Podcasts about Nevada Test Site

Preview Colleague Peter Huessy reports on the upgrading of the Russian strategic weapons arsenal. More later. 1955 NEVADA TEST SITE

“Now witness the power of this fully armed and operational battlestation!”Emperor Palpatine, shortly before nothing goes wrong for him whatsoever.Say it with us, “that's no moon…that's a space station.” One of the most quotable lines in the Star Wars saga actually tells you quite a bit about the central threat of the original film (now officially known as Episode IV: A New Hope but to anyone who grew up in the ‘80s or ‘90s, it will forever be known simply as Star Wars). The Death Star, the Empire's ultimate planet-destroying superweapon is the size of a small moon (or a large asteroid, as we'll get to in the episode) but is actually a mobile space station that can house and deploy thousands of troops, hundreds of small ships, and packs enough firepower to turn your home planet into multiple orders of space McNuggets.You'd probably assume that something like the Death Star would be completely out of the realm of scientific plausibility. And you might also make assumptions about the story logic or the vibes of the Death Star, especially since the entire Star Wars franchise essentially lives or dies by its vibes. Unlike, say, Star Trek (please don't make assumptions that we are biased simply because this is a Roddenberry production), which tries to lean heavily on the “science” part of science fiction, the Star Wars brand of sci-fi has always had a healthy dose of fantasy. Fortunately, we have Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi and Tamara Krinsky to explain how it all works for you…and also how much it might cost to actually build one of these things. We took a look at the entire history of the Death Star, from what we see in Episode IV, Return of the Jedi, the “Starkiller Base” evolution in The Force Awakens, and even the gritty military realism of Andor and Rogue One to find our answers, which might just surprise you.Don't believe us? (“That…is why you fail!”) Well, padawans, watch the latest episode of Does it Fly? right here and you might just be surprised at what we found!Watch the video version here:https://youtu.be/aE4vkGo-QfkSUGGESTED VIEWING Everything you really need to know about the Death Star (but were afraid to ask) is pretty much contained in Episode IV: A New Hope (we're still calling it Star Wars), Return of the Jedi, and the truly great Rogue One. But it's worth checking out The Force Awakens to see how the Death Star evolved into Starkiller Base. And while Rogue One prequel, Andor on Disney Plus has yet to tap into Death Star mythology…you really, really, really need to be watching that show.But Tamara also recommends the original The Making of Star Wars documentary which has some wonderful looks at how the movie magic of the Death Star was pulled off. Track it down!Tamara also points out a couple of classic war movies that were key inspirations for George Lucas for the assault on the Death Star: 1955's The Dam Busters and 1964's 633 Squadron.FURTHER READING Do you want to delve a little deeper into the facts, concepts, and stories Hakeem and Tamara referenced in today's episode? Of course you do!MimasNo, not orange juice and prosecco! Saturn's seventh largest moon does look suspiciously like the Death Star, doesn't it? It's also about 1/10th the size of The Moon, which makes it much closer in actual size to the Death Star.Asteroid PsycheGiven the absurd cost it would take to actually build a Death Star, we're going to need to raise some capital. Fortunately, there's an asteroid in our solar system that may be composed entirely of materials “worth more than the entire world economy.”Dyson SpheresIn case you're wondering what it would take to power something like a Death Star, let's start with a Dyson Sphere, which could potentially channel the power of an entire sun. Hey, if you're looking to blow up a planet, do it right. Do they exist? Maybe!It Costs HOW Much?Never mind the price of steel and other building materials, get a load of how much firing a weapons grade laser costs. Now imagine that multiplied by how much it would take to destroy a planet!How Star Wars Almost Didn't Happen“I believe it was said at the time that no science fiction picture grossed more than $10 million dollars, and no picture with War in the title ever grossed more than six or seven million. So the idea of a sci-fi film with War in the title was a pretty deadly combination.”The article that Tamara quotes from can be found in full here, and it's full of fascinating info!Operation Plumbbob We can't explain it any better than the Atomic Heritage Foundation: “Operation Plumbbob was a series of 29 nuclear tests conducted by the U.S. military between May 28 and October 7, 1957, at the Nevada Test Site. It was one of the longest and most comprehensive test series in the continental United States, and became controversial after much of the operation was declassified. There were several objectives during Operation Plumbbob, including improving tactical weapon design, conducting bio-medical experiments, safety testing, and component and design testing for thermonuclear systems to be detonated in future operations.”They've got some pretty amazing videos of this as well.WANT MORE FROM DOES IT FLY?We've tackled Star Wars concepts before, so check out our episode on lightsabers right here!The new season of HBO's The Last of Us is currently giving everyone nightmares, so we told you why you maybe (?) shouldn't worry too much…for now.FOLLOW US!Stay in the loop! Follow DoesItFly? on YouTube and TikTok and let us know what you think! Subscribe to Does It Fly? 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Prepare to dive into the unknown in this gripping episode of "Total Disclosure", where we sit down with JASON SANDS, a Retired Master Sergeant of the U.S. Air Force turned "UFO whistleblower." For over two decades, Sands served his country, rising through the ranks to work on some of the most secretive projects imaginable—until his career took him deep into the shadows of the Nevada Test Site. There, within the confines of a Black Special Access Program, he claims to have encountered the unthinkable: non-human craft and biologics, evidence of intelligence beyond our world.In this exclusive interview, Sands pulls back the curtain on his extraordinary experiences, revealing details of his involvement in classified operations that dealt with Non-Human Intelligence (NHI) and related phenomena. From the desolate expanses of the Nevada desert to the heart of military secrecy, he shares firsthand accounts that challenge everything we've been told about our place in the cosmos. Who is Jason Sands? A patriot, a skeptic turned witness, and now a voice risking it all to bring the truth to light.What did he see? What does he know? And why has he chosen this moment to step forward? Join us as we explore his journey, unpack his startling revelations, and confront the questions that linger: Are we truly alone, or has the government known the answer all along? This is not just a story—it's a wake-up call. Tune in, and prepare to question reality itself.**GUEST LINKS**JASON SANDS ON XHELP SUPPORT FUTURE UFO WHISTLEBLOWERS: FIRSTHAND**TOTAL DISCLOSURE PODCAST LINKS**LINK THREAD—https://allmylinks.com/total-disclosureSubscribe to the channel on YouTube—— www.youtube.com/@totaldisclosure  GIVE A TIP to TY and TDP Studios directly VIA PayPal (No FEES)— https://www.paypal.me/TDPstudios767?locale.x=en_US  YOUTUBE MEMBER—-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy2Cra7aLAAMVxkA9rSYCxg/join PATREON MEMBER—https://www.patreon.com/Total_Disclosure?fan_landing=true&view_as=public GET YOUR “TOTAL DISCLOSURE” UFO/ALIEN INSPIRED MERCH, OR A GIFT FOR YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, FRIEND, OR TREAT YOURSELF!—- https://pop-culture-corner-store.creator-spring.com/? Follow On X—- Www.X.com/@DisclosurePod  Instagram—- www.instagram.com/DisclosurePod Facebook----Facebook.com/@ty.totaldisclosure CONTACT TDP DIRECTLY For Collaboration, Use of Segments/clips, or any other media produced by “TDP” —TY.TotalDisclosure@gmail.com SPONSORED LINKS & SERVICES USED BY TOTAL DISCLOSURE USE OUR CODE AND SIGN UP FOR TUBE-BUDDY TO START UTILIZING THEIR AMAZING TOOLS, LET TUBE BUDDY DO THE WORK FOR YOU!-——https://www.tubebuddy.com/POP Sign Up for VIDIQ and Get Tons of Creator Content Tools, SEO Boosts, Keyword Scores, Title Suggestions, & So much MORE! VIDIQ can be integrated seamlessly into your Browser and Youtube Channel, Start utilizing this tool now, Sign up with TDP's—— Link-www.VIDIQ.com/TotalDisclosure LOOKING TO START YOUR OWN PODCAST? LOOKING TO GO LIVE? SIGN UP FOR STREAM YARD TODAY AND USE OUR REFERRAL CODE TO HELP SUPPORT THE SHOW———  https://streamyard.com/pal/6146221734887424Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/total-disclosure-ufos-coverups-conspiracy--5975113/support.

Your hosts travel to Nevada for THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS (1961), directed by Coleman Francis and starring Tor Johnson! But does this indie horror land more towards Ed Wood charm or W. Lee Wilder incompetence? While we decide, we share facts about the Nevada Test Site, nuclear experiments and John Wayne's 1956 film THE CONQUEROR. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 27:20; Discussion 35:42; Ranking 45:08

On this episode of the Rocky Mountain UFO Podcast we are going to preview the first 2 chapters of the upcoming book, "Area 51: Secrets, Mysteries, and Enduring Legends"

Join host Paul Johnson in this compelling episode of The Optimistic American, featuring Mary Dickson, a dedicated activist known as a "downwinder." Mary shares her powerful story of surviving cancer caused by nuclear fallout, her journey from diagnosis to activism, and her relentless fight for the RECA Bill, aimed at providing justice and compensation for those affected by atmospheric nuclear testing. Topics Discussed in the Video: - Nuclear Testing: Mary Dickson provides an overview of nuclear testing in the United States, which began in 1951 at the Nevada Test Site. She explains the devastating effects of atmospheric testing, which continued until 1962, leaving a legacy of radiation exposure that impacted countless lives across the American West and beyond. - From Diagnosis to Activism: Mary recounts her personal journey of discovering the connection between her thyroid cancer and the nuclear fallout. As a journalist, she began documenting the stories of other affected individuals, leading her to create a powerful play that brought widespread attention to the plight of downwinders. - The RECA Bill: The discussion delves into the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), its history, and the current efforts to expand its coverage. Mary explains the opposition to the bill, primarily based on its cost, and outlines the potential next steps if the bill does not pass. - Seeking Justice for Radiation Victims: Mary explains the limitations of litigation against the government and why current healthcare provisions are insufficient for those affected by radiation exposure. She provides insights into the application process for RECA compensation and calls for public support to ensure justice for downwinders.

For more than 30 years, the federal government has provided medical care in Nevada, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico for residents affected by the radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests at the Nevada Test Site from the 1950s and '60s.

PREVIEW: #NUKES: Conversation with colleague Henry Sokolski of NPEC regarding the Russian Federation building a new breeder reactor that will be operational by 2032 -- capable of producing extremely efficient plutonium for bomb making -- and worse: export. Details to follow tonight. 1955 Teapot/BEE at the Nevada Test Site

Mark sits down with Raymond Ansotegui to learn about sheep, cows, Basque culture and bullfighting (and there's not a red cape in sight). We discuss the philosophical side of moving energy and keeping the flow, the somatotypes and psychological make-up required by the job. These are farm boys, ranch kids, good athletes who understand the movement of the animal and also have a particular temperament; maybe not the guy being cheered but the guy being thanked for the protecting the guy being cheered. Raymond's experience as a bullfighter gives him a unique opportunity to dispel misconceptions about rodeo, and bull riding, in particular. There isn't any actual “fighting” in western rodeo bullfighting, rather it is a dance of grit and grace involving extreme focus, humility and respect for the animals and the athletes.Raymond describes some lessons from the arena — commit, slow down, get closer than you want to, and well, "it turns out that those same lessons applied to me helping my father live with Alzheimer's for the seven years before it took him."Later, when we were speaking about storytelling (it's how we met), and he said, "If we can find sameness then we can explore difference because we can always find our way back," which is a beautiful and universal lesson. We also dive into the concept of facilitation and conflict resolution, mediation and collaboration, and eventually the notion of a bullfighter not actually fighting the bull but rather steering and guiding its attention, another concept that has near-universal application. Raymond was born and raised in Livingston, Montana, earned his undergraduate degree from Montana State University where his father was a professor of animal science for thirty years. After attending higher education at Arizona State University (Masters degree in land reclamation, and plant and soil science) and working at the Nevada Test Site, he returned to Montana."We learn to believe in ourselves, commit to our goals and when we get knocked down, to get back up again and again."

