: the graves of marginalised karayuki-san lie alongside those of the community's elite. Together, they offer a unique window into a history shaped by colonialism, human trafficking, global trade, and Japan's transformation into a world power. Richly narrated and grounded in extensive archival research, Meiji Graves in Happy Valley fills an important gap in the histories of both Hong Kong and Japan. By recovering the experiences of ordinary migrants, merchants, workers and sojourners, it reveals the human stories behind larger processes of migration, empire, and modernisation, offering a fresh perspective on the intertwined histories of Hong Kong and Japan. Yoshiko Nakano is a professor in the Department of International Design Management at Tokyo University of Science. She previously taught Japanese studies at the University of Hong Kong. Georgina Challen holds an MA in literary and cultural studies from the University of Hong Kong. Born in England, she grew up in Switzerland and has called Hong Kong home since 1990. Bing Wang receives her PhD at the University of Leeds in 2020. Her research interests include the exploration of overseas Chinese cultural identity and critical heritage studies. She is also a freelance translator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The connections between Hong Kong and Japan began far earlier than many realise. Yet only recently has Hong Kong's historic Japanese community received the attention it deserves through Meiji Graves in Happy Valley: Stories of Early Japanese Residents in Hong Kong (Hong Kong UP, 2024). In this compelling book, Dr Yoshiko Nakano and Georgina Challen guide readers into the Meiji era, reconstructing history through the lives of ordinary people whose stories have long been overlooked. During our interview, Yoshio explained her desire to place this research within a broader East-West framework, a cross-cultural perspective reflected in her own collaboration and long-term friendship with Georgina. Perhaps the book's most moving aspect is the authors' compassion for Kiya Saki, a karayuki-san (sex worker) from Nagasaki who migrated to Hong Kong and later died by suicide. Yoshiko and Georgina spoke movingly about discovering her story. Like Saki, both have experienced life far from home and understand the challenges of building a life as a sojourner. Her tragic fate inspired them to investigate the lives of early Japanese residents through the meticulous study of 470 graves in Happy Valley. Beyond individual tragedies, the book reveals a diaspora divided by deep social tensions. While the Meiji state sought to project the image of a modern, civilised nation, the Japanese community in Hong Kong was effectively a ‘community of two halves'. Elite business figures, including Mitsubishi managers, existed alongside marginalised karayuki-san and boarding-house operators. Yet from this division emerged a remarkable story of solidarity. Through institutions, wealthier members of the community funded healthcare, financial assistance, and dignified burials for those in need. Driven by the necessity of mutual support in a foreign colonial port, they transformed a fragmented group of migrants into a resilient and organised community. This dynamic resonates with Michel Foucault's concept of heterotopia, which views the cemetery as a counter-site where distinctions of class, gender, and status dissolve. The Meiji graves vividly illustrate this reality. In death, social divisions that shaped everyday life become impossible to conceal: the graves of marginalised karayuki-san lie alongside those of the community's elite. Together, they offer a unique window into a history shaped by colonialism, human trafficking, global trade, and Japan's transformation into a world power. Richly narrated and grounded in extensive archival research, Meiji Graves in Happy Valley fills an important gap in the histories of both Hong Kong and Japan. By recovering the experiences of ordinary migrants, merchants, workers and sojourners, it reveals the human stories behind larger processes of migration, empire, and modernisation, offering a fresh perspective on the intertwined histories of Hong Kong and Japan. Yoshiko Nakano is a professor in the Department of International Design Management at Tokyo University of Science. She previously taught Japanese studies at the University of Hong Kong. Georgina Challen holds an MA in literary and cultural studies from the University of Hong Kong. Born in England, she grew up in Switzerland and has called Hong Kong home since 1990. Bing Wang receives her PhD at the University of Leeds in 2020. Her research interests include the exploration of overseas Chinese cultural identity and critical heritage studies. She is also a freelance translator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/japanese-studies

Krig har ofte drevet teknologiske gennembrud frem. I 1864 blev danskerne og vores allierede mødt af de tyske bagladergeværer, som gav en markant overlegen ildkraft. Under 1. verdenskrig gjorde flyvemaskinen indtog på slagmarken, og luftrummet blev et nyt krigsdomæne. 2. verdenskrig endte med atombomberne over Hiroshima og Nagasaki.Krigen i Ukraine har nu varet længere end 1. verdenskrig, og også her har ny teknologi forandret krigens natur. Droner er blevet et afgørende våben og har ændret måden, man fører krig på.Danmark er i gang med en historisk og dyr oprustning, men  opruster vi på den rigtige måde?I tredje og foreløbig sidste afsnit om droner i krig taler Techtopia med professor Jan Damsgaard fra CBS – Copenhagen Business School, som netop har udgivet bogen Digital Suverænitet. Her beskriver han blandt andet, hvordan militær teknologiudvikling forandrer sig, og hvordan Danmark bør gribe sin oprustning an.Link:Jan Damsgaard https://www.cbs.dk/research/departments/department-digitalisation/jan-damsgaard

Disload, Riksrevisionen, Nagasaki, Blistering Noise, Scared Earth, Unarmed

Guest host Joe Cirincione interviews nuclear historian Alex Wellerstein about his book The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age, revisiting the run-up to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the postwar fight between nuclear hawks and doves over who should control nuclear weapons. Wellerstein argues there was no single “decision” to use the bomb—plans were already underway under military control, Truman was largely excluded and poorly briefed, and he may not have known a second bomb was coming. After Nagasaki, Truman asserted presidential control to halt further use, motivated by horror at civilian casualties. They discuss debates over whether the bombings ended the war and Truman's moral framing of nuclear weapons. The events of the past have clear echoes in today's nuclear policy debates, and the dispute over Iran's nuclear program and who is telling the truth about Iran's nuclear ambitions.You can check out his Nuke Map at nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Right after the U.S. dropped the bomb on Nagasaki, Victoria Kelly's grandfather was sent there as part of the U.S. forces sent to occupy the city after its destruction. Victoria grew up curious about her grandfather's experience there, as he'd died before she was born. Victoria has partnered with Karen Tanabe, whose family survived the bombing, to make “Atomic Echoes”: A documentary that details what it was like for the locals and the U.S. soldiers on the ground, and how they came together to help the afflicted, as they all struggled with the fallout of radiation. Victoria joins HBH today, to share some of the amazing stories and people she and Karen discovered in their journey to make a filmed record of what it was like after an atomic bomb goes off.North Idaho ExperienceIdaho life, real talk. Community, outdoors, and the freedom to live your way.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Japón se rindió el 15 de agosto de 1945, pero el país estaba en la más absoluta ruina. Las grandes ciudades habían quedado arrasadas por los bombardeos, Hiroshima y Nagasaki estaban totalmente destruidas y la flota mercante yacía en el fondo del mar. La producción industrial apenas alcanzaba el 30% de los niveles previos a la guerra. Para colmo de males, la cosecha de arroz de ese año fue muy mala. La ración oficial rondaba las mil calorías diarias en muchas ciudades y 6 millones de repatriados regresaban a un país incapaz de absorberlos. A ese cuadro se sumaba una inflación galopante que había pulverizado el yen. Sobre ese país acabado se estableció la administración de ocupación dirigida por el general Douglas MacArthur, que al principio buscó desmilitarizar, democratizar y castigar al antiguo enemigo. La llegada de la guerra fría y el triunfo comunista en China en 1949 cambiaron las prioridades porque en Washington temían que si los japoneses seguían en la miseria habría revueltas y la Unión Soviética no tardaría en apoderarse del archipiélago. La recuperación se apoyó en tres pilares. El programa GARIOA canalizó hacia el país unos 1.700 millones de dólares en alimentos, fertilizantes, combustible y medicinas, lo que evitó la hambruna que se esperaba para 1946 y 1947. A partir de 1948 se puso en marcha el programa EROA que se encargó de poner en marcha la industria enviando materias primas industriales como el algodón, el mineral de hierro y el carbón. La apuesta fue clara desde el principio: Japón tenía que volver a ser una economía exportadora. En paralelo, el banquero Joseph Dodge llevó a término un plan de ajuste que estabilizó el yen y cuadró las cuentas públicas. Al plan de Dodge le siguió una breve recesión, luego la actividad económica se disparó. En ello tuvo mucho que ver el estallido de la guerra en la cercana Corea. Japón se convirtió en la retaguardia logística de Estados Unidos y sus aliados. Las compras especiales o "tokuju" hicieron crecer los pedidos a las fábricas japonesas, en total unos 2.300 millones de dólares durante el conflicto que aportaron entre el 60% y el 70% de la entrada de divisas. La industria japonesa renació. En 1951 ya había recuperado sus niveles de preguerra y siguió creciendo. El primer ministro Shigeru Yoshida llegó a calificar la guerra de Corea como un regalo caído del cielo. El Tratado de San Francisco de 1951 devolvió la soberanía plena al imperio japonés. La ayuda exterior aportó los recursos en los momentos más difíciles, y la guerra en Corea fue muy oportuna, pero fue la disciplina y el talento de los japoneses el que terminó convirtiendo a un país en la ruina en la segunda economía mundial en cuestión de un par de décadas. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Japón se rindió el 15 de agosto de 1945, pero el país estaba en la más absoluta ruina. Las grandes ciudades habían quedado arrasadas por los bombardeos, Hiroshima y Nagasaki estaban totalmente destruidas y la flota mercante yacía en el fondo del mar. La producción industrial apenas alcanzaba el 30% de los niveles previos a la guerra. Para colmo de males, la cosecha de arroz de ese año fue muy mala. La ración oficial rondaba las mil calorías diarias en muchas ciudades y 6 millones de repatriados regresaban a un país incapaz de absorberlos. A ese cuadro se sumaba una inflación galopante que había pulverizado el yen. Sobre ese país acabado se estableció la administración de ocupación dirigida por el general Douglas MacArthur, que al principio buscó desmilitarizar, democratizar y castigar al antiguo enemigo. La llegada de la guerra fría y el triunfo comunista en China en 1949 cambiaron las prioridades porque en Washington temían que si los japoneses seguían en la miseria habría revueltas y la Unión Soviética no tardaría en apoderarse del archipiélago. La recuperación se apoyó en tres pilares. El programa GARIOA canalizó hacia el país unos 1.700 millones de dólares en alimentos, fertilizantes, combustible y medicinas, lo que evitó la hambruna que se esperaba para 1946 y 1947. A partir de 1948 se puso en marcha el programa EROA que se encargó de poner en marcha la industria enviando materias primas industriales como el algodón, el mineral de hierro y el carbón. La apuesta fue clara desde el principio: Japón tenía que volver a ser una economía exportadora. En paralelo, el banquero Joseph Dodge llevó a término un plan de ajuste que estabilizó el yen y cuadró las cuentas públicas. Al plan de Dodge le siguió una breve recesión, luego la actividad económica se disparó. En ello tuvo mucho que ver el estallido de la guerra en la cercana Corea. Japón se convirtió en la retaguardia logística de Estados Unidos y sus aliados. Las compras especiales o "tokuju" hicieron crecer los pedidos a las fábricas japonesas, en total unos 2.300 millones de dólares durante el conflicto que aportaron entre el 60% y el 70% de la entrada de divisas. La industria japonesa renació. En 1951 ya había recuperado sus niveles de preguerra y siguió creciendo. El primer ministro Shigeru Yoshida llegó a calificar la guerra de Corea como un regalo caído del cielo. El Tratado de San Francisco de 1951 devolvió la soberanía plena al imperio japonés. La ayuda exterior aportó los recursos en los momentos más difíciles, y la guerra en Corea fue muy oportuna, pero fue la disciplina y el talento de los japoneses el que terminó convirtiendo a un país en la ruina en la segunda economía mundial en cuestión de un par de décadas. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

1982 will eine junge Frau von ihrer Mutter wissen, warum sie Nagasaki und Japan verlassen hat. Und in Rückblenden gehen wir 30 Jahre zurück in die Erinnerungen der Mutter. Es dauert eine Weile, bis wir spüren, dass die Mutter eine unzuverlässige Erzählerin ist. Die Verfilmung des Romans von Kazuo Ishiguro traut sich viele Fragen offen zu lassen in diesem starken Melodram. Der Film von Kei Ishikawa fängt in der Inszenierung die visuelle Kraft der Melodramen der 1950er Jahre ein. A PALE VIEW OF HILLS fühlt sich in der Bildsprache und in den humanistischen Fragenstellungen an, als sei es ein neuer Film von Keisuke Kinoshita – und das ist ein großes Kompliment :-) Sehr sehenswert! Den Podcast haben wir direkt nach dem Film auf Nippon Connection 2026 aufgenommen. Am Mikrofon: Markus, Hendrik und Thomas.

This podcast is made possible by our listeners and viewers. If this show has brought you value, you can support it by becoming a member of The Way Forward, our platform designed to help you find the health and freedom community (people, practitioners, schools, farms, and more) near you. Your membership directly supports the podcast and the work we do.Science removed Aether, and it was one of the worst mistakes they could make.In this episode, I chat with Dr. Steven A. Young, a PhD-trained theoretical physicist, alchemist, and author of A Fool's Wisdom. He spent eight years inside the quantum framework before walking away from it.I asked him to explain why atomism is such a problem, and what he said about how nuclear physics experiments actually work changed how I think about the entire field. The "particles" are in the human mind; the data are waves.We get into CERN's Shiva statue and the Celtic deity it's named after, why Hiroshima and Nagasaki are thriving modern cities, what yellowcake really is, and why sulfur, not uranium, may be what's powering reactors.We also talk about Aether as the bridge between science and spirituality, alchemy as the operative wing of Christianity, and why the old world looks the way it does.You'll Learn:[0:00] Introduction[10:07] Every time someone says "quantum" they actually mean Aether[34:29] How they "prove" atoms exist by shooting light and measuring the scatter [56:10] Aether as the bridge between science and spirituality, and why they severed it[1:08:21] Thought forms create vortices in the Aether that sustain themselves indefinitely[1:18:17] Hiroshima isn't a wasteland, and what the bombs actually were[1:23:26] The yellowcake deception and why nuclear power is really just sulfur[1:49:50] Alchemy is the operative wing of Christianity and Jesus was the master[1:58:59] The millennial reign, Satan's little season, and why everything is inverted[2:09:49] How the four elements simplify health and why your body knows how to healRelated The Way Forward Episodes:Dismantling Scientism and Demystifying Alchemy featuring Dr. Steven Young | YouTubeThought, Light & The Liquid Language of God with Veda Austin | YouTubeThe Biggest Lies We Ever Bought About Earth, the Aether & the Universe | Dr. Robert Bennett | YouTubeChrist's Millennial Reign & Satan's Little Season with Paul Stobbs | YouTubeResources Mentioned:Hiroshima Revisited by Michael Palmer | BookCan You Catch a Cold? by Daniel Roytas | BookThe Red Lion by Maria Szepes | BookFind more from Dr. Steven:Dr. Steven A. Young | Linktree | WebsiteA Fool's Fruit Basket: The Full Collection | WebsiteA Fool's Wisdom by Dr. Steven A. Young | Book or AudiobookFind more from Alec:Alec Zeck | Instagram | XThe Way Forward | InstagramDonate to The Way Forward here.The Way Forward is Sponsored By:Want to grow your podcast but not sure what's actually working? Podigy helps me produce The Way Forward. Take their free assessment to get clear on your next move—and a chance to win a call with their founder.New Biology Clinic: Redefine Health from the Ground UpExperience tailored terrain-based health services with consults, livestreams, movement classes, and more. Use code THEWAYFORWARD (case sensitive) for $50 off activation.The Way Forward members get the $150 fee waived.Reconnect with the earth's natural charge and move naturally by using code FWRD10 for 10% off at Earth Runners.

En este episodio de Interesante Historia continuamos con la serie sobre el Siglo XX y recorremos la década de 1940 a 1949, la más convulsionada del siglo XX.  Conoceremos desde la caída de Francia y la Batalla de Gran Bretaña hasta el Dia D en Normandía, desde Stalingrado hasta las bombas atómicas sobre Hiroshima y Nagasaki, y desde la fundación de las Naciones Unidas hasta el inicio de la Guerra Fría. Una década que empezó en guerra total y terminó rediseñando el mapa politico, cultural y científico del planeta.

For første gang siden 1980 koster det nesten ingenting å forsikre porteføljen mot et fall. Peter forklarer hvorfor skjevheten i opsjonsmarkedet har snudd, og hva det egentlig sier om optimismen der ute. Pluss: SpaceX er ikke et rakettselskap, det er et datasenterselskap i forkledning. Og vi trekker linjene tilbake til krakket i 1987 og portfolio insurance, denne gangen med agentisk handel i hovedrollen.00:03 Intervjuet på YouTube med E-tjenestens Mikael Schjelderup00:05 Volatility smirk fra 1987: Peter forklarer skjevheten i opsjonsmarkedet00:16 25 delta og risk reversal: hvordan man leser nedsiden00:17 Skjevheten har snudd: billig fallforsikring for første gang siden 198000:30 Punktene i rapporten: feila statsauksjoner og margingjeld opp 53 prosent00:32 SK Hynix 2X tidoblet på et halvår, og kapitalflukt fra Sør-Korea00:34 Resesjonsvarsel fra lastebilene og de tomme oljelagrene00:42 Hvilken bransje er SpaceX egentlig i?00:44 Avtalen med Anthropic og Colossus: en skjult hyperscaler til 1,25 milliarder i måneden00:48 Anthropic slipper Opus 4.8, og compute-regningen som skremmer folk00:52 Micron over 1000 milliarder dollar og DRAM-ETF-en opp 65 prosent00:55 Mangel på kritisk tenkning og agentisk token-forbruk01:02 SpaceX-lockup, Tesla-investorbasen og indeksforvalterens fangens dilemma01:07 Portfolio insurance og krakket i 1987: hva agentisk handel kan gjenta01:18 Sponsa tema: gull, Incrementum-grafen og veien tilbake til 1980-nivåene01:23 India ber folk slutte å kjøpe gull01:30 Howard Lindzen og second order-effekten av inflasjonens andre bølge01:38 Ukens markeder: tankrater opp 711 prosent, Nikkei på ny all time high, Oslo Børs01:40 Ukraina: Madyar, dronekrigen og det fire mil brede ingenmannslandet01:52 Hypersoniske missiler mot sivile og Lavrov som ber ambassadene evakuere02:00 Nagasaki, taktiske atomvåpen og Putins 15 000 livvakterEpisoden presenteres av Skygard. Norsk datalagring i Norge. skygard.no Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast, we look at the novel that was, a little more than a week ago, awarded the International Booker Prize. Taiwan Travelogue is a novel that pretends to be a travelogue, where a Japanese woman from Nagasaki, an important writer in the Japanese empire. She travels to Taiwan to travel and talk about her writing, but she comes to have a sort of friendship with a Taiwanese woman.  This novel is an interrogation of Japanese and KMT colonialism in Taiwan. It may also be a romance, though that is never clear. An overall great novel that deserved the Booker. 