#PRC: #DPRK: Proliferators galore.  Peter Huessy, president of Geostrategic Analysis and a fellow at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies,@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://highergroundtimes.com/higher-ground/2024/feb/29/chinas-nuclear-expansion-is-breathtaking-in-number/ 1955 Nevada Test Site

6/8: In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950 by  Nick Bunker  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Fear-America-World-1950/dp/1541675541/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In the Shadow of Fear describes the end of one era and the beginning of another. Joseph Stalin tested his first atomic bomb, Mao's army swept through China, and in America the age of FDR gave way to the beginnings of a new conservatism. An aggressive Republican Party, desperate to regain power, seized on rifts among its opponents, and Truman's program for universal health care and civil rights reform went down to defeat. The young Senator Joe McCarthy ambushed Truman and his party with a style of politics that aroused powerful emotions and deepened division. On the eve of the Korean War, a new mood of anger in the nation left many Americans calling in vain for a return to consensus. MARCH 1955 NEVADA TEST SITE

Road trip to Vegas. As part of an NGO transparency visit, NNSA opened up the Nevada Test Site to a group of international nuclear weapons experts, including one Dr. Jeffrey Lewis. Jeffrey goes through what he saw: P Tunnel, The BEEF, and the crown jewel, U1a. This was an NNSA exercise in transparency, aimed at showing the community and world that the U.S. stockpile stewardship and treaty verification exercises are separate from nuclear explosive tests. It was also, and we cannot underline this enough, extremely cool. Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast!

This episode's brewery derives its name from the first two atomic bombs detonated at the Nevada Test Site. These two test explosions were codenamed after the military's phonetic alphabet of the time, making them tests “Able” and “Baker”.   The experimentation at the Nevada Test Site led to the refining of the Atomic Bomb and the ushering in of the Nuclear Age. This was a notable time in Nevada as “Atomic Blast” viewing parties were commonplace and several “Miss Atomic” beauty queens were crowned. The Atomic Age influences their artwork and concepts while allowing them to give a respectful nod to Nevada's unique state history.   The brewery has a mascot of sorts, the Atomic Duck. Legend has it, that a duck was the only animal to survive the Atomic tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site. That duck, bested the blasts, wandered off and waddled into history, becoming forever known as … the “Atomic Duck”.   The duck has become a large part of their branding and has evolved over time.  The first thing you see when you get close to the brewery is the large grain silo on the brewery that features a duck design. It was not part of the original brewery plan but evolved since the brewery opened.    The flight handle is in the shape of a duck's foot and even comes with a small rubber duck you can keep. They have become a collectable for many of their customers. At the time of the podcast recording, they had just ordered 50,000 more ducks as they have become that popular. The duck is a big part of this breweries branding. Listen in as Danielle and Travis enjoy their conversation with Kevin Lingley, Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Able Baker Brewing Company in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kevin shares with us a lot of the back story behind the name ABLE BAKER, the history, and the duck.

The book helped inspire a film that had its world premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival in October 2023 and closed the Palm Beach Film Festival that same month. The author appears in the film. It's an epic tale that spans more than 30 years. As the Cold War took hold at that dawn of the 1950s the U.S. government began a program to perfect the atom bomb. The Nevada Test Site would be the prime location for testing atomic weapons on U.S. soil. A key to the program was to reduce impact to the public by having the radioactive nuclear fallout drift "downwind" into sparsely-inhabited areas of Utah.....

1/4: The Case for Nukes: How We Can Beat Global Warming and Create a Free, Open, and Magnificent Future by  Robert Zubrin  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Case-Nukes-Global-Warming-Magnificent/dp/1736386069/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=UeGVv&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=143-0258134-6610437&pd_rd_wg=sJV8b&pd_rd_r=0137d795-3a42-44c6-84c4-74819fbb82e3&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk The Case for Nukes is a unique book. In it, world-renowned nuclear and aerospace engineer Dr. Robert Zubrin explains how nuclear power works and how much it has to offer humanity. He debunks the toxic falsehoods that have been spread to dissuade us from using it by variously the ignorant, the fearful, the fanatical, and by cynical political operatives bought and paid for by competing interests. 1957 Nevada Test Site

RADIATION! Piketon, OH Demolition Releases, Trinity Fallout in E. California, RECA Implications – Dr. Michael Ketterer Radiation researcher Dr. Michael Ketterer Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness): The nukesters are choosing glamour-pusses to hawk their wares and recite their talking points. Don’t they realize that someone who, in part, names herself “Dope” is...

Prepare to journey back in time, as we peel back the layers of speculation that have grown around the Roswell incident. What really happened that summer of 1947? Did the Soviet Union trigger the crash? Or was it just a high-altitude balloon from the top-secret Project Mogul? The Navy seaman silenced by the man in black after the Maury Island Incident, the original "flying saucer" sighting by pilot Kenneth Arnold, every revelation adds another twist to the tale. Fast forward to the 70s and 80s, when the Nevada Test Site and Area 51 become the focus of truth seekers. We pore over the disturbing claims in books by Donald R Schmidt and Annie Jacobson, suggesting that Joseph Stalin and Joseph Mengele conspired to deploy deformed children to the Roswell crash site. As we chase the truth, we'll also discuss how our technological advancements could potentially help us answer the questions that have plagued mankind for centuries. Tune in as we search for our place in the cosmos, a quest that could help us create a better future for generations to come.Support the show Support us on Patreon Consider leaving us a review on your preferred podcast platform, it really helps! Check our our videos on YouTube Got any questions? email us at: info@top5s.co.uk Thanks for listening and stay spooky!

The National Security Science podcast is a spin-off of National Security Science magazine at Los Alamos National Laboratory. We bring you stories from the Lab's Weapons Program—stories that show how innovative science and engineering are the key to keeping America safe. Or, as we like to say, better science equals better security.Read National Security Science magazine online here. Request a print copy or provide feedback by emailing magazine@lanl.gov.For more Los Alamos stories, visit discover.lanl.gov LA-UR-23-20707

The National Security Science podcast is a spin-off of National Security Science magazine at Los Alamos National Laboratory. We bring you stories from the Lab's Weapons Program—stories that show how innovative science and engineering are the key to keeping America safe. Or, as we like to say, better science equals better security.Read National Security Science magazine online here. Request a print copy or provide feedback by emailing magazine@lanl.gov.For more Los Alamos stories, visit discover.lanl.gov LA-UR-23-23250

The National Security Science podcast is a spin-off of National Security Science magazine at Los Alamos National Laboratory. We bring you stories from the Lab's Weapons Program—stories that show how innovative science and engineering are the key to keeping America safe. Or, as we like to say, better science equals better security.Read National Security Science magazine online here. Request a print copy or provide feedback by emailing magazine@lanl.gov.For more Los Alamos stories, visit discover.lanl.gov LA-UR-23-23050

This week, Ira spoke with Rob McCoy, chief executive officer of the Atomic Museum in Las Vegas. In this episode of Talk About Las Vegas, Rob talks about joining the museum (open since 2005) and beginning to repurpose, rebrand and reimagine it; creating the right mix of exhibits, artifacts, and programming; the history and importance of the Nevada Test Site (928 nuclear tests) and its role in the Cold War; why his mission is to expand the museum to include the atomic age and pop culture; the new exhibit, “Spy”; and the most significant exhibit since the opening of the museum.

Date: April 11, 2022 (Season 4, Episode 12: 55 min. & 40 sec. long).  Click here for the Utah Dept. of Culture and Community Engagement version of this Speak Your Piece episode. Are you interested in other episodes of Speak Your Piece? Click Here.  This episode was co-produced by Brad Westwood and Chelsey Zamir. This SYP episode is an interview with Mary Dickson, a Downwinder and thyroid cancer survivor, with SYP host Brad Westwood. The episode details Dickson's personal history and her research regarding the implications of America's nuclear testing. This captivating and devastating story outlines the historical intersections between Utah, the Intermountain West, and the US's nuclear government testing, mostly done at the Nevada Test Site (300 miles from SLC), during and after America's Cold War (1947-1991). Dickson explains the historical context of the western USA during the era of the Cold War. A nation on edge due to the “Red Scare,” the USA rushed to win a nuclear arms race after Russia announced it has the technology necessary to build its own nuclear capabilities. Wanting to build a nuclear arsenal in response, the USA sought out a permanent bomb test site, finally landing on Utah's neighbor, Nevada (the Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range), where the Nevada Test Site would come to be. Starting in 1951-1962, nearly 100 atmospheric nuclear tests were conducted, some of these bombs even more powerful than the bombs that leveled Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Health claims from the surrounding population started to pile up including miscarriages and other largely unexplained ailments. In an attempt to tamper down concerns, the US government released a statement: these blasts aren't harmful and, in fact, so safe that people were encouraged to watch the blasts. Behind the scenes, the actual story was kept a secret for nearly forty years. Overall, throughout the eleven years of testing, as Dickson noted, about 160 million Americans suffered the consequences, knowingly or unknowingly becoming Downwinders, what Dickson defines as one who has been exposed, and/or lived downwind from the nuclear tests and became ill from the radiation.Dickson concludes that many people today still do not fully understand the fallout from America's nuclear testing. The knowledge of how widespread the exposure really was is still not widely known. After her own connection as a Downwinder, Dickson started interviewing and befriending many other Downwinders. She's also worked with many community members to advocate for the passage of the US congress bill that will expand Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (bills S.2798 and H.R.5338). After several years of advocacy work, Dickson compiled a series of monologues that consisted of interviews from fellow Downwinders and meeting minutes from the Atomic Energy Commission into a playwright titled “Exposed” which was picked up by Plan B Theater Company and continues as stage readings to this day.Bio: Mary Dickson is a former KUED TV creative director (now retired) and is the host of Contact with Mary Dickson on PBS Utah. She is an award-winning writer and playwright for “Exposed,” and is an internationally recognized advocate for survivors of nuclear weapon testing.Do you have a question? Write askahistorian@utah.gov

The Nevada National Security Site, formerly the Nevada Test Site, is where 1000 nuclear detonations have taken place. John Amidon was arrested at this site for protesting nuclear weapons and describes this experience, which took place at this year's annual Justice for the Desert protest. The risk of nuclear war is at an all time high, as least since the Cuban missile crisis. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Lee Boyland earned a degree in nuclear engineering, then entered active duty as an officer in the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps. A graduate of the U.S. Navy's Explosive and Nuclear Ordnance Disposal Schools, Boyland was assigned to the Defense Atomic Support Agency in Albuquerque, NM. A member of DASA's Nuclear Emergency Team responsible for nuclear weapons accidents including rendering safe of armed nuclear warheads, he had access to the design details of every nuclear and thermonuclear warhead developed by the United States through the Mark 63 warhead. His duties took him to the Nevada Test Site on many occasions. After leaving the Army, he designed conventional and special ordnance, and later demilitarized chemical weapons at Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Tooele Army Depot. Mr. Boyland has detailed knowledge and understanding of advanced weapons systems. He made the transition from weapons to hazardous waste management by applying aerospace combustion technology to incineration of Agent Orange. He has worked for large companies, started a successful business, and bought and sold businesses for large companies. In addition to his novels, he has had many technical articles published, and is the author of a chapter in the Biohazards Management Handbook, and wrote the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Training Series marked by Fisher Scientific. He represented the U.S. as an engineer on a technology exchange team sent to China, October-November 2003. - www.leeboylandbooks.com*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Zone TV Channel Radio Feed (Free - No Subscription Required) - https://www.spreaker.com/show/xztv-the-x-zone-tv-show-audio The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com (Free)To contact Rob McConnell - misterx@xzoneradiotv.com