Politiker und Wissenschaftler haben in Berlin vor der steigenden Gefahr eines Atomkrieges gewarntEin Kommentar von Tilo Gräser.Die Politik der Europäischen Union (EU) und insbesondere die der deutschen Bundesregierung riskiert einen Krieg mit der Atommacht Russland. Davor und vor den möglichen Folgen warnte eine Veranstaltung am Dienstag in Berlin. Michael von der Schulenburg, ehemalige hochrangiger UN-Diplomat und heute für das BSW im EU-Parlament, hatte dazu sachkundige Menschen eingeladen: Die BSW-Außenpolitikerin Sevim Dagdelen, die Chemikerin und Abrüstungsexpertin Ivana Nikolic Hughes sowie den Physiker und ehemaligen Berater des US-Militärs Theodore Postol. „Schlafwandelt die EU in den Atomkrieg?“, war das Thema, auf das Antworten gesucht wurden.Von der Schulenburg und Postol warnten vor einem Atomkrieg „aus Versehen“, durch einen Fehler oder Unfall. Ersterer sieht dabei die Gefahr eines Krieges mit Atomwaffen als derzeit am größten seit Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges vor 81 Jahren. Seit dem Atombombenabwurf der USA auf Hiroshima und Nagasaki habe es zwar keinen Krieg mit diesen zerstörerischen Waffen gegeben. Aber durch die Kriege in der Ukraine und gegen den Iran werde wieder verstärkt darüber geredet. Und die europäischen Politiker würden an der Schwelle dazu „ständig dran rumkratzen und immer wieder provozieren, immer weiter gehen und immer mehr uns in diesen Krieg hineindrängen“.Der Parlamentarier sitzt als Parteiloser für das BSW im EU-Parlament. Er machte auf etwas aufmerksam, was kaum im öffentlichen Bewusstsein ist: Deutschland hatte zuletzt 1939 eine Militärstrategie, bevor unlängst Verteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius (SPD) wieder eine solche vorstellte. Die Ankündigung, die Bundeswehr bis 2039 zu stärksten konventionellen Armee in Europa zu machen, sei ein gefährliches Spiel. Für die andere Seite – Russland ist der ausgemachte Feind – sei das eine Provokation, warnte von der Schulenburg. Damit werde die Gefahr provoziert, gegen die der angebliche Schutz versprochen werde.Der ehemalige hochrangige UN-Diplomat sieht die heutige Atomkriegsgefahr als größer an als zur Zeit der „Kuba-Krise“ 1962. Der Grund aus seiner Sicht: Damals habe es „noch Staatsmänner oder Politiker, die in der Lage waren, gegen den Rat ihrer Hardliner, gegen den Rat ihres Militärs Frieden zu schließen“ gegeben. Das seien hauptsächlich drei Menschen gewesen: US-Präsident John F. Kennedy, Nikita Chruschtschow – „meiner Ansicht, der Klügere von allen“ – und Papst Johannes XXIII.Fehlende VernunftHeute werde die Gefahr eines Atomkrieges heruntergespielt, beklagte von der Schulenburg. Den meisten Menschen sei diese nicht bewusst, während sie gleichzeitig der Aufrüstung zustimmen. Selbst die Grünen als einstige Anti-Atom-Partei mache da mit wie auch die Evangelische Kirche. Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) habe in den letzten drei Monaten allein 20mal von Atomwaffen gesprochen, die er sich für Deutschland wünscht.Er sehe „keinen Ansatz der Vernunft“ mehr bei den derzeit in Berlin und Brüssel Regierenden, beklagte der erfahrene Vermittler in Konflikten und Kriegen. Ebenso Unverständnis hat er für die Weigerung, mit Russland oder mit dem Iran zu reden, um Frieden zu erreichen. Stattdessen habe beispielsweise das EU-Parlament unlängst in einer Resolution den Iran wegen seiner Angriffe auf Nachbarstaaten verurteilt, ohne die Ursache zu nennen. Nur 13 Parlamentarier hätten mit ihm dagegen gestimmt, mehr als 600 dafür. Die Entwicklung in der EU und in Deutschland gehe in die „falsche Richtung“, stellte von der Schulenburg fest....https://apolut.net/bundesregierung-riskiert-atomkrieg-mit-russland-von-tilo-graser/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the Memorial Day Weekend, we feature a number of conversations from the TDS Archive, beginning with a chat over coffee Tim had with his 98-year old neighbor & WW II veteran Nick Pileggi a few years ago. Montel Williams (former TV talk show host and Marine & Navy veteran) shares about his book The Sailing of the Intrepid: The Incredible Wartime Voyage of the Navy's Iconic Aircraft Carrier. Williams currently hosts "Military Makeover with Montel" on Lifetime. Karin Tanabe & Victoria Kelly (journalists & authors) team up to share about their documentary "Atomic Echoes: Untold Stories of World War II." Tanabe is a first-generation Japanese-American whose uncle was the first president of Hiroshima University, while Kelly's grandfather is a WWII atomic veteran--one of the first Americans to enter Nagasaki after the atomic bomb. We close out the show with Meathead, one of several dozen living Barbecue Hall of Famers and publisher of the most popular grilling & BBQ website in the world (www.AmazingRibs.com) regarding his book The Meathead Method: A BBQ Hall of Famer's Secrets and Science on BBQ, Grilling, and Outdoor Cooking with 114 Recipes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En enero de 1945 los aliados intuían que la guerra entraba en su recta final, aunque nadie acertaba a fijar la fecha del desenlace. El teatro europeo de operaciones parecía más cerca del final que el del Pacífico. Alemania estaba cercada por el este, el oeste y el sur, mientras que el archipiélago japonés todavía resistía. Aún no se habían librado las batallas de Iwo Jima y Okinawa, por lo que el alto mando estadounidense calculaba que aquello no terminaría hasta mediado el año 1946 a un coste muy elevado en vidas. Lo que sí dominaban los aliados sin discusión era el aire, y de ese dominio surgiría la mayor campaña de bombardeo estratégico de la historia. En el Reino Unido Arthur Harris, al frente del Bomber Command, era partidario del bombardeo de área nocturno, concebido expresamente para incendiar ciudades enteras y romper así la moral de los civiles. Los estadounidense preferían el bombardeo de precisión diurno sobre objetivos industriales bien elegidos con anterioridad. Disponían de ciertos avances como la mira Norden y contaban con buenos cazas de escolta como los Mustang que protegían a los bombarderos. En la Conferencia de Yalta celebrada en febrero Roosevelt y Churchill decidieron desatar una campaña de bombardeos que aliviase presión a los soviéticos en el frente del este impidiendo que el ejército alemán pudiese desplazar tropas y pertrechos hasta allí. Ese mismo mes atacaron con furia Berlín el día 3 y Dresde entre los días 13 y 14 con tres oleadas combinadas que desataron una tormenta de fuego que en su centro superó los 1.500 grados. Unas 25.000 personas murieron en el bombardeo, pero no sería el único. Le siguieron otras ciudades como Pforzheim, Wurzburgo y Magdeburgo que fueron destruidas, incluso en mayor medida que Dresde. Pero lo que marcó la diferencia no fue tanto la destrucción de las ciudades como los ataques sobre la infraestructura ferroviaria, algo que terminó paralizando por completo el Reich. En el Pacífico el cambio vino de la mano de un joven general, Curtis LeMay, que en enero se puso al mando de los B-29 destacados en las islas Marianas. Los fuertes vientos en altura hacían muy difícil el bombardero de precisión sobre Japón. LeMay ordenó volar de noche, a baja altura, sin armamento defensivo a bordo de los aviones y con bodegas repletas de bombas incendiarias M-69. La noche del 9 al 10 de marzo la Operación Meetinghouse incendió 41 kilómetros cuadrados de la ciudad de Tokio y mató entre 80.000 y 125.000 personas en lo que fue el episodio bélico más mortífero no de la guerra, sino de toda la historia. Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama y Kawasaki sufrieron idéntico destino, y luego decenas de ciudades medianas. Pero, pese a la devastación, Japón no se rendía. En Washington se plantearon invadir las islas principales con una gran operación anfibia, pero estimaban que el coste sería altísimo, de hasta un millón de bajas. Fue entonces cuando recurrieron a la bomba atómica que habían desarrollado con el Proyecto Manhattan. El 6 de agosto cayó la primera en Hiroshima, tres días más tarde cayó otra sobre Nagasaki. Entre medias los soviéticos entraron en Manchuria. El día 15 el emperador Hirohito anunció la rendición incondicional. Esta tormenta de fuego plantea preguntas incómodas. Los bombardeos contribuyeron a la victoria si, pero las víctimas civiles superaron las 650.000 en ambos teatros. Harris y LeMay fueron condecorados, y los tribunales de Núremberg y Tokio prefirieron no abrir ese melón. Sucesivos acuerdos sobre el alcance de este tipo de bombardeo vinieron después, pero el debate sigue abierto. En El ContraSello: 0:00 Introducción 4:01 La tormenta de fuego 1:24:41 Joaquín Murat Bibliografía: “El incendio. Alemania bajo el bombardeo” de Jörg Friedrich - https://amzn.to/4tOywyi “Bomber command” de Max Hastings - https://amzn.to/3PV8aN9 “Downfall” de Richard B. Frank - https://amzn.to/4wNBx4M “Sangre y ruinas” de Richard Overy - https://amzn.to/4uVxtgS Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Ed. note: We recorded this episode outside on a windy day near The Bay. Apologies for the wind gusts you'll hear throughout. Jenny Chan found Storied: San Francisco thanks to Toshio from Sad Francisco. Jenny and I kick off her episode talking about Toshio, in fact. Jenny was born in Hong Kong. Growing up, her dad's mom babysat her a lot. Young Jenny really loved anime and would turn it on at grandma's house. When she did this, her Chinese grandmother would get upset, and Jenny didn't know why. She thought maybe her grandma was senile. Later in Jenny's life, when her grandmother passed away and she helped clean and organize her home in China, she discovered items her grandma kept that pointed to a life spent under Japanese occupation before and during World War II. We mentioned anime, but when Jenny was a kid, she just loved Japanese culture all around. She indulged in manga whenever she could save up enough money. As with the anime, her grandma didn't take kindly to these Japanese things in her home. When she was 10, Jenny's parents split up. She and her older brother then joined their mom and moved to the US. When Jenny remarks that she's not sure how her mom did it, we go on a sidebar. Jenny shares that her mom grew up during the time of the US war in Vietnam, so she's a survivor. I add that, simply, women are amazing. In US schools, Jenny learned about the Holocaust. She also learned about Pearl Harbor, but like most school-age kids in this country, it was in the context of what got the US into WWII. Japanese colonialism and dominance in east Asia never really came up. Her family came straight from Hong Kong to San Francisco in 2000. Members of her mom's family had already been here, dating back to the Seventies and Eighties. Jenny and her mom and brother lived in the Tenderloin when they arrived. She saw the dirty streets in that hood and wondered why they traded Hong Kong skyscraper living for this. Her mom told her that for many reasons, including not having to buy school uniforms, life in SF was more affordable. Jenny's run of schools in The City—Lafayette, Presidio, Washington High. I ask her if she experienced culture shock moving halfway around the world. She says yes and points to knowing only people from Hong Kong when she lived there. Here, she quickly learned that there are folks from all over China and differences abound. She says also that Chinese people she met in San Francisco or The Bay were stuck in whatever era they moved here during, and that was sometimes startling. We go on a sidebar here after Jenny asks me about my own move here from Texas in 2000. Jenny spent a lot of time in the school library, including during lunches. She dedicated herself to learning from an early age. She recognized the hardships her family was going through and saw education as a way to climb out of that. She used her 45-minute Muni commutes from the Tenderloin to school in the Richmond to read and do homework. Her mom worked in restaurants here in The City. Jenny would go with her mom to places like the bank to do the translation. Jenny was learning about life in the US in real time and for practical reasons. At my prompting, Jenny and I rap about all the awesome food in the Little Saigon area of the Tenderloin. I share the story of coming home from my trip to Vietnam and eating at Turtle Tower right away because I missed the food of that incredible country. Jenny lived in the Tenderloin through all her public school days in San Francisco. When her paternal grandmother passed away, she went back to China to clean out her home, as we've mentioned. And that's when Jenny and other members of her family started finding items—military yen, rice-rationing coupons—that pointed to life spent under occupation. Back home, Jenny had found a decent job after college, but was feeling stuck. The revelation of her grandmother's lived experience was a light bulb. It was around this time that Jenny realized a massive hole in her US education. Why didn't she learn about the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, for example? Most of the emphasis was on the war in Europe, with Pearl Harbor and later the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki being the main subjects of the history of war in the Asian theater. In her own words, Jenny went "into a deep rabbit hole" to learn those untold stories. Her first stop was the library, where she discovered books like The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang and The Rising Sun by John Toland. The more she learned, the more she sought existing nonprofits she could join forces with to amplify the stories of the Japanese occupation of China. To her dismay, there weren't any. It was around 2012 or 2013, and Jenny figured that she already knew how to live without much income. And so, she decided to start her own company—a nonprofit dedicated to getting those stories out to the world. Pacific Atrocities Education was born. Check back Thursday for Part 2 with Jenny Chan. We recorded this episode at Fort Mason in April 2026. Photography by Jeff Hunt

حلقة جديدة من البودكاسترز مع د. طارق عبد العزيز فرج، خبير الصراعات النووية وقضايا الطاقة، في حوار مهم عن الطاقة النووية، تخصيب اليورانيوم، أزمة إيران النووية، القنابل الذرية والهيدروجينية، والردع النووي في العالم. بنتكلم في الحلقة عن واحد من أخطر وأهم الملفات في العالم: يعني إيه تخصيب يورانيوم؟ وإمتى الاستخدام السلمي للطاقة النووية ممكن يتحول لاستخدام عسكري؟ د. طارق بيشرح ببساطة مراحل التخصيب، وليه الوصول لنسبة 90% يعتبر مرحلة شديدة الخطورة، وإزاي الدول والوكالات الدولية بتراقب البرامج النووية السرية. الحوار كمان بيدخل في تفاصيل أزمة إيران النووية، ودور أمريكا في التصعيد، ومنشآت إيران النووية، والفرق بين الطاقة النووية السلمية والسلاح النووي. وبنرجع كمان لتاريخ الرعب النووي من قنبلة هيروشيما وناجازاكي، لحد القنبلة الهيدروجينية وأقوى قنبلة نووية في التاريخ، وفكرة الردع النووي وسباق التسلح العالمي. كمان د. طارق بيحكي عن دراسة الهندسة النووية في مصر، وتجربته الشخصية من العلوم للإعلام النووي، ومسيرته بين الفن وأبحاث الصراعات النووية. وفي نهاية الحلقة، بنطرح سؤال مهم: هل مصر آمنة نوويًا؟ وإيه اللي بيخلّي ملف الطاقة النووية محتاج وعي، علم، ومسؤولية كبيرة؟ A new episode of Elpodcasters with Dr. Tarek Abdel Aziz Farag, an expert in nuclear conflicts and energy issues, in an important conversation about nuclear energy, uranium enrichment, Iran's nuclear crisis, atomic and hydrogen bombs, and nuclear deterrence around the world. In this episode, we discuss one of the most dangerous and important topics in the world: What does uranium enrichment mean? And when can the peaceful use of nuclear energy turn into military use? Dr. Tarek explains the stages of enrichment in a simple way, why reaching 90% enrichment is considered extremely dangerous, and how countries and international agencies monitor secret nuclear programs. The conversation also goes into the details of Iran's nuclear crisis, America's role in the escalation, Iran's nuclear facilities, and the difference between peaceful nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. We also go back to the history of nuclear fear, from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs to the hydrogen bomb, the most powerful nuclear bomb in history Dr. Tarek also talks about studying nuclear engineering in Egypt, his personal journey from science to nuclear media, and his career between art and nuclear conflict research. At the end of the episode, we ask an important question: Is Egypt safe from nuclear threats? And why does the nuclear energy file require awareness, knowledge, and great responsibility? ‎اسمعوا البودكاسترز على | Listen to El-Podcasters on Spotify - https://anchor.fm/elpodcasters Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/eg/podcast/el-podcasters/id1633419184 Anghami - https://play.anghami.com/podcast/1029463712 El-Podcasters Social Media | منصات التواصل الإجتماعي للبودكاسترز: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/elpodcasters Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@elpodcasters Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/elpodcasters Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/elpodcasters/ X - https://www.twitter.com/elpodcasters Snapchat - https://snapchat.com/t/3Zbo2vzS Bassel Alzaro - https://www.instagram.com/basselalzaro https://www.facebook.com/BasselAlzaroX https://snapchat.com/t/CoWlatfk Karim Rihan - https://www.instagram.com/karimrihann Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

ONE OF THE most significant events in the history of the world took place in 1892, when a corrupt political hack named James Lotan managed to land a cushy government job as the head of the customs inspection service for the Port of Portland. Believe it or not, Lotan's landing that job led directly to Pearl Harbor and eventually Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and indirectly to the defeat of Nazi Germany in Europe. Not bad for a small-time white-collar criminal in a tiny backwater seaport town on the far side of the world, eh? I realize you may be a bit skeptical of this claim. Bear with me while I unpack it and prove it to you, along with the strong possibility that most of us owe our lives and the continued existence of human civilization to James Lotan and the sleazy little band of well-heeled drug smugglers and human traffickers who worked with and for him, on the Portland waterfront in the early 1890s.... (Portland, Multnomah County; 1890s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/2408a-1202d.james-lotan-opium-king-661.161.html)

Andra världskriget är långt ifrån över. Amerikanerna börjar återta territorium från Japanerna, som försvarar sig tappert. Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Hiroshima och Nagasaki är namn som alla känner till. Om detta och mycket mer kommer vi att prata om i den här andra delen av kriget i Stilla havet. Ciceron är precis som i del 1 Marco Smedberg.Vill du veta mera om hans verksamhet, till exempel en resa till Japan 2027, gå in på www.marcosmedberg.seProgramledare: Fritte FritzsonProducent: Ida WahlströmKlippning: Silverdrake förlagSignaturmelodi: Vacaciones - av Svantana i arrangemang av Daniel AldermarkGrafik: Jonas PikeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/alltduvelatveta/Instagram: @alltduvelatveta / @frittefritzsonHar du förslag på avsnitt eller experter: Gå in på www.fritte.se och leta dig fram till kontakt!Podden produceras av Blandade Budskap AB och presenteras i samarbete med Acast........................................................Organisationer som hjälper Ukrainahttps://blagulabilen.se/http://www.humanbridge.se/https://www.rodakorset.se/https://lakareutangranser.se/nyheter/oro-over-situationen-i-ukrainaNågra organisationer som hjälper i Gazahttps://lakareutangranser.se/vad-vi-gor/har-arbetar-vi/palestinahttps://unicef.se/katastrofinsatser/hjalp-barnen-i-gazakrisenhttps://www.rodakorset.se/var-varld/har-arbetar-vi/palestina/gaza/gaza/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PREVIEW for Later Today: Alan Tonelson observes that Japan's new leadership is prioritizing economic growth and productivity over inflation. Despite high resource costs driven by global conflict, the focus remains on running the Japanese economy "hot" through production.1920 NAGASAKI

Få tekniska landvinningar har präglat ett århundrade på samma sätt som kärnvapnen präglade 1900-talet. Efter Trinitytestet den 16 juli 1945 och de ödesdigra bombningarna av Hiroshima (6 augusti 1945) och Nagasaki (9 augusti 1945) vändes stormakternas militära planering upp och ner – och världen blev inte riktigt sig lik.Som ett traumatiserat kollektiv reagerade världssamfundet först med tvekan, oro och bestörtning – och så småningom även med en sorts acceptans. Vad gör man med ett vapen som kan förinta en fiende, men som samtidigt är svårt att värja sig mot?I reprisen av avsnitt 27 av Militärhistoriepodden samtalar historikern Martin Hårdstedt och idéhistorikern Peter Bennesved om 1900-talets kärnvapenutveckling och dess betydelse för militärhistoria.Än i dag finns kluvenheten kvar. Kärnvapnen byggdes in i stormakternas arsenaler och förändrade taktik, strategi och doktrin – men de kom aldrig att användas i krig efter 1945. I stället blev de i praktiken testade och politiskt signalerade: en yttersta maktresurs som skulle avskräcka snarare än avfyras.Hur kunde det bli så? Nådde mänskligheten en teknisk slutpunkt när möjligheten att förinta sig själv blev verklig? Hur ska vi förstå den massiva upprustningen, bärsystemens utveckling och de doktriner som växte fram? Finns historiska paralleller – eller är kärnvapnen en unik företeelse i mänsklighetens militära historia?Med start i Manhattanprojektet diskuteras kärnvapnens tekniska utveckling, olika presidenters syn på vapnet, försöken att legitimera kärnvapen i säkerhetspolitiken, doktrinerna “massive retaliation” och “mutually assured destruction (MAD)”, samt de många bärsystemen och deras betydelse för stormakternas positioner i kalla krigets komplexa politiska landskap. Frågorna hänger kvar i luften.Bild: Svampmolnet efter Castle Bravo – USA:s kraftigaste kärnvapenprov (15 megaton) – vid Bikiniatollen den 1 mars 1954. Foto: United States Department of Energy (U.S. federal government), Public domain (PD-USGov).Lästips:Margot A. Henriksen (1997), Dr. Strangelove's America: Society and Culture in the Atomic Age. (University of California Press).Geir Lundestad (2004), Öst, väst, nord, syd: huvuddrag i internationell politik efter 1945. (Studentlitteratur). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're recapping our fully hosted Japanet cruise aboard a Viking ship — from Yokohama and Tokyo to unforgettable ports like Yakushima, Nagasaki, Amami Oshima, and Jeju, South Korea. In this episode, we talk about the fully guided travel style, the all-inclusive Viking experience, the cultural performances and excursions that made this trip unique, and who this type of cruise is really best for. If you've ever wanted to visit Japan but felt intimidated by planning it on your own, this episode is for you. Shop our favorite cruise essentials on Amazon