Guests: Scott Bunn, Former Contractor, Nevada Test Site

Guests: Scott Bunn, Former Contractor, Nevada Test Site

Not long after graduating from high school, Christopher Bartel joined the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1997. There, he served on active duty for nine years with the USAF Security Forces. During that time, Bartel was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, NV, with two deployments to Saudi Arabia in 1999 and 2002. Later, he went on to become a cadre instructor for the Ground Combat Training Squadron at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, NV. After being honorably discharged from military service, Bartel was hired as a Security Police Officer by the Nevada National Security Site (also known as the Nevada Test Site). The skills and experiences he acquired in the military made him a valuable asset to the BAASS security team given the nature and scope of their DIA contract. When he first deployed to Skinwalker Ranch in October 2010, he did not know much about the property, its past history, or the true nature of US government involvement in the site. For Bartel, it was merely an assignment, like many others in the past, and he adhered strictly to the guidelines and protocols set forth by his employer. Interestingly, an unconventional aspect of his job did require him to try and tap into his surroundings and establish contact with “the unknown.” Chris Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisBartelSWR Chris Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christopher... University of Maryland Art Gallery's The Skinwalker Ranch Series, 2010–2016 digital photo archive: https://www.skinwalkerranchportfolio.... !! SUPPORT DISCLOSURE TEAM !! Disclosure Team Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/disclosureteam Disclosure Team PayPal: https://paypal.me/disclosureteam?coun... Disclosure Team Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disclosure_... Disclosure Team Twitter: https://twitter.com/disclosureteam_ Disclosure Team is part of the Anomalous Podcast Network: https://audioboom.com/channels/5069292 DISCLAIMER: FAIR USE NOTICE: This video MAY contain copyrighted material, the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Disclosure Team distributes this material for the purpose of news reporting, educational research, comment, and criticism, constituting Fair Use under 17 U.S.C § 107. Intro music: • Track Title: Cold Shoulder • Beat by https://chrishayesmusic.co.uk #uap #skinwalkerranch #bigelow #skinwalker

Ron Breland - Retired Soldier and Warfighter Nation Chaplain U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ron Breland (Ret.) served in the United States Army from 1990 to 2005 as a DoD Certified Firefighter and a Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Specialist. As a third generation firefighter, Ron realized early that his destiny was to serve. In 1993, Breland volunteered for the humanitarian-turned-combat mission in Mogadishu, Somalia where he engaged the enemy on their own ground. Unbeknownst to Breland at the time, he suffered a minor Traumatic Brain Injury after a truck explosion. He was also a Quick Reaction Force Member at Swordbase, and thwarted a surprise attack on his basecamp by two Somali insurgents, which he quickly dispatched during the evening of October 3rd. A tour to the war torn region of Kosovo would come later, in 1999, where then Sergeant Breland was hand-picked by the XVIII Airborne Corps Command Staff and named the Task Force Falcon Fire Chief, serving under then Brigadier General Carlos Sanchez. Breland successfully ran fire stations on three base camps in two countries while forging mutual aid agreements between the United States and other Balkan nations. During this tour, Breland's specialized team responded to a Special Forces Team that was killed after driving over an anti-tank mine, which seriously affected Breland's morale. Ron would not be diagnosed with PTSD until 2001, just before 9-11-01. As a Squad Leader serving in Ar Ramadi, Iraq from 2003 through 2004, Breland led his Quick Reaction Force on over 300 missions outside the wire during their tenure in the Sunni Triangle. His Battalion, having taken heavy casualties throughout the year, the most of any single Battalion level unit at that time during OIF, Breland sank deeper into his PTSD symptoms and depression. SSG Breland was medically retired in July of 2005. The experiences and positions held both in the Fire Service and as a combat-proven leader would serve the nation's First Responders well as he transitioned into the next phase of his professional life. After medically retiring from the United States Army in 2005, Ron Breland served as the New Mexico State Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordinator, a division of the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. There, Breland also served as the Program Manager of New Mexico Task Force-1, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Task Force under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Support Function - 9, and personally trained thousands of Military and First Responders in the fields of Incident Command (ICS), Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), Vehicle-Borne IEDs, and Suicide Bomber Prevention Training in only two years. Breland was also selected as a member of the Department of Homeland Security's focus group to examine and establish response actions of First Responders; a cumulative report which directly served in the development of Homeland Security Presidential Directive-19 (Combating Terrorist Use of Explosives in the United States). This elite group was derived from an International community of Bomb Squad Commanders, Hazardous Materials professionals, and other response personnel. Ron also taught Counter-Terrorism Courses for the Department of Homeland Security's Center for Domestic Preparedness, New Mexico Tech, and the Nevada Test Site; all members of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium. Ron now serves as a Chaplain through a unique Military Outreach Ministry; his wife's 501 (c)(3) - Warfighter Ranch. This organization exists to help heal the invisible wounds of the heart, mind, and soul through Jesus Christ! A unique Military Artist, Ron uses parachute cord to reach out to over 20,000 Warfighters individually over the last 13 years. Ron believes each and every piece is "a sermon for one". Ron is the author of four books; most notably ”Ghost Nation – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Society”, which he co-wrote with his wife, Helen, to offer different vantage points of PTSD and to help others understand this debilitating condition. The Breland family currently resides in Glendale, Arizona, have 5 children and 3 grandchildren! Warfighter Ranch www.warfighterranch.org Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ron.breland.7 Please stop by and give our page a Like and help grow this amazing Military Outreach Ministry - Warfighter Ranch! https://www.facebook.com/warfighterranchactual/ And the Outreach arm of Warfighter Ranch - the Isaiah 6:8 Military Outreach Ministry! https://www.facebook.com/isaiah68actual/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/Isaiah68Actual #NextMissionTimeNow #WarfighterNation #WarfighterRanch #IsIahSixEight #SendMe #ReturnWithHonor #BetterTogether #WarfighterNation #UniversityOfMogadishuClassOf93 #JesusIsMyJumpmaster

Hello, kaiju lovers! We enter the 1950s era of “Ameri-kaiju” to discuss a film that released the same year as the original Godzilla and inspired a subgenre and countless imitators: THEM! (yes, it's in all caps and has an exclamation point). Who better to join Nate on this than the kaiji film scholar from the state in which the film takes place, John LeMay. Thankfully, John and MIFV's intrepid producer, Jimmy From NASA, have settled their differences so he could be there. While THEM! has the trappings of a B-movie, as Nate and John explain, it has far too good a production values (it was nominated for the best special effects Oscar!) and acting to be reduced to that. The film is genuinely horrifying at points, but what may surprise many modern viewers is it is strangely progressive with its female lead, who is a competent and professional scientist and not a “scream queen.” While Nate considered researching McCarthyism since this is very much a Cold War film, he instead discusses American nuclear tests in the 1940s and 1950s. Before the broadcast, Nate gets an e-mail from Dr. Elsie Chapman, a member of H.E.A.T., after receiving an announcement that the Island's beaches are closed. She says she has something to show Nate. After the broadcast, he meets her, Dr. Mendel Craven, and Monique Dupre on the shoreline and learns the shocking reason why the beaches were closed. Check out John's books and magazines on Amazon! This episode's prologue and epilogue, “They Might be Gi-Ants,” was written by Nathan Marchand. Guest stars: Rebecca Hudgens as Elsie Chapman Travis Alexander as Mendel Craven Dani Cruz as Monique Dupre Daniel DiManna as N.I.G.E.L. Additional music: “Pacific Rim” by Niall Stenson “Chant My Name!” by Masaaki Endo “The Edge Calls Me” by MkVaff “Son of Chaos” by Xaleph Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org. Check out Nathan's spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip. We'd like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel, and Ted Williams! Thanks for your support! You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month! Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic! This episode is approved by Cameron Winter and the Monster Island Board of Directors. Timestamps: Prologue: 0:00-3:29 Intro: 3:29-10:32 Entertaining Info Dump: 10:32-17:21 Toku Talk: 17:21- Promo: 1:08:43-1:09:49 Toku Topic: 1:09:49-1:31:34 Housekeeping & Outro: 1:31:34-1:48:40 Epilogue: 1:48:40-end Podcast Social Media: Twitter Facebook Instagram Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1 Follow The Henshin Men Podcast on Twitter: @HenshinMenPod Follow Dr. Dourif on Twitter: @DrDorif www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com #JimmyFromNASALives       #MonsterIslandFilmVault       #Amerikaiju © 2022 Moonlighting Ninjas Media Bibliography/Further Reading: Bogue, Mike. Apocalypse Then: American and Japanese Atomic Cinema, 1951-1967. McFarland & Company. 2017. Drum, Kevin. “Atomic Tests During the 1950s Probably Killed Nearly Half a Million Americans.” Mother Jones. Dec. 22, 2017. “International Day against Nuclear Tests, 29 August.” United Nations. Kaijuvision Radio, Episode 18: Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) (The Effects of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing). “List of United States nuclear weapons tests.” Wikipedia. “Nevada Test Site.” Atomic Heritage Foundation. “THEM!” Park Ridge Classic Film. THEM! blu-ray special features. Warner Bros. Pictures.