In his short 11-month stay on the island nation, he taught 14 Imperial diplomats to speak English, and impressed them with his gentility and respectfulness. And after a long, adventurous life in Canada, his last word was, “Sayonara.” (Nagasaki, Japan; 1840s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1409d306.ranald-macdonald-part2.html)

Ready to feel all the feelings? Sarah and Jane sit down with author and mystic Perdita Finn on the eve of the launch of her new book, Mothers of Magic: Summoning the Wisdom of Our Ancestors — and the timing feels nothing short of divinely arranged. Perdita is also the author of Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World, and this episode picks up right where that book left off: the dead are not gone, they are available to help us.  What unfolds is one of the most resonant conversations Medium Curious has ever had. Perdita brings her gift for poetic, grounded storytelling to questions that couldn't feel more urgent: What does it mean to be un-mothered in a culture designed to make mothers fail? How do we reclaim the grandmothers who were silenced, reduced to diagnoses, cornered by circumstance? And how do we connect with them now, across the veil, when we need them most? Perdita shares the story of her grandmother Nellie — a woman she only knew as a stroke victim, but who she discovered, through diaries found after her mother's death, to be a complicated, extraordinary soul worth claiming. She talks about the forget-me-nots blooming in her yard three weeks early on book launch day, carried from England to America by her grandmother, and what it feels like to offer this book to her. The conversation moves through the lost village of mothering — how before civilization, a mother was anyone who cared, regardless of gender or biology — to the very practical question of what to do with all of it: the grief, the rage, the overwhelm, the headlines. Perdita's answer is to delegate to the dead. She opens every morning with her worries and calls on her team on the other side, from her late dentist to the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, trusting that the dead can hold what we cannot. This episode will leave you crying, laughing, and reaching for your own grandmother's hand across whatever distance separates you. Key Takeaways The dead are still available to us. Perdita opens every morning by calling on her team on the other side — ancestors, teachers, friends, even those we've lost to historical atrocity — and asks them to help carry what feels too heavy to hold alone. This isn't metaphor. It's a daily practice with real effects. Our grandmothers were more than the stories we were told about them. Many of us inherited a reduced version of who our grandmothers were — shaped by trauma, mental illness labels, silence, and the limits of the era they lived in. Their diaries, their objects, their dreams can give them back to us as full human beings. Fretting is a form of prayer. Perdita reframes worry not as weakness but as creativity at work — an act of turning something over, wearing away at a problem, spinning new possibilities into being. Our anxious minds are also our most generative ones. Before civilization, a mother was an adult who cared. Mothering wasn't defined by gender or biology. It was communal, expansive, and distributed across a whole circle of people. Reclaiming that definition is not just healing — it's resistance. We are all psychic, and we have been trained out of it. Perdita's own precognitive dreams were met with terror by her mother, and she shut them down. When we silence those gifts in children — and in ourselves — we lose our most essential line of communication with the unseen world. The goal isn't just your lifetime. Perdita encourages thinking in terms of 49 generations — roughly 1,200 years. What prayer would you want to still be praying then? What healing are you beginning now that you may not live to see complete? Quotable Moments "What we long for are the arms and the embrace of a circle of mothers — a circle of grandmothers, a circle of beings who know who we are and want us to be who we are." "If we weren't adored by a group of women who loved us in life, just know: you are adored by beings beyond measure who love you from the other side." "We need less children in the world and more mothers." "A knot, an obstacle, a problem, a rift — becomes an opportunity for magic with the dead." "If we remember we're all each other's mothers, we're going to stop clear-cutting the forest and mountaintop mining and putting each other in solitary confinement." Resources and Links Mothers of Magic: Summoning the Wisdom of Our Ancestors by Perdita Finn — https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/perdita-finn/mothers-of-magic/9798894140667/?lens=running-press Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World by Perdita Finn — https://takebackthemagic.com/ Artist Sarah Jarrett (cover art for Mothers of Magic) — https://www.instagram.com/sarahjarrettart/ Perdita Finn's Substack— https://substack.com/@perditafinn Previous Medium Curious episode with Perdita Finn — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-work-with-the-dead-perdita-finn-on-signs/id1726468626?i=1000739450990 Medium Curious' Website: https://www.mediumcurious.com Explore the Intuition & Mediumship Course: https://www.mediumcurious.com Book a reading with Jane Morgan https://www.janemorganmedium.com/ Book a reading with Sarah Rathke https://www.sarahrathke.com/ Jane's Substack: https://janemorgan.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediumcuriouspod/

Il y a des invités qui vous marquent plus que d'autres.Marie, 35 ans, évolue dans la defense tech. Ses grands parents ont survécu au bombardement américain de Nagasaki (1945). Après avoir travaillé pour OpenAI et Palantir, elle rejoint Comand AI comme chef produit et « late founder ».On enregistre cet épisode alors qu'elle rentre tout juste d'Ukraine. Bon teaser ! Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

In 1945, tens of thousands of occupied Koreans were forced to live in Japan, primarily as impoverished workers. When the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 70,000 Koreans were impacted. Though they and their succeeding generations have been severely harmed by the exposure to radiation, they still have not received recognition, an apology or compensation for their suffering. A delegation of atomic bomb victims just completed a tour of the United States and testified before the United Nations. Clearing the FOG speaks with Shim Jin-tae, Han Jeongsun and a representative of Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK) about their experiences and their struggle for a nuclear-free world. Translation provided by Hyunsook Elizabeth "Echo" Cho. For more information, visit PopularResistance.org.

Irán está lanzando a lo largo de las últimas horas ataques contra instalaciones petrolíferas en Emiratos Árabes Unidos. Según el Pentágono fuerzas iraníes y estadounidenses han intercambiado disparos, lo que pone en duda que se mantenga la tregua alcanzada entre ambas partes hace unas semanas.Hay cumbre de la Comunidad Política Europea en Armenia con presencia de decenas de líderes del continente europeo y de otros como el primer ministro de Canadá o el presidente de Ucrania. Semana muy importante para el 1er ministro británico, Keir Starmer. El jueves hay elecciones en Escocia, Gales e Inglaterra.Tendremos entrevista sobre cómo fue la carrera por el arma nuclear antes de los ataques sobre Hiroshima y Nagasaki, y además estaremos en Ecuador, donde entra en vigor un nuevo toque de queda para intentar combatir la criminalidad en el país andino.Escuchar audio

This episode explores how a return to Japan in 2026, three decades after a formative 1996 trip, reshaped a Milwaukee journalist's understanding of memory, place, and the slow arrival of perspective. As detailed in the article "A look at my journey across Japan 30 years ago and how it paved the way to Taiwan in 2026," this episode traces a linear crossing from Tokyo to Nagasaki, with stops in Nagoya, Okazaki, Himeji, Hiroshima, Shimonoseki, and a small town near Saga where a reunion with a long-lost host family became the emotional center of the trip.

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Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! El Sakoku fue la política de aislamiento forzoso que impuso el shogunato Tokugawa a mediados del siglo XVII. Tras más de un siglo de inestabilidad y guerras civiles, el shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu se hizo con el poder en 1603 e instauró un gobierno centralizado en la ciudad de Edo, la actual Tokio. Sus sucesores, especialmente Iemitsu, promulgaron entre 1633 y 1639 cinco edictos que prohibieron a los japoneses salir del país, impidieron el regreso de los emigrados y expulsaron a los portugueses. El motivo principal no fue teológico, sino político. Los shogunes temían que detrás de los misioneros portugueses y españoles llegasen los mercaderes y los soldados como había pasado en la India o Filipinas. Pero el aislamiento no fue absoluto. Algunos puertos quedaron abiertos con muchas restricciones para comerciar con China, Corea y los Países Bajos. Estos últimos comerciaban desde una isla artificial llamada Dejima frente al puerto de Nagasaki. Los Tokugawa se fiaban más de los holandeses porque comprobó que no tenían intención de evangelizar, solo les movía la ambición comercial. Por Dejima fueron entrando algunos de los avances científicos y técnicos que se produjeron en aquella época. Una minoría selecta de eruditos japoneses aprendió el neerlandés y tradujo manuales y tratados que formarían a las élites que protagonizarían la apertura del siglo XIX. Dos siglos y medio de paz sentaron muy bien a Japón. El país experimentó un gran crecimiento urbano y el florecimiento de las artes. Pero el mundo había cambiado mucho para mediados del siglo XIX. En 1853 se presentó en la bahía de Edo una escuadra estadounidense al mando del comodoro Matthew Perry, que les entregó un ultimátum para firmar un acuerdo comercial. Esa expedición se sustancia en una serie de tratados con Estados Unidos y varios países europeos. La crisis interna no tardó en estallar y aquello culminó con la Restauración Meiji de 1868, que puso fin a este peculiar experimento que tuvo una influencia decisiva en el Japón contemporáneo. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! El Sakoku fue la política de aislamiento forzoso que impuso el shogunato Tokugawa a mediados del siglo XVII. Tras más de un siglo de inestabilidad y guerras civiles, el shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu se hizo con el poder en 1603 e instauró un gobierno centralizado en la ciudad de Edo, la actual Tokio. Sus sucesores, especialmente Iemitsu, promulgaron entre 1633 y 1639 cinco edictos que prohibieron a los japoneses salir del país, impidieron el regreso de los emigrados y expulsaron a los portugueses. El motivo principal no fue teológico, sino político. Los shogunes temían que detrás de los misioneros portugueses y españoles llegasen los mercaderes y los soldados como había pasado en la India o Filipinas. Pero el aislamiento no fue absoluto. Algunos puertos quedaron abiertos con muchas restricciones para comerciar con China, Corea y los Países Bajos. Estos últimos comerciaban desde una isla artificial llamada Dejima frente al puerto de Nagasaki. Los Tokugawa se fiaban más de los holandeses porque comprobó que no tenían intención de evangelizar, solo les movía la ambición comercial. Por Dejima fueron entrando algunos de los avances científicos y técnicos que se produjeron en aquella época. Una minoría selecta de eruditos japoneses aprendió el neerlandés y tradujo manuales y tratados que formarían a las élites que protagonizarían la apertura del siglo XIX. Dos siglos y medio de paz sentaron muy bien a Japón. El país experimentó un gran crecimiento urbano y el florecimiento de las artes. Pero el mundo había cambiado mucho para mediados del siglo XIX. En 1853 se presentó en la bahía de Edo una escuadra estadounidense al mando del comodoro Matthew Perry, que les entregó un ultimátum para firmar un acuerdo comercial. Esa expedición se sustancia en una serie de tratados con Estados Unidos y varios países europeos. La crisis interna no tardó en estallar y aquello culminó con la Restauración Meiji de 1868, que puso fin a este peculiar experimento que tuvo una influencia decisiva en el Japón contemporáneo. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Show SummaryOn today's episode, we're having a conversation with Karin Tanabe and Victoria Kelly, the creative team behind Atomic Echoes, a powerful documentary exploring the overlooked stories of American atomic veterans and Japanese survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Together, they unpack the human, historical, and intergenerational impact of nuclear war through perspectives that are rarely seen side by side.Provide FeedbackAs a dedicated member of the audience, we would like to hear from you. If you PsychArmor has helped you learn, grow, and support those who've served and those who care for them, we would appreciate hearing your story. Please follow this link to share how PsychArmor has helped you in your service journey Share PsychArmor StoriesAbout Today's GuestsKarin Tanabe is a novelist, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. The author of seven novels published by Simon & Schuster and St. Martin's Press, she is a former Politico reporter and frequent contributor to The Washington Post. Her writing has also appeared in the Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, and Newsday. She has been a featured lifestyle and politics expert on CNN, E!, Entertainment Tonight, and CBS Early Show. Her 2025 documentary, “Atomic Echoes,” was broadcast nationally on PBS. A graduate of Vassar College, she lives in Washington, DC.Victoria Kelly is the producer of Atomic Echoes: Untold Stories of World War II and the author of three books of fiction and poetry. She is a graduate of Harvard and the Iowa Writers' Workshop and lives in Virginia. She was a 2025 George W. Bush Institute Veterans Leadership Scholar.Links Mentioned During the EpisodeAtomic Echoes Film websiteAtomic Echoes on InstagramPsychArmor Resource of the WeekThis week's PsychArmor Resource of the week is the PsychArmor course Supporting Someone with Invisible Wounds. Not all wounds can be seen and invisible wounds are just as serious as visible ones. This course introduces the four main types of invisible wounds - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Substance Use Disorder, and Depression.You can find the resource here: https://learn.psycharmor.org/courses/supporting-someone-with-invisible-woundsEpisode Partner: Are you an organization that engages with or supports the military affiliated community? Would you like to partner with an engaged and dynamic audience of like-minded professionals? Reach out to Inquire about Partnership Opportunities Contact Us and Join Us on Social Media Email PsychArmorPsychArmor on XPsychArmor on FacebookPsychArmor on YouTubePsychArmor on LinkedInPsychArmor on InstagramTheme MusicOur theme music Don't Kill the Messenger was written and performed by Navy Veteran Jerry Maniscalco, in cooperation with Operation Encore, a non profit committed to supporting singer/songwriter and musicians across the military and Veteran communities.Producer and Host Duane France is a retired Army Noncommissioned Officer, combat veteran, and clinical mental health counselor for service members, veterans, and their families.  You can find more about the work that he is doing at www.veteranmentalhealth.com  

Finally! Some good news! First, we're trying out a new format! Also, Will "the Thrill" Ireton has an Instagram and Mets broadcaster Gary Cohen mistakes Hyeseong Kim for Yoshinobu Yamamoto. 9:21 - Welcome to our new segment, INSIDE BASEBALL, where we get into the nitty gritty of the stats and specifics. First, we chat position players: Masataka Yoshida hits his first career walk off and extends the Green Monsta City Connect streak, Kazuma Okamoto looks loose, Munetaka Murakami looks like Kyle Schwarber, and Team Korea's Jahmai Jones and Shay Whitcomb both finally make the starting lineup and homer.27:47 - Ohtani transition! His on-base streak continues, he signs a ball for a 100-year-old survivor of Nagasaki, the Angels exclude him from their 60 year celebration video, and his first outing as a pitcher only is, of course, impressive. 38:00 - INSIDE BASEBALL: PITCHING debuts and we break down Bryan Woo and balks, Shota Imanaga's impressive outings, Yusei Kikuchi's ups and downs, and pray to the baseball gods that Kodai Senga and Roki Sasaki figure something out.52:01 - New segment! We dive into a cultural aspect of the Asians in Baseball Cinematic Universe. This week, we discuss Tatsuya Imai and the struggle of players transitioning from NPB/KBO (Japan and Korea's leagues) to MLB. Let us know what you think and throw out some name suggestions in the comments!

Pour écouter mes autres épisodes:-Quelle est la différence entre Monaco et Monte Carlo ?Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/quelle-est-la-diff%C3%A9rence-entre-monaco-et-monte-carlo/id1048372492?i=1000761727152Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ozSXZHXpurf8FwP2tew5V?si=a212a5eae385483d-Quelle est la différence entre “pingre” et “radin” ?Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/quelle-est-la-diff%C3%A9rence-entre-pingre-et-radin/id1048372492?i=1000761512561Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Vw3gUWawxFHHUJZAzj1jo?si=6c4275b18e8d41f0--------------------------En 1954, au cœur de la guerre d'Indochine, la France joue une partie décisive dans une vallée reculée du nord du Vietnam : bataille de Diên Biên Phu. L'objectif est clair : attirer et écraser les forces du Viet Minh. Mais le plan tourne au désastre. Les troupes françaises se retrouvent encerclées, pilonnées sans relâche, coupées de leurs approvisionnements. La chute semble inévitable.C'est dans ce contexte extrême que les États-Unis envisagent une option radicale : utiliser la puissance aérienne — et même, selon certains scénarios, l'arme nucléaire — pour sauver leur allié.Pourquoi une idée aussi extrême ? D'abord pour une raison stratégique. En pleine guerre froide, Washington voit dans le conflit indochinois un front contre l'expansion du communisme en Asie. Le Viet Minh est soutenu par la Chine et indirectement par l'Union soviétique. Pour les États-Unis, laisser tomber la France pourrait déclencher un effet domino dans toute la région.Une opération est alors étudiée : “Vulture”. Elle prévoit des bombardements massifs à l'aide de bombardiers américains pour briser l'encerclement. Dans certaines discussions internes, une hypothèse encore plus radicale est évoquée : utiliser quelques bombes nucléaires tactiques pour détruire les positions du Viet Minh autour de la vallée.Mais cette option pose des problèmes majeurs. D'abord, elle est militairement incertaine. Le Viet Minh est dispersé, retranché dans des positions difficiles à cibler précisément. Une frappe nucléaire risquerait de ne pas produire l'effet décisif attendu, tout en causant des destructions massives.Ensuite, le risque politique est énorme. Moins de dix ans après Hiroshima et Nagasaki, utiliser à nouveau l'arme nucléaire — cette fois dans une guerre coloniale — aurait un impact mondial considérable. Le président Dwight D. Eisenhower est particulièrement prudent. Il refuse d'agir sans le soutien clair des alliés, notamment du Royaume-Uni, qui s'y oppose fermement.Enfin, il y a la crainte d'une escalade. Une intervention directe, surtout nucléaire, pourrait entraîner une réaction de la Chine ou de l'URSS, transformant un conflit local en guerre mondiale.Résultat : les États-Unis renoncent. Aucune intervention directe n'a lieu. Isolée, la France capitule le 7 mai 1954. Cette défaite marque la fin de la présence française en Indochine et ouvre une nouvelle phase de tensions dans la région.Au fond, cet épisode révèle à quel point la guerre froide a poussé les grandes puissances à envisager l'impensable. Mais il montre aussi qu'au bord du basculement, certaines lignes — même fragiles — n'ont pas été franchies. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Lead in the Dino Nuggets, Chinese Billionaires Buying American Babies, and the Decade We Threw Away — Freedom Family Friday breaks down the stories every family needs to hear before the weekend. A viral X post about the 90s opens a real conversation about what we traded away for smartphones and algorithms. A WSJ investigation reveals foreign billionaires are mass-producing U.S. citizen babies with zero federal oversight. The USDA just confirmed the dino nuggets in your freezer may have five times the safe lead limit for children and called it an "alert" instead of a recall. Gen Z is walking back into church and the media doesn't know what to do with that. And nearly 30 percent of Joe Rogan's audience is women — so why does everyone keep calling it the manosphere? Austin is joined today by Steffi and Justin for a full Freedom Family Friday breakdown.

Topics:Iron Fist, Velvet Glove Episode 498: One Nation Surge, Resource Taxes, and Trading on Trump's War TalkTrevor and Scott mark episode 498 and discuss the South Australia election where One Nation won 22.5% of the vote but about 8.5% of seats, prompting debate over electoral systems and proportional representation, while noting Liberals fell to about 19% and Labor won 72% of seats from 37% of votes; they cite backing and amplification for One Nation from Gina Rinehart, News Corp/Sky, Barnaby Joyce networks, and coordinated social media. They critique a Reserve Bank rate rise amid fuel-driven inflation and argue for higher resource taxes, referencing a proposed 25% gas export levy and Norway's 78% tax. On Iran/Israel, they debate Australia's involvement (UAE defensive assets and Pine Gap), play clips alleging a US Tomahawk strike hit an Iranian school killing 165 girls, criticize Israeli actions in Gaza/Lebanon/West Bank, and question media coverage. They then discuss claims Trump's announcements move markets, citing a large pre-announcement futures trade and suspicions of profiting. They close noting episode 500 may bring a break and mention Japan's PM laying flowers for the Nagasaki bomber pilot.00:00 Show Intro01:29 Trump And Project 202502:27 Would You Visit America04:21 South Australia Election Shock06:17 Vote Share Vs Seats07:16 Proportional Representation Debate14:14 One Nation Backers And Media21:23 Global Populism And Protests22:11 Rate Rise And Fuel Inflation25:43 Taxing Gas And Mining Giants28:34 Climate Costs And Sea Levels29:32 Pivot To Iran And Israel31:32 Australia in the War32:17 Pine Gap Target Debate33:51 Troops on Ground Red Line35:16 School Bombing Breakdown39:39 Intentional or Mistake43:10 Media Silence in Australia45:54 Israel Society and Lebanon51:41 Gaza Doctor Testimony55:56 Trump Peace Talk Claims59:00 Trading on Announcements01:03:07 Missile False Flag Story01:05:44 Wrap Up and Next TopicsTo financially support the Podcast you can make:a per-episode donation via Patreon or one-off donation via credit card; orone-off or regular donations via Paypal orif you are into Cryptocurrency you can send Satoshis. We Livestream every Monday night at 7:30 pm Brisbane time. Follow us on Facebook or YouTube. Watch us live and join the discussion in the chat room.We have a website. www.ironfistvelvetglove.com.auYou can email us. The address is trevor@ironfistvelvetglove.com.au