Voted on by our Patreon, we dive into the deadly side of sculpture, painting, ballet and more! 01:36 Blucifer 04:00 Get the lead out 10:00 Ballet blazes 20:45 Death by a thousand face 26:43 The Conqueror and the conquered Links to all the research resources are on the website. Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs.  Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter,  or Instagram.  Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi.  Or buy the book and a shirt. Music: Kevin MacLeod, David Fesilyan, Dan Henig. and/or Chris Haugen. Sponsors:  Dumb People with Terrible Ideas, History Obscura, Sambucol Want to start a podcast or need a better podcast host?  Get up to TWO months hosting for free from Libsyn with coupon code "moxie." In 2013, Canadian artist Gillian Genser started to feel sick and for two years, no doctor one could determine why.  Agitation, headaches, and vomiting gave way to hearing loss and memory problems.  Finally, Genser was diagnosed with heavy metal poisoning.  But she didn't sculpt or work with metal; she worked with seashells.  My name's… Art is beauty, art is life, art is what breathes magic into the mundane.  We've all seen the bumper sticker that say “without art, the Earth is eh.”  But what that pithy bit of sticky-backed vinyl doesn't tell you is that art is also absolutely fraught with danger and sometimes, art can be death, too.  topic voted on by Patreon   We opened with a sculptor, so let's start there.  It's also the most obvious one, to my mind, and I like to get obvious stuff out of the way so we can get to that sweet, sweet obscura.  If you've ever flown into Denver airport –perhaps to investigate for yourself the truly boggling number of conspiracy theories around it– you'd be hard-pressed to miss the 32 ft/9.7m tall blue fiberglass horse sculpture, complete with glowing red eyes.  Love it or hate it (and many people do), the statue officially called The Mustang but colloquially known as “Blucifer” is eye-catching.  And life-ending.   The man behind this now iconic piece was Luis Jiménez, who grew up working in his father's neon sign shop – Blucifer's glowing red eyes are actually a hat-tip to his father – wanted the piece to feel more blue-collar and less artsy.  The specific inspiration came from waking in the night to a noise in the living room, only to discover their blue Apolloosa horse had somehow gotten into the house.  An actually blue Apolloosa isn't as blue as Blucifer would be – that's a nod to the art of Jimenez's Latin-American forebears.    The enormous sculpture is made up of three pieces – the head, torso and hindquarter – in total weighing 4.5 tons.  The 65 year old Jimenez had just declared the head to be complete when a section being moved from his studio came loose and pinned him against a steel support, severing an artery in his leg, resulting in fatal exsanguination.  Blucifer had to be finished posthumously by his family, friends, and professional lowriders and racecar painters Richard LaVato and Camillo Nuñez.  I and we should really stop calling The Mustang “Blucifer,” btw the way.  Jimenez widow and executor of his estate Susan keeps an understandably close eye and firm hand on how The Mustang is used, refusing almost all requests to license the image.   Okay, sculpture is inherently dangerous.  Maybe we should stick to something safer, like painting.  C'mon, we're three minutes into the episode, you know that's a fake-out.  Ah, I could never put anything past you.  Paints have a long and storied history of being made out of things that are antithetical to good health and long life.  Ancient Romans and medieval monks alike used cinnabar for its rich red color, never knowing the dangers of preparing and working with what is actually mercury ore.  Similar problem with its replacement, vermillion, which can combine with elements in the air to form mercury chloride.  It's any wonder the moniker “mad monk” was still available when Rasputin came along.  Even the cadmium red that you can buy today is not without concern, as authorities in Sweden want to see it banned for contaminating the water supply from artists washing their brushes.  Fellow lovers of the macabre side of history will probably know about Scheele's Green, an extremely popular dye used in wallpaper, dress fabric, toys and even food.  Unfortunately for everyone caught up in this early 19th century fad, it got its vibrant color from an arsenic compound.  There are adherents to the theory that Scheele's Green wallpaper is what killed Napoleon Bonaparte in his exile-home on the island of Saint Helena.  As the wallpaper molded from humidity, it released arsenic into the air.  The more time Boney spent in bed, the sicker he got, and the more time he spent in bed.  Lather, rinse, repeat until you have a dead former emperor.   The grand-pappy of all paint problems is plumbum, aka lead.  If you've purchased a house, at least in the US, built before 1970-whatever, you got a written warning about the possibility of lead-based paint.  Lead in paint goes waaay back, like 4th century BCE way back, and the health risks to the artistic set have been known since the 1700s, though it would still take a century or two for people to connect the condition with the cause.  It's suspected that some of the great Western masters like Michelangelo, Caravaggio, and Goya suffered from some form of lead poisoning.  Lead poisoning was in a tie with syphillis for suspected causes of Caravaggio's death, until recent studies of his bones found he probably died of sepsis, having picked up staphylococcus from a sword wound, like you do.  Ah the good old days, when life was simple, everyone ate local, organic food, and you died at the ripe old age of minor injury.  At least, researchers are pretty sure the bones are his.  Sometimes science isn't an exact science.   The 1834 London Medical and Surgical Journal describes this “painter's colic” as sharp stomach pains occurring in patients with no other evidence of intestinal disease.  Learned types called it  saturnism, derives from the alchemic name for lead.  While typesetters, tinkers, and, as anyone who's learned five minutes of Roman history will attest, drinkers of leaded wine fell victim to saturnism, the disease was most widespread among those who worked with paint.  What do those long hours slaving away over a hot canvas get you?  Tell ‘em what they've won!  A “cadaverous-looking” pallor, tooth loss, fatigue, painful stomach aches, partial paralysis, and gout!   While you can't and shouldn't try to diagnose someone you've never examined(especially if you're, you know, not a doctor), there are those who firmly believe that the troubled Vincent van Gogh suffered as pitifully as he did in life because of lead poisoning.  He apparently had the habit of licking his paint brushes to get a fine tip, a technique that often carries a high cost.  It mightn't have been as unpleasant as it sounds to lick a brush that already has paint on it – lead has a sweet taste, hence its use in wine.  Others think Van Gogh might have suffered from epilepsy and bipolar disorder, but Julio Montes-Santiago, a Spanish internist who evaluated the existing evidence of lead poisoning among artists across five centuries for his paper in Progress in Brain Research, argues that lead poisoning likely contributed to his delusions and hallucinations.  Meanwhile, other scholars have disputed the lead poisoning hypothesis, arguing that the root of Van Gogh's distress was porphyria, malnutrition, absinthe abuse or some combination thereof.     The best evidence for lead poisoning among artists comes from the relatively recent case of, the 20th-century Brazilian painter Candido Portinari, creator of *massive murals.  Portinari used paints that were similar to those used by Van Gogh and was diagnosed with saturnism after bleeding in his stomach put him in the hospital in 1954.  His doctors strongly urged him to change to safer modern paints, but he dramatically complained, “They forbid me to live!”  He did try other media, but ultimately returned to his old paints, dying 8 years later.     You might think flat-out telling someone “that thing you make art with is literally killing you” would have some effect, but if you do, you don't know human beings very well.  We want what we want when we want it.  Combine that with how the slightest taste of success drives us headlong down our chosen path, and you have conditions ripe for disaster.  Don't think dangers are confined to visual arts, either.  Dance can be deadly too.   Problem one: the nature of dance costumes in general and ballet costumes specifically.  They're meant to be flowy and ephemeral, often meant to invoke a sense of otherworldliness, and therein lies the problem.  “If you imagine a sheet of newspaper and a hunk of wood, essentially, chemically, they are the same. But one will catch light way more quickly than the other,” says Martin Bide, a professor in the textiles, fashion merchandising, and design department at the University of Rhode Island.  “So if you have a very flimsy, flowing something that mixes well with air, it will burn quite readily.”    Problem two: the specific fabrics that were popular when spontaneous dancer combustion was an issue.  Bobbinet, cotton muslin, gauze, and tarlatan were all diaphanous materials that could be made more cheaply thanks to the machines of the industrial revolution, helping to make them more common on stage and off.  But their open weave also made them super flammable. They caught readily and burned *quickly.  So it was less like “Mais non, Lisette's tutu has caught fire.  Let us help her put it out.” and more like “Mon Dieu, Lisette– now I'm on fire too!”  In one instance in 1861, at least six ballet dancers died when they tried to help one dancer whose costume caught fire backstage. Sometimes entire theaters would burn down from a single piece of clothing catching.   Problem three: the lights.  We're talking about the era where candles were giving way to gas footlights, neither one of which is good to have sitting at the ankles of someone flitting about in a flowy dress.  Bonus fact: the term “to gaslight” may seem like it came out of nowhere five years ago, but it actually dates back to a play in 1938 called Gas Light, in which a husband messes with the lights in the house and tells his wife she's seeing things when she comments.   Perhaps the most famous case of this tragic accident was Emma Livry who made her Paris Opéra debut in 1858 at age 16.  She was a prodigy and immediately rose to great fame.  In 185*9, imperial decree demanded that all sets and costumes be flameproofed with the best method available at the time, carteronizing, treating the fabric with flame-retardant chemicals.  This would make them relatively safe.  But the ballerinas refused to use it.  Many refused to perform in costumes or tutus that had been treated, as the process left the fabric dingy-looking and stuffer.  “I insist, sir, on dancing at all first performances of the ballet in my ordinary ballet skirt,” Livry wrote to the Paris Opéra's director in 1860 in a formal declaration of independence.  This wasn't a point she'd be able to argue for too long.    On Nov. 15, 1862, Livry fluffed her skirts too close to a gas lamp and nearly instantly was engulfed in flames.  Another dancer and a fireman tried to save her as she ran frantically around, but by the time they smothered the flames with a blanket, she had suffered burns to 40% percent of her body.  The heat was so intense that her corset fused into her flesh.  She would die of sepsis while recovering.  Many dance scholars pinpoint Livry's demise as the end of France's dominant role in ballet, but it also inspired better safety measures: new designs for gas lamps, the invention of flame-retardant gauze and wet blankets hung in the wings just in case.    It wasn't only dancers whose lives were fraught with flames.  The fashions and materials of the time put all women of middling-and-higher socio-economic status in extraordinary danger.  In 1860, British medical journal the Lancet estimated that 3,000 women died by fire in a single year.  It wasn't just the fabric, but also the shape of the dresses that caused women's clothing to erupt in flames.  The popular silhouette in the 1850s was a giant bell shape, like Scarlett O'Hara in her curtain dress.  To get that voluminous shape, women used a cage crinoline, a contraption introduced in the 1850s generally made from hoops that were attached with tape and then fastened around the waist.  The crinoline allowed women to shed layers of petticoats they used to have to wear to get that shape, creating freedom of movement for their legs, as well as creating a boundary around them, letting them take up space in the world.  Unfortunately, this full skirt, and the air underneath it, created a funnel for fire, essentially a chimney, with you standing in the middle of it.   MIDROLL?   Lon Chaney, the first real horror movie star, was known as "The Man Of A Thousand Faces," and he earned it.  He was a pioneer in movie makeup, and in behind the scenes suffering.  For Chaney, the art of acting was the art of continual transformation, from pirate to Chinese shipwreck survivor, Russian revolution peasant to circus clown, to crusty railroad engineer to bell tower hunchback.  People used to joke, “Don't step on that spider! It might be Lon Chaney!”   In his efforts to bring his characters to screen with the greatest realism, Chaney employed painful techniques to distort and obscure his physical features, like a special harness to keep his legs bound tightly behind him to play a double amputation in The Penalty, which caused broken blood vessels.  His Quaisomodo costume didn't include the 70 or 90lb rubber hump of the urban legend, just a 20 pound hump made of plaster that he had to carry on one shoulder all day, but the role did cause permanent partial vision loss in one eye due to the putty and adhesive tape.   In a 1991 interview with Patsy Ruth Miller, The Hunchback of Notre Dame's Esmerelda, the actress conjectured that pain was part of Chaney's process. "I felt that he almost relished that pain," Miller said. "...It gave him that feeling he wanted to have of a tortured creature."  The Phantom of the Opera's wire-frame nasal appliance left him bleeding.  The primitive contact lenses he used to simulate blindness caused real damage to his eyes, necessitating glasses.   If I didn't list a role and its accompanying injury here specifically, it's safe to assume that it did some damage to his back or joints, either through weight, constriction or being twisted into an unnatural position for long periods of time.   In 1929, filming the movie Thunder, a piece of artificial snow lodged in his throat and worsened an already nasty infection.  Doctors took his tonsils out, but his throat continued to bother him.  Despite this, he filmed his first talkie, The Unholy Three, a film about three circus performers who decide to go into the crime business together, in 1930.  When filming was complete, he traveled to New York where it was discovered he had bronchial cancer, then came pneumonia and it was a sadly rapid deterioration until his death that August.   Now if I've told you once, I've told you a dozen times, correlation doesn't equal causation, so why do I mention a piece of fake snow in a way that clearly implies the snow is to blame for causing or at least hastening Chaney's death?  Because, while that fake snow *could have been  feathers, cotton, paper, gypsum or even instant potato flakes, right up until the end of the 1950's Hollywood's favorite fake snow… was asbestos.   Quick science lesson: Asbestos, once considered the “Magic Mineral” for its flexible fibers that are resistant to heat, electricity, and corrosion, was highly sought after in the early twentieth century. It made for the perfect fake snow on movie sets because it was water- and fireproof, lightweight, didn't melt, and was easy to handle.  But it was far from safe.  There is no safe level of exposure to asbestos, which causes deadly illnesses including mesothelioma and cancers of the lung, larynx, and ovaries.    In order to create winter scenes in many old Hollywood movies, film makers used pure white asbestos fibers to replicate the look of snow.  As the fake snow consisted of pure white asbestos fibers, it proved very dangerous when inhaled, which becomes extremely likely when you're dropping it from the rafters on people or blowing it around with industrial fans.  The use of asbestos was actually a suggestion from, I promise you you'll never guess, the LA fire department, as an alternative to the inherently flammable cotton being used at the time.  The asbestos snow had brand names like ‘White Magic', ‘Snow Drift' and ‘Pure White'.  And yes, it absolutely was used in The Wizard of Oz, though ironically it probably wouldn't make the top ten of awful things that happened to that cast, or even to Judy Garland alone.  Hearing about how the studio execs treated her would break your heart.   The biggest name you'd probably recognize who died from the asbestos related lung disease, mesothelioma was the king of cool, Steve McQueen.  He was diagnosed in 1979 and died in 1980, fully sure in his heart that stage insulation and stunt clothing he often wore, which were made of asbestos fibers, were responsible for his illness.  I could easily do a whole episode on accidentals on movie sets – I was a hormone-ravaged teenager when Brandon Lee died tragically on the set of The Crow (and I've wondered ever since if anyone would have seen or remembered the movie if it had gone off without a hitch).  And while sudden deaths fit the brief and you can read about several in the YBOF book chapter Lights, Curses, Action, I prefer the slow burn.   There are a lot of factors to consider when making a movie and choosing the right location to shoot a film is a pivotal decision.  You have to take into account things like lighting conditions, availability of utilities, and proximity to noisy things such as airports.  What you should not have to consider is the radiation level, but you should not ignore it either.  The producers of the film 1956 movie The Conqueror chose an area of Utah desert a hundred miles away from the Nevada Test Site.  (They also chose to cast John Wayne as Genghis Khan.)   Throughout the 1950's, approximately 100 nuclear bombs of varying intensities were detonated at the Nevada Test Site.  The mushroom clouds could reach tens of thousands of feet high; desert winds would carry radioactive particles all the way to Utah.  The area in which The Conqueror filmed was likely blanketed in this dust.   The Conqueror, co-starring Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, and Pedro Armendáriz, was a moderate box office success, but a critical failure and soon found itself on ‘worst films of all time' lists.  The true legacy of the film had yet to be revealed.  Of the 220 people who worked on the production, 92 developed some form of cancer, with 46 dying of it, including Wayne, Hayward, Moorehead, and Armendáriz.  The director, Dick Powell, died of lymphoma in 1963.  Wayne developed lung cancer and then the stomach cancer that would ultimately kill him in 1979.  Wayne would remain convinced that his chain-smoking was to blame for the cancers, even as friends tried to convince him it was from exposure to radiation.  Wayne's sons, who visited the set during filming and actually played with Geiger counters among the contaminated rocks, both developed tumors.  Susan Hayward died from brain cancer in 1975 at 57.   The authorities in 1954 had declared the area to be safe from radioactive fallout, even though abnormal levels of radiation were detected.  However, modern research has shown that the soil in some areas near the filming site would have remained radioactive for sixty years.  Howard Hughes, producer of The Conqueror, came to realize in the early 1970's that people who have been involved with the production were dying.   As the person who approved the filming location, Hughes felt culpable and paid $12 million to buy all existing copies of the film.  Though the link between the location and the cancers that cannot be definitely proven, experts argue that the preponderance of cases goes beyond mere coincidence.   And that's… Sculptor Gillian Genser used mussel shells in her work, sanding and grinding them, and they likely came from water contaminated with industrial waste.  After 15 years, she had built up high levels of arsenic and lead in her blood.  She will "never fully recover," in her own words, but she did complete her mussel-sculpture, a depiction of the biblical Adam, link in the show notes. 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Learn about the top-secret military Nevada Test Site and Area 51 which has been a mystery since its creation in the 1940s. We'll learn more about the aircraft tested there along with the crash at Roswell, New Mexico, and speculation about UFOs and extraterrestrials related to Area 51.