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Welcome to the Art, Life, Faith Podcast, and I’m your host, Roger Lowther. This week on March 11, 2026, we remember the 15th anniversary of that terrible earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster that struck the northeast coast of Japan. In memory of that event, last month, we had a big gathering within JEMA, which is the Japan Evangelical Missionary Alliance, the organization that represents every missionary and every mission organization in Japan. We all met in our new church space, Grace City Church Tokyo’s space and spent three days looking at the earthquakes and floods since 2011 and trying to see what we could learn from them and prepare for the next one. Some of the stories that they told were actually quite funny. There was a group that came to mud-out a house. The seawater had gone clear up to the ceiling, and so the walls and the insulation were all soaked and full of mildew. But this group, instead of starting with the ceiling and then the walls, and then the floor, started with the floor. They not only removed the floors but cut through the beams and very foundations of the house. Well, that next team that came in to take out the walls, first had to fix the foundations and then put the floors back before they could work on the rest of the house. And so, at the gathering, they were talking about the need for someone who can lead groups who actually knows what they’re doing. And hopefully, knows a little something about how a house is built. Basically, the problem that kept coming up over and over again during the course of the gathering was that the Church of Japan felt like they had to start from scratch every single time a disaster happened. They needed to try to find new resources: new people, new networks, new money. And so to that end, recently, a new network was formed called Zenkisai, which is the Christian National Disaster Network. And little by little, it’s growing. And also, after this past earthquake, the Noto Earthquake, within Mission to the World, I led a committee to form a disaster relief project account that is for every disaster in Japan, not just for one. When that next disaster comes, we will be ready to receive your help. I’ve put the details for that in the show notes for this episode. So now, through this project account, we can receive funds that will be used to buy food, water, supplies, and also cover costs of sending groups of Japanese people to the disaster area from our churches in Japan. And also very important, we will be able to pay Japanese workers to aid in the relief effort. That next disaster is coming. We know it is, but we’re doing what we can to plan for it. Anyway, before we move on to two conversations I had with people at the gathering, I want to let you all know about a sale coming up. On March 11, on the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, for one day only, all of the ebooks I’ve written about the earthquake will be available for $0.99 on Amazon in the US, and just 100 yen on Amazon in Japan. This includes both children’s books, “The Tsunami Violin” and “Pippy the Piano and the Very Big Wave”, in English and in Japanese. The sale also includes another book I wrote called “Aroma of Beauty”, with a beautiful foreword by Makoto Fujimura. Personally, I think you should get the book just to read what he wrote, his experiences after 9/11. And by the way, we also have an exhibit going on in our church space with “The Tsunami Violin”, showcasing the beautiful artwork by the very talented Holly Rose Wallace, as another way that our church community is remembering the people and towns affected by the disaster. A big thank you to all of you who’ve already bought all three of these books and left reviews. Thank you so much. Okay, now let’s turn to my conversation with Dean Bengston. Roger We are here at the JEMA Gathering (Japan Evangelical Missionary Alliance), spending three days talking about disaster relief and trying to prepare for the next disaster. There’s been quite a few ways that many of us here in this room have been involved over the past. But, Dean, I really wanted to talk with you. You moved into a disaster area soon after the 2011 earthquake. Can you tell us a little bit about who you are? Dean I am with the Lutheran Brotherhood Mission in Japan. We were living in Sendai at the time, and through a number of circumstances, we ended up connecting with Abe-san in Ishinomaki and delivering necessary goods. We soon realized there were a lot more needs and started mudding-out houses. I commuted from Sendai for a year and 10 months before we moved. Roger I have very fond memories of a concert that we gave in that home you started up there. Can you tell us a little bit about how arts played a role in your ministry there? Dean I think early on, we realized that people needed healing in many ways. And we had a friend, Shizu-san, who’s a singer-songwriter, and we invited her to come. She wanted to come to mud-out houses, but we said, Shizu-san, you have to come and sing and minister to people through song, that people need healing, and music brings healing. And so she reluctantly agreed to do a concert in an open space, a lot that we were using for gatherings for takedashi cookouts. Shizu had lived in Ishinomaki in her junior high years, but she explained to people, I don’t know how to really sympathize with you. So she started by singing songs that everybody knew, old Japanese songs. And after several songs and people singing along, she said, Well, I just like to sing a song that I wrote. Singing old Japanese songs or popular songs that people knew drew people in. And then they opened the door for her to sing songs that she’s written and to share a part of her life and her faith in a very natural way. Roger Do you feel like that was surprising to her or to the people in the room that it had the impact that it did? Dean I don’t really know, but all I know is I think for several musicians, it changed their ministry so that even when they were doing concerts in churches, they moved from doing all “Christian” music to actually starting out their concerts with songs that people maybe knew. And Kosaka Chu is really good at this. He could share a testimony and weave it in with that there’s somebody loves you, and he would just sing a song about love, and then he’d share about God and how he loves you. I don't know, I think it changed people’s lives. An awful lot of musicians volunteered, and they were well received. So we really appreciated it. We’ve had a lot of concerts. Roger Yes, you sure have. What was the name of the house that you were… Dean House of Hope or Kibou no Ie. Roger And how often were you having concerts there? Dean At least once a month. But before House of Hope, we were having them outside in empty lots, empty parking lots that we were using or empty house lots that we were using. Then we moved into the community center and had several concerts in the community center and very varying concerts. Everything from a Hawaiian Luau to gospel choirs to vcontemporary singers, and Roger, you on organ, and also the koto. Roger Right, the koto player, Chieko. Dean Yeah, that was beautiful. And we have a small place, so people were just enamored with being able to be so close to the koto and watch the keys on the organ. And also, wasn’t there a flute? Roger I was trying to remember if it was flute or violin or something. Dean Flute, I think. Roger It was so moving for me to be there and see the people… I mean, it wasn’t like background music. Everybody was so focused on what we were doing and interacting with us. It really was a moving time. Dean I think music has played a big part in bringing healing to people. Roger Tell us a little bit about your son. He’s a visual artist. Dean Yeah, he was actually starting art school, but it got delayed because of the earthquake. And so he volunteered with us at the beginning. And then he was able to, because he speaks English fluently, he was able to not take English and got Fridays off. So he volunteered for the first semester every day, every week on Fridays with us. And through that, he did one project, a byobu folding screen made out of cell phone parts. Roger Cell phone parts? Dean Yeah, the old flip phones. And there was a farmer who’s a small farmer in our neighborhood with a cell phone factory next to it. Now, as the waters came in, it drove all the parts of the cell phones into his ground, and we cleaned out his field. Joshua also did a number of things. He made paint from the muck and did some paintings with that. Roger Wait, I don’t understand. It was out of mud? Dean Yeah, out of the muck, he created paint. Roger No, I didn’t see that work. Dean Yeah. Actually, most of his art shows are interactive. He’s an interesting character because he always wished that he could touch paintings when he was a kid. So he did one show where he had all the paintings hanging at different levels, and you could walk around and touch them because they were all at touching level. So usually, his art shows are interactive. Roger Well, the cell phone project, that wasn’t just him looking for pieces. Wasn’t it collaborative in some way? Asking for people to bring in things? Dean Oh, that was a different project. He’s had a lot of different shows. Roger But just that way, too, of inviting people in, whether it’s volunteers who are there or people in neighborhood, too, is another connection point through the arts. I thought that was such an important message. Thank you so much for sharing. So Dean and his family were one of the many who moved into the disaster area after the earthquake. And every time I visited up there, I loved seeing the trust built with the community and the ways they were accepted. They were not seen as outsiders. And they're still there now, 15 years later. Okay, so I also want to introduce you to Stephen Nakahashi. He was one of the young men who answered the call to help in the disaster area shortly after the earthquake. So this big organization, Samaritan’s Purse, came in not only with a lot of supplies, but with money to hire workers. And a call went out across the nation of Japan to send them people who could work full-time. Steven was one who answered that call, along with a lot of other young people. My wife’s sister, Virginia, also moved up there as a missionary through Mission to the World as she had just graduated from college. And there was Ryo and Mami Amano, Jordan Foxwell, and so many others that went up there as well. And eventually, through their work, Ishinomaki Christian Center was started. Also, in a past episode, Episode #43, we talked with Rachel Reese Kollmeyer who also came as a missionary through Mission to the World. She is a very gifted violinist and worked with the others to teach and perform and help with the children’s music clubs and a gospel choir for kids and the annual arts festival and so much else. They also had craft-making with the kids. I was particularly moved by a musical that one of the students wrote inspired by all this, and then worked with us for the production of their musical. After the earthquake, it was especially hard for the children. The men, whose livelihood had been the coast, now had long commutes to work in other places, and the women had to go to work as well. Not only did the kids not have their parents around as much, but they also didn’t have as many resources available to them as before. The parks were gone. Many school programs had shut down. And so they did what they could to help the children dream again. And so many relationships came out of that time. Now let’s hear from Stephen. Roger So, Stephen, thank you so much for taking this time to talk with me. This is the Art, Life, Faith Podcast, and with the 15th anniversary of the 2011 earthquake, I wanted to talk a little bit about the role that the arts played in the relief effort. But before we do that, please introduce yourself. Stephen Thank you for having me. My name is Stephen Nakahashi, a pastor’s kid. I grew up in Japan from the age of 11. Prior to that, I lived in Scotland with my family. So I’ve been in Japan for 33 years and counting. I became involved in disaster relief from 2011 with Samaritan’s Purse and then I subsequently started working with Ishinomaki Christian Center and lived in Tohoku for 14 years. And currently, I am serving with Noto Help in the Hokuriku region since 2024. Roger So, you were just in a panel discussion here. You’ve had quite a few experiences with disasters. Can you list them in order with earthquake and floods by year? Stephen Okay, 2011 was the earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku. Then the 2016 earthquake in Kumamoto. Then heavy rain and flooding in Kumamoto in 2020, just south in Hitoyoshi. And then in 2021, there was again heavy rain and flooding in Saga Prefecture, north of Nagasaki. And then in 2022, there was flooding again in Aomori, in the northern part of Japan, which was a bit of a surprise as that has not happened before. And then in 2023, there was again heavy rain and flooding in Akita, again in the north. All of those happened in the summer of those years. And then in 2024, on the first of January, was the earthquake on the Noto Peninsula. Roger And then after you were brought in, I know you went in giving advice, helping in any way you could, but then you moved there. Stephen I did, yeah. Roger And you’ve been there for a year and three months. Stephen Yeah, that was a big decision for us. It was mainly driven by the importance of my family to be together. For 10 months, I had commuted from Miyagi to Noto. I would be down there for two or three weeks before going back home for a week or so and then repeat. So that became quite difficult, and we thought it’d be important for our family to be together. Roger Yeah, I was able to go twice to Noto Help while you were working there. We were in this big room with, I don’t know, maybe there were 60 volunteers or so broken up into four or five groups. You’re introducing, “Okay, here’s what we’re going to do today. This group is going to do that. This group is going to do that.” You were the man in charge, telling everyone what was going to happen. For some, maybe it was their first disaster, and they don’t know what’s going on, but you gave them this assurance, “It’s going to be okay. Your driver is going to get you there safely. They’re going to bring you back. We’re going to serve the Lord in this way.” Really was a powerful experience. Stephen Really? I’m glad you thought so. Roger I think one of the interesting things about the Noto Help situation was how, those who are listening probably don’t even know this, the roads were really hurt by the earthquake. Basically, transportation was almost shut down. Finally, when they were able to open up the roads, they made one road to go up north, one road to come back. It used to be a two-way road, and they made it a one-way road. A police blockade stopped anyone from going because it was bottlenecking the whole peninsula, so y'all became the entrance point for working throughout the whole region. Was that a big responsibility? People contacting from all over the country and all over the world to wanting to help? Stephen Yeah, I think it was really a tricky balance to maintain. We really understood how much people wanted to help, and we knew how important that was for the recovery as well. So we wanted to make sure that we were not getting in the way of first responders, like ambulances or any vehicles like that. It did seem like it would be wise to try to, as a Christian community, to be responsible for that. So we were glad we could help in that way. Roger Let’s back up to 2011. The 15th anniversary is coming up, and so many memories. I mean, Community Arts Tokyo, this organization, was started through the experiences of that. When I was in the shelters in that disaster, in the chaos, and in the anguish, the anxiety people are feeling, and saw how the arts brought healing, to see how they brought comfort, how they helped us build relationships. During a time when people are saying, “We don’t need goods. We don’t need the food and water. We’re good.” And yet there was still an entry point, a way to connect through the arts. And I, experiencing the power of that, I wanted to bring that back to Tokyo. So we started Community Arts Tokyo, building community through the arts in Tokyo. But it was experiencing that with you up in Ishinomaki, in the Tohoku area, that was my first connection to it. I was just wondering, I’d love to hear your memories of that. As you look back and think about those times, what could you do to help me process that and those who are listening to try to understand, especially as artists, what role they can play in a disaster relief situation? Stephen I remember fondly the time that we ran the Junior High School Kids program in Ishinomaki, and I really could connect with those kids over a longer period of time. Where we taught the kids at the local junior high schools for three months from April through July. And then we had the Ishinomaki Gospel Festival. So there was a goal of something beyond just practicing, but to actually have a stage at the end of it for the kids to perform and experience something different. And the catch copy, so to speak, was for the kids to be able “to dream again.” And yeah, in the midst of the devastation at the time, there were lots of kids whose parents were really struggling with the aftermath of the earthquake. In Ishinomaki, especially, there was a lot of parents, the dads of the family who are fishermen, often were gone for a long time. But then post-disaster, the mothers also started working, and the kids didn’t really have anywhere to be or to go. And they didn’t really have that sense of looking forward to something. I think that played a really important role in helping some of those kids at the time to experience something new. Roger I loved those gospel festivals because it was like the whole town was coming together for all the businesses. There were stalls so they could offer food or whatever they made. On a personal note, I also loved giving organ concerts outside. I brought my portable organ up there and I’m playing, and I don’t get to play outside very much as an organist, so that was really fun. Stephen Yeah, that was really an amazing combination of the local people coming with their stalls and then so many different artists coming to serve and to play. We also had a play area for kids, because a lot of the parks had been damaged, there was really not many safe places for kids to play. So that was another aspect that we added to it. So the kids could enjoy something different. It was an amazing coming together of communities through music and through the arts. Roger It definitely was. Thank you so much for all the work you put into those. You were in Ishinomaki right after the disaster and for a long time afterward. And then Ishinomaki Christian Center started. And as I understand it, part of the vision for that was to be a meeting place for creating community. People had their own homes. They had their food and water. But still, that community building aspect was an important part of what was needed to help people recover. Now you had a spot to do it. You had the land. You had the building. I really enjoyed being able to come up, not as often as I wanted to, but when I did, to hear, what the situation was then and how people were doing. And to see you building that community, especially right where that building was. It almost felt like a wasteland from the first couple of years of my memory of that spot. Now it’s a thriving place. It was right next to the train station. When you look back, how would you put it in your own words? Stephen As we were just talking about today, if you approach the situation with the mentality of being the caregiver and then people receiving care, and especially in a physical way, once that need is no longer there, then the relationship also ends there. Music and the arts in many ways is something that we don’t always realize that we need. And it’s a really good way to bring the community together, even after the physical needs are met and people don’t really need those types of support. But whether it be a disaster or not, and all the more so after a disaster, the people in the community were going through a lot of uncertainty. Opportunities often provided by music and different means of the arts has provided the opportunity to continue to build relationships with people. That was really important to continue the relationships with the people that we had come to know. Roger Are you seeing that now in Ichikawa, on the Noto Peninsula, where you’re living now? Is that part of the vision? I know a lot of people ended up moving away. And you were sharing in the panel how a lot of the older people living there are being encouraged by their children to leave and move in with them. They’re answering, “No, this is our home.” But there’s a lot of resistance against rebuilding their homes, rebuilding their towns. What is your vision for that and how do you see the arts playing a role? Stephen I think so. I think as we move into the phase of that physical need not being so much of a need. And we are now reaching out into the temporary housing unit communities, and we are trying to build those relationships with the people. And so definitely, I think from this year onward, and even to this point, there’s a role for the arts to play in this phase. One of the challenges in Noto is that unlike maybe in Tohoku, a lot of the temporary housing unit communities are quite small, and sometimes they don’t really even have a gathering place. If they do, it can only house maybe 10 to 15 people. So it’s hard to reach people in that way. But yeah, I think now that we do have a center in Anamizu that hopefully we can start to connect to people more there. And we look forward to being able to coordinate people coming along. Roger Thank you. Well, I look forward to our next trip. Maybe we’ll bring some artists this summer. Stephen Yes, definitely. I look forward to it. Roger Thank you. Thank you so much. Stephen You’re welcome. Thank you. You’ve been listening to the Art, Life, Faith Podcast. And don't forget to pick up your own copy of “The Tsunami Violin”, “Pippy the Piano”, and “Aroma of Beauty”. As we say in Japan, “Ja, mata ne!” We’ll see you next time.