John Lear, (age 78) spent 43 years as a commercial pilot, and holds the most FAA Airman Certificates ever issued to a single pilot including Airline Transport Pilot, Flight Instructor, Ground Instructor, Flight Engineer, Navigator, Dispatcher, Aircraft Airframe Mechanic, Aircraft Powerplant Mechanic, Control Tower Operator, Parachute Rigger, and 23 Aircraft Type Ratings.Retired in 2001 with 19,600 hours having flown almost everywhere in the world except China, Russia and Antarctica. He flew over 100 combat missions for the CIA in Southeast Asia, held 17 world speed records in the Learjet set on May 26, 1966 and flew with 25 different passenger and cargo airlines. John raced a Douglas B-26 Invader medium bomber in the Reno National Air Races in 1968 and managed to pass one North American P-51 fighter.He is schooled in aircraft design, construction and accident investigation. John has been in 2 major aircraft crashes, the first on June 24, 1961 in a German Bucker Jungmann 131 and in a Brantly B-2 helicopter in May 16,1963. He was one of the youngest Americans to climb the Matterhorn in Zermatt, Switzerland on August 7, 1959. John studied Remote Viewing under Angela Thompson Smith and graduated from her Inner Vision Theory and Techniques July 11, 1997. He was schooled in regressive hypnosis and is also an MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration) Mining Inspector/Instructor.An avid yachtsman John campaigned his own Americas Cup 12-meter sloop out of Marina Del Rey, California and is the only person to have sailed a 70 ft. 12-meter sailboat in a single-handed race. He is a certified SCUBA diver and has explored underwater all over the world including the Red Sea, Pacific and Caribbean. John is a graduate of 4 disciplines of the American Pistol Institute Gunsite weapons center and trained directly under Jeff Cooper.In April of 1977 John penetrated the security of Area 51 and took the only pictures ever taken by a civilian of our Russian fighters in front of a hangar. In 1976 John flew on the same day as Captain on Egypt's National Air Sinai airline and Israel's national airline El Al on the same Boeing 707.He is a Senior Vice Commander of the American Legion Soldiers of Fortune China Post No.1 and a 38-year member of the Special Operations Association.He is the recipient of the Professional Air Traffic Control Association Award for Outstanding Airmanship displayed on September 25,1968. He was an Associate member of Roadrunners Internationale, and member of the Cold War Patriots (those who worked at the Nevada Test Site). He was a pilot with Continental Air Services, Inc., in Laos, Southeast Asia. He was shot down in Laos but was able to make it to a friendly strip with one engine out, a hole in the wing and fuel streaming into the cockpit. He is a recipient of a Congressional Record Tribute presented on August 2, 2007 and was awarded the International Order of the Knights Grand Cross of the Star of Asia for service in Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand between 1967 and 1973.John has 4 daughters and lives by himself in Las Vegas, Nevada. Disabled from a mining accident in 2008 John spends most of his time researching the mysteries of our universe and posting stories about his career on Facebook 01/11/2021 Karthik Sekar Ph.D On Why We Should Not Eat Meat Bio: Karthik Sekar, Ph.D is a trained scientist and engineer. He finished his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of North Carolina, his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University, and a postdoctoral position in Systems Biology at ETH Zurich. He currently works as a data scientist in the alternative food industry in the San Francisco Bay Area at Climax Foods. In his free time, Karthik enjoys hiking, cooking, meditating, and reading non-fiction.

Join us for the second installment of a multi-part series on the Nuclear West, an exploration of the anti-nuclear movement here in Nevada through its activists and advocates, on a new Soft Power Radio. We'll be speaking with Judy Treichel, Executive Director of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force, to get another perspective on Nevada's nuclear misadventures. Judy has been knee-deep in anti-nuclear organizing for 40 years, involved in everything from direct action to official lobbying and consultation. We'll hear where our strange nuke-ridden state has been and what kind of radioactivity the future may or may not hold.

Join us for the first installment of a multi-part series on the Nuclear West, an exploration of the anti-nuclear movement here in Nevada through its activists and advocates. We'll be speaking with Grace Potorti about the Nevada Test Site, the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, the Sierra Army Depot, and other dangerous government and military projects that Grace and other activists successfully opposed over the last several decades. The anti-nuclear movement stands out in the history of 20th-century activism for its diversity of tactics, its broad coalitions, and its many victories - Grace has been deeply involved in the movement for many, many years.

Photo:  This view of downtown Las Vegas shows a mushroom cloud in the background. Scenes such as this were typical during the 1950s. From 1951 to 1962, the government conducted 100 atmospheric tests at the nearby Nevada Test Site. The Allies recommend "No First Use"; & what is to be done?  Peter Huessy @hobeyoco. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.ft.com/content/8b96a60a-759b-4972-ae89-c8ffbb36878e https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202110/1237769.shtml

Lee Boyland earned a degree in nuclear engineering, then entered active duty as an officer in the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps. A graduate of the U.S. Navy's Explosive and Nuclear Ordnance Disposal Schools, Boyland was assigned to the Defense Atomic Support Agency in Albuquerque, NM. A member of DASA's Nuclear Emergency Team responsible for nuclear weapons accidents including rendering safe of armed nuclear warheads, he had access to the design details of every nuclear and thermonuclear warhead developed by the United States through the Mark 63 warhead. His duties took him to the Nevada Test Site on many occasions. After leaving the Army, he designed conventional and special ordnance, and later demilitarized chemical weapons at Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Tooele Army Depot. Mr. Boyland has detailed knowledge and understanding of advanced weapons systems. He made the transition from weapons to hazardous waste management by applying aerospace combustion technology to incineration of Agent Orange. He has worked for large companies, started a successful business, and bought and sold businesses for large companies. In addition to his novels, he has had many technical articles published, and is the author of a chapter in the Biohazards Management Handbook, and wrote the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Training Series marked by Fisher Scientific. He represented the U.S. as an engineer on a technology exchange team sent to China, October-November 2003. - www.leeboylandbooks.com*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Zone TV Channel Radio Feed (Free - No Subscription Required) - https://www.spreaker.com/show/xztv-the-x-zone-tv-show-audio The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com (Free)To contact Rob McConnell - misterx@xzoneradiotv.com

Lee Boyland earned a degree in nuclear engineering, then entered active duty as an officer in the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps. A graduate of the U.S. Navy's Explosive and Nuclear Ordnance Disposal Schools, Boyland was assigned to the Defense Atomic Support Agency in Albuquerque, NM. A member of DASA's Nuclear Emergency Team responsible for nuclear weapons accidents including rendering safe of armed nuclear warheads, he had access to the design details of every nuclear and thermonuclear warhead developed by the United States through the Mark 63 warhead. His duties took him to the Nevada Test Site on many occasions. After leaving the Army, he designed conventional and special ordnance, and later demilitarized chemical weapons at Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Tooele Army Depot. Mr. Boyland has detailed knowledge and understanding of advanced weapons systems. He made the transition from weapons to hazardous waste management by applying aerospace combustion technology to incineration of Agent Orange. He has worked for large companies, started a successful business, and bought and sold businesses for large companies. In addition to his novels, he has had many technical articles published, and is the author of a chapter in the Biohazards Management Handbook, and wrote the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Training Series marked by Fisher Scientific. He represented the U.S. as an engineer on a technology exchange team sent to China, October-November 2003. - www.leeboylandbooks.com *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Zone TV Channel Radio Feed (Free - No Subscription Required) - https://www.spreaker.com/show/xztv-the-x-zone-tv-show-audio The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com (Free) To contact Rob McConnell - misterx@xzoneradiotv.com

Lee Boyland earned a degree in nuclear engineering, then entered active duty as an officer in the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps. A graduate of the U.S. Navy's Explosive and Nuclear Ordnance Disposal Schools, Boyland was assigned to the Defense Atomic Support Agency in Albuquerque, NM. A member of DASA's Nuclear Emergency Team responsible for nuclear weapons accidents including rendering safe of armed nuclear warheads, he had access to the design details of every nuclear and thermonuclear warhead developed by the United States through the Mark 63 warhead. His duties took him to the Nevada Test Site on many occasions. After leaving the Army, he designed conventional and special ordnance, and later demilitarized chemical weapons at Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Tooele Army Depot. Mr. Boyland has detailed knowledge and understanding of advanced weapons systems. He made the transition from weapons to hazardous waste management by applying aerospace combustion technology to incineration of Agent Orange. He has worked for large companies, started a successful business, and bought and sold businesses for large companies. In addition to his novels, he has had many technical articles published, and is the author of a chapter in the Biohazards Management Handbook, and wrote the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Training Series marked by Fisher Scientific. He represented the U.S. as an engineer on a technology exchange team sent to China, October-November 2003. - www.leeboylandbooks.com *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Zone TV Channel Radio Feed (Free - No Subscription Required) - https://www.spreaker.com/show/xztv-the-x-zone-tv-show-audio The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com (Free) To contact Rob McConnell - misterx@xzoneradiotv.com

Lee Boyland earned a degree in nuclear engineering, then entered active duty as an officer in the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps. A graduate of the U.S. Navy's Explosive and Nuclear Ordnance Disposal Schools, Boyland was assigned to the Defense Atomic Support Agency in Albuquerque, NM. A member of DASA's Nuclear Emergency Team responsible for nuclear weapons accidents including rendering safe of armed nuclear warheads, he had access to the design details of every nuclear and thermonuclear warhead developed by the United States through the Mark 63 warhead. His duties took him to the Nevada Test Site on many occasions. After leaving the Army, he designed conventional and special ordnance, and later demilitarized chemical weapons at Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Tooele Army Depot. Mr. Boyland has detailed knowledge and understanding of advanced weapons systems. He made the transition from weapons to hazardous waste management by applying aerospace combustion technology to incineration of Agent Orange. He has worked for large companies, started a successful business, and bought and sold businesses for large companies. In addition to his novels, he has had many technical articles published, and is the author of a chapter in the Biohazards Management Handbook, and wrote the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Training Series marked by Fisher Scientific. He represented the U.S. as an engineer on a technology exchange team sent to China, October-November 2003. - www.leeboylandbooks.com*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Zone TV Channel Radio Feed (Free - No Subscription Required) - https://www.spreaker.com/show/xztv-the-x-zone-tv-show-audio The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com (Free)To contact Rob McConnell - misterx@xzoneradiotv.com

The nuclear craters in the Nevada Test Site were used to derive yield equations relating energy to crater size. These yield equations are used today to estimate the sizes of meteorites that impact the planets and moons of our solar system.

It's mushroom clouds over Hollywood in this episode, as we immerse ourselves in the tale of the 1956 making of “The Conqueror”, an 'historical' epic based on the life of Genghis Khan. Produced by Howard Hughes on the largest budget in RKO Studios' history, the picture starred A-list actors John Wayne and Susan Hayward, and was shot in beautiful Snow Canyon, Utah. That location happened to be right next door to the Nevada Proving Grounds, where an aggressive series of nuclear test detonations was ongoing; but is that really what caused the cancer deaths of a quarter of the cast and crew? Grab your Geiger counter and join us for a closer look into Snow Canyon, Operation Teapot, the magic of CinemaScope, and the production of what is possibly the worst movie ever made. Sources for this episode include: “Who Nuked the Duke?” by J W Law, 2014 'Screen: 'The Conqueror'; John Wayne Stars in Oriental 'Western'', A H Weiler for the New York Times, 1956 John Wayne's 1971 Playboy Interview Transcript 'The Children of John Wayne, Susan Hayward and Dick Powell Fear That Fallout Killed Their Parents', by K G Jackovich and M Sennet for People Magazine, 1980 Nevada Test Site Oral History Project 'Cancer Incidence in an Area of Radioactive Fallout Downwind From the Nevada Test Site' by C J Johnson, as published in JAMA, 1984 'Cancer Mortality and Radioactive Fallout in Southwestern Utah" by S G Machado, et al, as published in American Journal of Epidemiology, 1987

For every Star Wars, there's a hundred middling films and outright flops. Plus, hear about movie so unlucky, they may actually have been cursed, in a sample of the Your Brain On Facts audiobook. Read the full script.   Support the show. It's been quite a while since we got a review for the YBOF book.  Can you take a sec and let us know what you thought? Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email.  Music by David Fesliyan and Kevin McLeod   Making a movie is a difficult, time-consuming, and expensive propositions.  While some projects come together naturally, others seem to have tragedy, misfortune, and just plain bad luck heaped upon them.  Horror films are fertile ground for apparent curses and it a movie would be hard-pressed to seem more cursed than 1976's The Omen, the tale of an American diplomat who adopts a baby boy, ostensibly the Antichrist, and people around him begin dying.  Even Robert Munger, who came up with the concept for the film, began to feel uneasy during pre-production, telling producer Harvey Bernhard, “The devil's greatest single weapon is to be invisible, and you're going to take off his cloak of invisibility to millions of people.”  Releasing the movie on June 6, 1976, or as close as they could get to 666, probably did not help matters.   Gregory Peck has only recently agreed to take the role of the ambassador when his son shot and killed himself, leaving no suicide note.   Undeterred, or perhaps therapeutically focusing on his work, Peck flew to England to begin filming.  While flying through a storm over the Atlantic, Peck's plane was struck by lightning, causing an engine to catch fire and nearly causing them to crash into the ocean.  The film's other producer, Mace Neufeld, also had his plane struck by lightning.  Even after those long odds, that was not the end of their aerial adversity.  One of the first shots planned for the film was an aerial shot of London, to be shot from a rented plane. At the last minute, the rental company instead gave the original plane to a group of Japanese businessmen.  The curse did not seem to get that update, because that plane crashed, killing everyone on board.   One scene called for Peck to be attacked by “devil dogs,” in the form of a pack of Rottweilers.  The dogs were supposed to attack a heavily padded stuntman.  For reasons unknown, the dogs began to attack the stuntman in earnest, biting through the padding and ignoring their trainer's orders to stop.  Another animal-based scene saw the big cat wrangler mauled to death by a tiger.   As if being in a plane struck by lightning was not harrowing enough, the Hilton hotel Neufeld was staying at exploded.  Luckily, Neufeld was not there at the time.  Not to be deterred, the curse turned its sights to the restaurant were the producers and other film executives were going and it blew up, too.  Neufeld missed the explosion by minutes.  The actual perpetrator would turn out to be the Irish Republican Army and it was only Neufeld's dodgy luck that he was meant to be in both places.   Special effects consultant John Richardson created The Omen's unforgettable death scenes, including one in which a man is beheaded by a sheet of glass sailing off the top of a car.  Two weeks before the film was released, Richardson and his assistant, Liz Moore, were involved in a head-on collision.  Moore was killed, cut in half by the other vehicle's wheel.  Richardson opened his eyes after the collision a kilometer marker reading “Ommen 6,66,”  The closest town was Ommen, Netherlands, and the accident happened at kilometer 66.6.    The highest-grossing horror movie of all time (when adjusted for inflation) and the only horror movie to ever be nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture is 1973's The Exorcist.  In it, a young girl named Reagan, played by Linda Blair, is possessed by a demon and forced to commit horrible acts as two priests fight to save her.  The trouble started before filming even began, when the set caught fire, destroying everything except Regan's room.  The malefactor had talons, and black, beady eyes, and was a harbinger of disease--a pigeon had somehow gotten into a circuit box, which caused a short that caused the fire.  Reverend Thomas Bermingham, the technical advisor, was asked to exorcise the set, but he refused.   Both Blair and Ellen Burstyn, who played her mother, were badly injured during the shoot.  One scene has the demon violently throwing Reagan around on her bed.  The rig to do this broke during one take, injuring Blair's back.  Another scene called for the demon to throw Burstyn across the room and into a wall, which the crew achieved with a wire rig.  Director William Friedkin was unhappy with the first take and told the crewman operating the rig to use more force.  He did not warn Burstyn.  Her cry of alarm and pain in the film is genuine.  Colliding with the wall at speed injured her lower spine, leaving her in permanent pain.     They were comparatively lucky.  Actors Jack MacGowran and Vasiliki Maliaros, whose characters die in the movie, both died while it was in post-production.  At least four other people, including a night watchmen, died during filming.  Max Von Sydow's brother died on Sydow's first day on set.  Actress Mercedes McCambridge, who provided the voice of the demon Pazuzu, had to face her son murdering his wife and children before committing suicide.   Many believed that the physical copies of the film were cursed and that showing it was an open invitation to evil.  A church across the street from an Italian theater was struck by lightning during a showing.  One movie-goer was so frightened they passed out in the theater and broke their jaw falling into the seat in front of them.  They sued the filmmakers, claiming that subliminal messages in the film had caused them to faint.  Warner Brothers settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.  Not everything bad can be blamed on demons, though.  Regular old people sent thirteen year old Blair so many death threats that the studio had to provide her with bodyguards for six months after the movie came out.   Speaking of demonic possession, the 2012 movie The Possession centers on a young girl who falls under the control of a malevolent spirit that lives inside a cursed antique box. The story is based on an account of an allegedly haunted dybbuk box.  Even though director Sam Raimi would not let the dybbuk box's owner bring it anywhere near the set, strange and frightening things happened on set.  Lights exploded directly over people's heads, strange smells and cold air blew in from nowhere, and immediately after filming wrapped, all of the props were destroyed in a fire for which the first department could not determine the cause. Sometimes a movie's bad karma takes time to manifest and the misfortunes only crop up after the film had been released.   Horror classic Rosemary's Baby, released in the summer of 1968, was based on the premise that God is dead, but the Devil is alive and returning to earth with the aid of a cult.  The film's composer, 37 year old Krzysztof Komeda, fell off a rock ledge at a party that fall.  He lingered in a coma for four months before finally dying.  His death was quite similar to the way the witches rid themselves of a suspicious friend of the titular Rosemary.  The producer, William Castle, already suffering considerable stress from the amount of hate mail he had received about the film, was incapacitated with severe kidney stones.  While delirious in the hospital, he cried out, “Rosemary, for God's sake, drop the knife!”  Castle recovered his health, but never made a successful movie again.  Director Roman Polanski suffered no physical harm after the film.  The same could not be said for his heavily-pregnant wife, Sharon Tate.  She and four friends were brutally murdered by members of the cult known as the Manson Family, while Rosemary's Baby was still in theaters.  In his autobiography, Polanksi recalled he had had a “grotesque thought” the last time he saw his wife: “You will never see her again.” Conspiracy theorists and other non-traditional thinkers believe these events were set in motion by an elaborate Satanic plot, at the behest of the Beatles. Their White Album was written at an Indian meditation retreat, which the movie's star, Mia Farrow, attended.  The song title Helter Skelter was written in blood on a wall at the Tate murder, albeit misspelled.  A decade later, John Lennon was shot and killed across the street from the Dakota, where Rosemary's Baby had been filmed. 1982's Poltergeist tells the story of a family that is tormented by vengeful spirits because their new house was built over a graveyard with the bodies left in the ground.  When it came time for the prop department to source skeletons for the infamous scene with JoBeth Williams in the muddy pool, contrary to what one might expect, it was actually cheaper to buy real human skeletons than realistic plastic ones.  (They only told Williams about that afterwards.)  In a case of ‘life imitating art,' specifically with regards to disrespectful treatment of dead bodies, the cast seemed to be plagued by bad fortune.  The curse extended not only the original film, but to its sequels as well.  Shortly after Poltergeist was released, Dominique Dunne, who played the older sister, was strangled to death by her abusive ex-boyfriend, ending her career before it began. Heather O'Rourke, the adorable blonde girl who uttered the iconic line “They're heeere,” died during bowel obstruction surgery after suffering cardiac arrest and septic shock due to being misdiagnosed by her doctor.  She was only twelve years old.  Julian Beck of Poltergeist II: The Other Side died of stomach cancer before the film was released.  Will Sampson, also known for playing Chief in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, died the following year from complications of a heart-lung transplant.     Bonus fact: Some fans claim Poltergeist foretold O'Rourke's death.  There was a poster in the 1982 movie for Super Bowl XXII in 1988.  Heather O'Rourke was hospitalized the day of Super Bowl XXII and died the following day.  The game was played in San Diego, the city in which O'Rourke passed away.   Choosing the right location to shoot a film is a pivotal decision.  You have to take into account things like lighting conditions, availability of utilities, and proximity to noisy things such as airports.  What you should not have to consider is the radiation level, but you should not ignore it either.  The producers of the film 1956 movie The Conqueror chose an area of Utah desert a hundred miles away from the Nevada Test Site.  (They also chose to cast John Wayne as Genghis Khan.)   Throughout the 1950's, approximately 100 nuclear bombs of varying intensities were detonated at the Nevada Test Site.  The mushroom clouds could reach tens of thousands of feet high; desert winds would carry radioactive particles all the way to Utah.  The area in which The Conqueror filmed was likely blanketed in this dust.   The Conqueror, co-starring Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, and Pedro Armendáriz, was a moderate box office success, but a critical failure and soon found itself on ‘worst films of all time' lists.  The true legacy of the film had yet to be revealed.  Of the 220 people who worked on the production, 92 developed some form of cancer, with 46 dying of it, including Wayne, Hayward, Moorehead, and Armendáriz.  The director, Dick Powell, died of lymphoma in 1963.  Wayne developed lung cancer and then the stomach cancer that would ultimately kill him in 1979.  Wayne would remain convinced that his chain-smoking was to blame for the cancers, even as friends tried to convince him it was from exposure to radiation.  Wayne's sons, who visited the set during filming and actually played with Geiger counters among the contaminated rocks, both developed tumors.  Susan Hayward died from brain cancer in 1975 at 57.   The authorities in 1954 had declared the area to be safe from radioactive fallout, even though abnormal levels of radiation were detected.  However, modern research has shown that the soil in some areas near the filming site would have remained radioactive for sixty years.  Howard Hughes, producer of The Conqueror, came to realize in the early 1970's that people who have been involved with the production were dying.   As the person who approved the filming location, Hughes felt culpable and paid $12 million to buy all existing copies of the film.  Though the link between the location and the cancers that cannot be definitely proven, experts argue that the preponderance of cases goes beyond mere coincidence.   MIDROLL   My grandmother had a lovely cross-stitched sampler above her fireplace with a quote that I really took to heart and have carried with me through my life, “Everything happens for a reason.  Sometimes the reason is you're stupid and make bad decisions.”  … I wish my grandma had a sense of humor like that.  Every movie that fails does so for a reason.  Several, usually, a veritable swarm of failure bees, ready to sting the audience right in the brain and the studio right in its wallet.  And sometimes, that sting is fatal.  For the studio, I mean.  I don't know of any cases where someone died because the movie they were watching was so bad it killed them.  At least that gives Tommy Wiseau something to reach for.   Like we saw with the banking crisis, there is no such thing as ‘too big to fail' in Hollywood, either.  Take Eddie Murphy, for example.  He was already established for his roles in 48 Hrs and Trading places before 1984's Beverly Hills Cop.  [sfx axel f]  I'll risk the copyright strike, I don't care.  If Hollywood were a lady, she was throwing her panties at Murphy until around, let's call it 1995's Vampire in Brooklyn.  Since then, for every Shrek, there are three Norberts, or one Pluto Nash.  Did you see this fart bomb of a movie when it came out in 2002?  Yeah, neither did anyone else.  His first foray into live-action family comedies stank like a pair of armored trousers after the Hundred Years war.  The sci-fi comedy (and we use the term loosely) didn't receive one breath of praise, with everyone lambasting the script, humour, acting and visual effects.  And they dragged poor Rasario Dawson into it.  Its 4% rating on Rotten Tomatoes says it all, though the audience gave it 19%.  One of the biggest box-office flops ever, the movie had a $100 million production budget but earned only $7.1 million at theaters worldwide, meaning it lost a whopping $92.9 million.   Sometimes the likely cause for a movie's failure is staring us all right in the face, but it feels like no one talked about, even though we *alllll talked about it, the casting of Johnny Depp in the ‘are you sure there's nothing else in the bottom of this barrel' elephant in the room, 2013's The Lone Ranger.  Depp was joined by fellow Pirates of the Caribbean alums Gore Verbinski, Jerry Bruckheimer and the House of Mouse must have felt confident this wonder trio could bring home the gold.  Yeah, no.  The production ran into trouble, costs escalated and the whole thing was nearly shut down before it was completed.  When it finally hit cinema screens, The Lone Ranger was slammed by critics and shunned by audiences. [sfx it stinks]  But it did still manage to garner two Oscar nominations, for 'Visual Effects' and 'Makeup and Hairstyling.'  Must have been a light year.  The Lone Ranger lost almost Pluto Nash's production budget, being in the red by $98 million.   If you look at film losses as the ratio of budget to loss, you've got to tip your hat to  2016's Monster Trucks.  Paramount hoped to launch a franchise, because there is literally no other way to run a movie studio, but kids can be as fickle with their entertainment options as they are with the sides on their dinner plate.  The $125m CGI romp's opening barely scraped over $10 million at the box office, meaning a loss of $115 million.  If it needed to be said, this section is about films with wide releases and big ad budgets.  Projects from smaller producers have a riskier time with it.  When my (GRRM doc, five tickets at Byrd).   If you look up the lowest-grossing film of all time, you'll find a film that was mentioned in the scam health retreat episode To Your Health (Spa) (ep. 101), but it happened on purpose, from a certain point of view.  2006's Zyzzyx Road was shown once a day, at noon, for six days at Highland Park Village Theater in Dallas, Texas, in a movie theater rented by the producers for $1,000.  The filmmakers wanted a limited release.  They didn't want to release the film domestically until it underwent foreign distribution, buuut they had to do the domestic release to fulfill the U.S. release obligation required by the Screen Actors Guild for low-budget films.  Low-budget is actually quantified as those with budgets less than $2.5 million that are not meant to be direct-to-video.  That strategy made Zyzzyx Road the lowest-grossing film in history; officially, it earned a whopping box office tally of $30, from six patrons.  Unofficially, its opening weekend netted $20, after the leading man refunded two tickets to the movie's makeup artist and the friend she brought. Lots of films fail, happens every day, but some films fail so spectacularly, they take the whole studio down with them, sometimes nearly and sometimes very actually..  Students of movie history with a penchant for disasters know all about 1963's Cleopatra, starring disserviacably diva-ish Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The period epic had such a disjointed production that actors sometimes didn't know which scenes were being shot until they arrived on set that day.  With a budget swelling uncontrollably to $44 million, the largest at the time, equivalent to $392mil today, the movie faced a real uphill battle to break even, let alone turn a profit.  Movie tickets cost $.85 then and there was no home video market, so 20th Century Fox would have needed to have sold 56 million tickets to stay in the black.  Quick google, the population of the US was 190 million at the time, so...yeah, ain't gonna happen, Cap'n.  They were pretty much screwed.  Cleopatra holds the unique distinction of being the highest-grossing film that year that lost money.  Although the studio didn't fold, Fox was forced to sell off 300 acres of its lot and postpone other productions to avoid permanently closing its doors.  Cleopatra did eventually recoup its budget with foreign distribution, but 1964's historical epic The Fall of the Roman Empire wasn't so lucky.  Samuel Bronston Productions spent a fortune re-creating the 92,000-square meter Roman Forum that once served as the heart of the ancient city, in turn building Hollywood's largest ever outdoor set.  It had Sophia Loren in it, for gods sake.  Do you know what she looked like in 1964?!  Sadly, Fall of the Roman Empire only managed to earn back a quarter of its $19 million budget.  Just three months after its release, Bronston's own empire fell, into bankruptcy.   Speaking of big decisions at Fox, one of the people who greenlit Star Wars was Alan Ladd Jr, who left to form his own studio, Ladd Company.  For my British listeners, feel free to pause and imagine an all-lad movie studio, oi-oi, we'll wait.  The Ladd Company pursued ambitious projects like The Right Stuff, based on Tom Wolfe's book about the early days of the space program.  That was a big hit, wasn't it?  I never saw it, but it has good name recognition.  While critics sang its praises and it won four Oscars, The Right Stuff failed to find an audience at the box office.  The same thing happened with Twice Upon a Time, an animated feature executive produced by George Lucas, which did *not have good name recognition and when I do a Google image search, it doesn't look even 1% familiar.  Even though they still had Police Academy in the chute, the Ladd Company was forced to sell its assets to Warner Bros.   Speaking of name recognition, even films that are iconic these days bombed big time when they came out.  Try to imagine TV in December without every single channel running Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life at least twice.  Trivia fans, which should be every one here, already know that IAWL did not do well on release --a release in January, it's worth mentioning, which may have been part of the problem-- before lapsing into the public domain and being shown by every tv station needing content on the cheap.  Hell, there was a local station where I grew up in north-east PA that used a jingle of the phrase “IAWL” as their tagline.  The same thing ‘why would you even do that' release date misstep happened with Hocus Pocus, actually.  It was released originally in July, well before social media made loving Halloween a major personality trait, then Disney sat on the movie for over a year before putting it out on home video the next September.  Back to 1946, It's a Wonderful Life's disappointing performance was devastating for Capra, who had actually opened his own production studio, Liberty Films.  Capra and fellow filmmakers George Stevens and William Wyler were trying to free themselves from meddling from studio executives' meddling, but their professional freedom was short-lived.  With no track record, Liberty Films needed the film to get them to live up to Capra's usual standards of success.  It didn't, as we've established, and Capra was forced to sell Liberty to Paramount and work for someone else.   If you've been saying, I haven't heard of half of these people, how about Francis Ford Coppola?  Coppola shapes the landscape of 1970s cinema.  Ever hear of The Godfather, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now?  Yeah, thought so.  The '80s, however, not so much.  His first movie of the decade, One From the Heart, spent the majority of its high budget on pioneering visual techniques and a faithful recreation of Nevada's McCarran International Airport.  He's a details guy.  But fans of his earlier, dark, gritty, hyper-masculine work were left completely baffled when they sat down for a Coppola movie and found themselves in a candy-colored Vegas musical rom-com.   The film failed to pull in even a million dollars against its budget of $27mil.  Coppola's own studio, Zoetrope, never recovered from the financial loss.   Speaking of film legends who stumble headlong into bankruptcy, we present  for the consideration of several readers, Don Bluth.  Bluth left his job as an animator at Disney in 1979 to create the animation department for 20th Century Fox.  We're talking The Secret of N.I.M.H, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, and Bluth and crew at Fox Animation put those out while Disney delivered disappointing efforts like The Great Mouse Detective and Oliver and Company.   But Disney found its footing again with The Little Mermaid in 1989 and they've been unquestionably unstoppable ever since.  In 1997, Bluth released the critically acclaimed Anastasia; less than three years later, the studio was done.  In June 2000, Titan A.E. hit theaters, a lush, traditionally-animated movie with great character designs and solid casting and acting that flew through space and braved alien worlds.  It wasn't a bad movie.  For some reason, despite having a hysterically bad memory, I can still remember the chorus of the song from the big ‘let's do cool things with the ship' sequence.  Titan AE hit theaters, but not, ya know, hard.  Fox Animation spent $85 million on the film targeted at a teen audience, who are not a big enough segment of the broader animation-viewing market.  It earned $9 million on its opening weekend and the following *week, Fox announced it was closing the studio.  The writing had already been on the wall.  In December 1999, executives forced Bluth to lay off 80% of his animators after the box office bonanza that was the CGI Toy Story 2 led Fox execs to conclude that hand-drawn animation was on the way out.   Prior performance is no predictor of future success.  The Land Before Time didn't help Bluth with Titan AE, and not even the freaking Lord of the Rings trilogy, with its many Oscars, could save New Line Cinema.  From its creation in the 1970s and even after Warner Bros. bought a controlling stake, New Line Cinema was a mid-major movie studio that acted like an indie, taking chances on edgy, quirky movies like Pink Flamingos, Boogie Nights, and Mortal Kombat.  If you don't think MK belongs in those examples, the only video game movies had been Street Fighter, blargh, Double Dragon, yawn, and Super Mario Brothers, a veritable kick in the nards to be gamers and moviegoers.   Four years after The Return of the King ended the LOTR trilogy...eventually... New Line wanted another fantasy series cash cow, and it looked to The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman's first entry in the His Dark Materials trilogy.  New Line pumped $200 million on the project, more than it had spent on The Lord of the Rings.  To offset production costs, the company pre-sold the overseas rights, essentially getting an advance, meaning that when the film hit theaters outside of North America, they wouldn't see any more money.  That made profit virtually impossible... as did the film's relatively small $70 million domestic take.  Thus Warner Bros. absorbed New Line into its existing film production divisions, well, 10% of the studio.  The other 90% got sacked.   Sources: get ones from book https://www.triviagenius.com/5-movies-that-lost-the-most-money/XtY_ghx5DQAG1g4j https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/643698/movies-that-bankrupted-studios https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/86201/6-movies-ruined-their-studios https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a843659/expensive-movie-flops-bombs-box-office-failure-justice-league/ https://chillopedia.com/15-movies-that-killed-careers/  