The Holocaust and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki invoked in graphic terms the specter of total human destruction. In response, a new international order of reparations and human rights arose from the ashes of World War II. This legal regime sought to subrogate the sovereignty of the nation-state in order to defend the sovereignty of the human being. While the Holocaust's history is settled—Nazis were perpetrators and Jews were victims—there remains little historical consensus as to the victims and perpetrators of the atomic bombings. In Reparations and the Human (Duke UP, 2025), David L. Eng investigates a history of reparations across the Transpacific. He analyzes how concepts of reparation established during colonial settlement and the European Enlightenment shape contemporary configurations of the human and human rights, determining who can be recognized as victims, who must be seen as perpetrators, and who deserves repair. As demands for reparations now occupy center stage in debates concerning unresolved legacies of dispossession and Transatlantic slavery, Eng considers how the Cold War Transpacific provides a limit case for the politics of repair and definitions of the human. This book is a sweeping genealogical investigation that moves from seventeenth-century land dispossession in the Americas to the irradiated histories of the Cold War Transpacific, asking a fundamental question: who is considered deserving of repair? Deep Acharya is a PhD student and a George L. Mosse fellow of Modern European Cultural History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison working on the history of fatherhood in 20th century Germany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Years ago, while living in England, I saw some graffiti on an overpass that declared “War is Obsolete”. This was in the glory days of the “Ban the Bomb” movement. There were well-intentioned people who favored unilateral nuclear disarmament. The British could afford to think that way, because the American bombs could be counted on to keep the Russians in check.At the time, I wrote a magazine article that opined that war was far from obsolete—that history told us Man had never developed a weapon he did not eventually use. Time passed, and so did my opinion. In fact, it has been 60 years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and no one has been killed by a nuclear weapon in all that time. No one could hope to win a nuclear war, and so there was no reason why any sane person or nation would start one. In all those intervening years, the only nations that had any nuclear weapons were allegedly sane.Well, more time has passed, and now we have to deal with powers that show very clear signs of not being very sane. And the insanity has allowed nuclear materials and technology to leak out of their tightly sealed boxes and into the hands of people who are certifiably insane. Mutually Assured Destruction was a reasonable doctrine in a world where we were dealing with reasonable people who loved life. Now we are dealing with unreasonable people who care nothing for life, not even their own. You could even say that they love death.I don't think we yet understand the religion or the psychology of the 9/11 hijackers who brought down the World Trade Center. But with the advent and spread of the suicide bomber, everyone is now thinking that we will ultimately have to deal with nuclear suicide bombers, and that is truly unimaginable.

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In the eight decades since the United States deployed the most destructive weapon ever used, conventional wisdom has held that American leaders were faced with a difficult choice: Invade Japan, which would have cost millions of Japanese and Allied lives in bloody combat or use the fearsome atom bomb in the hopes of convincing the Japanese emperor to surrender. President Truman—in what many have come to regard as an immoral decision—ordered the military to drop the bomb. Today’s guest is Alex Wellerstein, author of The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age. Wellerstein offers a more complex and nuanced portrayal of Truman, showing a president entangled in secrecy, rushing against time, and operating with limited information. Contrary to the long-held belief that Truman was the decisive force behind the bombings, this book reveals how he was largely unacquainted with the specifics of Hiroshima and Nagasaki's targeting until after the fact. Wellerstein explains how there was no formal decision to use the bomb, nor did President Truman likely know that Hiroshima or Nagasaki were heavily populated cities. Once the bombs were dropped, Truman began a years-long struggle for control of the awesome power of atomic weapons, the ramifications of which are still felt today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.