Lee Boyland earned a degree in nuclear engineering, then entered active duty as an officer in the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps. A graduate of the U.S. Navy's Explosive and Nuclear Ordnance Disposal Schools, Boyland was assigned to the Defense Atomic Support Agency in Albuquerque, NM. A member of DASA's Nuclear Emergency Team responsible for nuclear weapons accidents including rendering safe of armed nuclear warheads, he had access to the design details of every nuclear and thermonuclear warhead developed by the United States through the Mark 63 warhead. His duties took him to the Nevada Test Site on many occasions. After leaving the Army, he designed conventional and special ordnance, and later demilitarized chemical weapons at Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Tooele Army Depot. Mr. Boyland has detailed knowledge and understanding of advanced weapons systems. He made the transition from weapons to hazardous waste management by applying aerospace combustion technology to incineration of Agent Orange. He has worked for large companies, started a successful business, and bought and sold businesses for large companies. In addition to his novels, he has had many technical articles published, and is the author of a chapter in the Biohazards Management Handbook, and wrote the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Training Series marked by Fisher Scientific. He represented the U.S. as an engineer on a technology exchange team sent to China, October-November 2003. - www.leeboylandbooks.com ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Lee Boyland earned a degree in nuclear engineering, then entered active duty as an officer in the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps. A graduate of the U.S. Navy's Explosive and Nuclear Ordnance Disposal Schools, Boyland was assigned to the Defense Atomic Support Agency in Albuquerque, NM. A member of DASA's Nuclear Emergency Team responsible for nuclear weapons accidents including rendering safe of armed nuclear warheads, he had access to the design details of every nuclear and thermonuclear warhead developed by the United States through the Mark 63 warhead. His duties took him to the Nevada Test Site on many occasions. After leaving the Army, he designed conventional and special ordnance, and later demilitarized chemical weapons at Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Tooele Army Depot. Mr. Boyland has detailed knowledge and understanding of advanced weapons systems. He made the transition from weapons to hazardous waste management by applying aerospace combustion technology to incineration of Agent Orange. He has worked for large companies, started a successful business, and bought and sold businesses for large companies. In addition to his novels, he has had many technical articles published, and is the author of a chapter in the Biohazards Management Handbook, and wrote the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Training Series marked by Fisher Scientific. He represented the U.S. as an engineer on a technology exchange team sent to China, October-November 2003. - www.leeboylandbooks.com ******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Lee Boyland earned a degree in nuclear engineering, then entered active duty as an officer in the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps. A graduate of the U.S. Navy's Explosive and Nuclear Ordnance Disposal Schools, Boyland was assigned to the Defense Atomic Support Agency in Albuquerque, NM. A member of DASA's Nuclear Emergency Team responsible for nuclear weapons accidents including rendering safe of armed nuclear warheads, he had access to the design details of every nuclear and thermonuclear warhead developed by the United States through the Mark 63 warhead. His duties took him to the Nevada Test Site on many occasions. After leaving the Army, he designed conventional and special ordnance, and later demilitarized chemical weapons at Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Tooele Army Depot. Mr. Boyland has detailed knowledge and understanding of advanced weapons systems. He made the transition from weapons to hazardous waste management by applying aerospace combustion technology to incineration of Agent Orange. He has worked for large companies, started a successful business, and bought and sold businesses for large companies. In addition to his novels, he has had many technical articles published, and is the author of a chapter in the Biohazards Management Handbook, and wrote the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Training Series marked by Fisher Scientific. He represented the U.S. as an engineer on a technology exchange team sent to China, October-November 2003. - www.leeboylandbooks.com ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Research into recycling of nuclear fuel was shut down by Jimmy Carter's administration in the anti-nuclear movement of the ‘70's. The work has largely remained sidelined due to the fact that Uranium is abundant and cheap and the spent fuel is easy to store safely on-site.  Opponents of nuclear power, however, have latched on to the long lifetime of hazardous radioactive waste as a reason to oppose new nuclear developments.  In light of this situation, and the amount of Uranium we will need in coming years to displace fossil fuels, it makes sense to revisit recycling. Mr. Thomas Dolan has an aviation degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and is a FAA Commercially instrument rated pilot. Mr. Dolan joined Nassau County Police Department (NCPD) in 1986 and accumulated over 25 years experience in law enforcement. Mr. Dolan formed and was the CEO of Homeland Security Aviation & Maritime Services, Inc. (HSA) in 2002 wtih a group of technical experts, addressing idenfitication and measurement of radiation sources in response to the needs of the emergency response community. Tom is a current member of American Nuclear Society. Steven Curtis holds a masters degree in Health Physics and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE), both from UNLV. He worked on the Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST) and radiation consequence management missions for Department of Energy (DOE)/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for 13 years, and was project manager in charge of the Aerial Measuring System (AMSr). Mr. Curtis held Battalion staff and Company Commander Positions as an officer in the Army and Nevada National Guard. He has supported National Security Technologies, LLC, as a consultant in support of the Nevada Test Site. He has worked with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) on several DHS Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) architecture projects. Steve is a current member and past President of the  American Nuclear Society - Nevada Section. Follow me on https://therationalview.podbean.com Talk to the experts at https://facebook.com/groups/therationalview Insta: @the_rational_view Twitter: @AlScottRational #therationalview #podcast #nuclearenergy #greenenergy #atomicenergy #nuclearreactors #netzeroneedsnuclear #recycling #nuclearwaste #SMRs 

Lee Boyland earned a degree in nuclear engineering, then entered active duty as an officer in the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps. A graduate of the U.S. Navy's Explosive and Nuclear Ordnance Disposal Schools, Boyland was assigned to the Defense Atomic Support Agency in Albuquerque, NM. A member of DASA's Nuclear Emergency Team responsible for nuclear weapons accidents including rendering safe of armed nuclear warheads, he had access to the design details of every nuclear and thermonuclear warhead developed by the United States through the Mark 63 warhead. His duties took him to the Nevada Test Site on many occasions. After leaving the Army, he designed conventional and special ordnance, and later demilitarized chemical weapons at Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Tooele Army Depot. Mr. Boyland has detailed knowledge and understanding of advanced weapons systems. He made the transition from weapons to hazardous waste management by applying aerospace combustion technology to incineration of Agent Orange. He has worked for large companies, started a successful business, and bought and sold businesses for large companies. In addition to his novels, he has had many technical articles published, and is the author of a chapter in the Biohazards Management Handbook, and wrote the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Training Series marked by Fisher Scientific. He represented the U.S. as an engineer on a technology exchange team sent to China, October-November 2003. - www.leeboylandbooks.comFor Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv.Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other!That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv

Loading nuclear weapons onto bombers, installing top secret Gatling Guns onto fighter jets, tracking down world renown scientists and convincing them to work at the Nevada Test Site, coordinating with the base commander about international spies, staffing the world's largest weapons incinerator and diving into deep underground cavernous drinking water reservoirs for inspections; these were all tasks of a typical days work for my father law-in David Stoeckle. In this episode, I interview David about his career with the government. Early in his career, he was a Air National Guard Sergeant where he worked inside “Bomb dumps” to install weapons onto aircraft before they took off to run missions. After his stent there, he became a HR specialist at the Nevada Test Site where he was responsible for recruiting and employing speciality scientists to work for the nuclear weapons research program. At the pinnacle of his career, he managed to reunite the top scientists from the World War II Manhattan Project to implement a nuclear weapons testing revamping program. After successfully executing this task, the Admiral awarded him with the “Award of Excellence for significant contribution to the Nuclear Weapons Program.” David then took his career to the military inhabited Johnston Atoll Island. With the worlds largest weapons incinerator complex at this island, he coordinated personal staffing to help keep the denuclearization of many of the world's nuclear arsenals on track. He also took his passion of scuba diving to work and he dove into fresh water distribution lines and reservoirs for inspections for the Las Vegas Water District. We also get to hear David's thoughts on the COVID pandemic, his skydiving adventure for his 70th birthday, and what he knows to be true in life. It doesn't get much better than this for exciting stories, detailed insights about top secret military research/weapons and some inspiring ways to live by. I really hope you enjoy this episode. Thanks for tuning in! Time Start agenda: 0:00:00- Introduction 0:05:36- What this podcast is about 0:09:26- David's Q/A section 0:26:57- Air National Guard 0:49:27- Nevada Test Site: Nuclear Weapons Research 1:08:01- Johnston Atoll: Nuclear Weapons Incinerators 1:24:39- Scuba diving inspections for drinking water pipes and reservoirs 1:41:34- Conclusion --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It's a little-known fact that just over 60 miles away from the glitz & glamour of the Las Vegas Strip, the United States Government used to test atomic weapons. Just as the Cold War with Russia was beginning to heat up, the US Department of Energy began testing nuclear bombs in the Nevada desert.  The blasts lit up the sky and the mushroom clouds could be seen for miles around - including from the rooftops of the hotels in downtown Vegas. But how did the nuclear age find its way to Las Vegas?  And what effect did it have on the city & its culture? If you want to learn more about nuclear testing in the United States, the Nevada Test Site and atomic culture & tourism, visit the official Sin City Stories website featuring photos, videos, in-depth stories and more!

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Rep. Ben McAdams joins Lee to discuss his recently passed amendment which barres future spending on nuclear weapons testing. And former Rep. Jim Matheson, whose father died from cancer after living downwind from the Nevada Test Site where atomic tests were conducted in the 50s and 60s, joins the conversation.  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

DEAD HAND RADIO is a podcast about the Cold War. It's history and the effects it had on our culture, technology and the future of our world. My guest for this episode of Dead Hand Radio is Joe Kent. Director of Education for the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. RUN TIME 2:00:00 The National Atomic Testing Museum (NATM) is a national science, history and educational institution that tells the story of America's nuclear weapons testing program at the Nevada Test Site. The museum's focus is to preserve, consolidate and make accessible to the public historical and archival records, films, photographs, testing and archeological artifacts associated with the Nevada Test Site. The museum offers public tours, educational programs, guest lectures, and book signings for the purpose of raising awareness of the Nevada Test Site and the nation's nuclear weapons testing program. Manhattan Project and the First Atomic Bombs June 1942 marks the beginning of the Manhattan Project. But prior to that a very important correspondence took place that led to the development of the program. July 16 1945 is a significant day in history. It was the day of the world's first atomic explosion. And we're coming up on the 75th anniversary of that date. August 1945 two more bombs were detonated, this time on civilian populated areas, resulting in massive casualties, and the surrender of the Japanese army which effectively ended the war in the Pacific. The Nevada Test Site The Nevada Test Site was Established 1951 and was host to 100 above ground and 828 underground nuclear tests were conducted between 1951 and 1992. I just found out that a distant relative of mine, Andrew Weiman worked for General Atomic at the test site and designed the high speed instrumentation necessary to measure the short-lived particles from underground nuclear tests. I was pretty excited to hear this and received a written account of some of his involvement with the test site. I haven't read this yet, but I'm very much looking forward to it. Leading to the end of the cold war a few significant dates should be mentioned. November 1989 Berlin Wall comes down December 1991 USSR Collapses October 2nd 1992 Moratorium on Nuclear Testing went into effect. What's the current state of the Nevada Test Site? DEAD HAND RADIO My goal is to examine these and other topics, and guide listeners and guests of the show, on a journey of mind expanding contemplation. To learn. To educate. To entertain and exchange ideas with those interested. So join me, and together we'll explore a fascinating period of history and examine some incredible advancements in weapons, technology, science, art and culture and discuss how all of it relates to the future of our world. If you or someone you know has knowledge about the cold war or any other topics we discuss on this program, please get in touch and let's talk. It could be a great conversation for a future episode and I'm especially interested to talk with anyone who has first hand knowledge of these topics. If you have questions or comments, drop me an email, or visit DeadHandRadio.com. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. DEAD HAND RADIO is part of the SIP Network. A group of high energy, positive minded individuals providing a resource for listeners with a variety of podcasts from entertainment and education, to motivation and inspiration for your daily routine. Visit SIPNET.US and learn more about these excellent podcasts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/andrewhall/message

Brand New Never Expiring LINK Join the fan chat on Discord! Link: https://discord.gg/ZzJSrGP Pilot's Rare Trip Around Area 51 Includes Pics Of Range Targets, Drone Bases, UFO Legends Link: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32951/pilots-rare-trip-around-area-51-includes-pics-of-range-targets-drone-bases-ufo-legends Our account and its accompanying gallery of private pilot Gabriel Zeifman's somewhat astonishing flight through the usually highly restricted Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), which includes shadowy bases like Area 51 and Tonopah Test Range Airport, and the Nevada Test Site, where hundreds of nuclear weapons were tested, drew fascination from readers all over the globe. Papoose Lake. Located just to the southwest of Area 51, this is the place where Bob Lazar claims of having reversed engineered flying saucers in the 1980s while working inside a camouflaged facility called S-4 that was built into the side of a mountain. The most impressive part of his route through the NTTR was the turn to the west, just south of the infamous impenetrable "box" of airspace that surrounds the clandestine flight test facility located at Groom Lake. This part of his flight took him directly over Papoose Lake and the hill that Lazar famously claimed had camouflaged hangar doors built into the side of it to hide from 1980s imaging satellite technology. Scientists Determine How an Outer Space Object Got Shaped Like a Blunt Link: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgez9x/scientists-determine-how-an-outer-space-object-got-shaped-like-a-blunt ʻOumuamua, the first interstellar object discovered in our solar system, was whittled into its elongated shape by stellar tides, scientists say. Two years ago, scientists found the first visitor from interstellar space ever spotted inside the solar system. The trajectory of the elongated object, named ʻOumuamua, showed that it originated in an unknown star system that must have ejected it a long time ago. Since then, debates have raged about the formation of this blunt-shaped traveler, including speculation that it is a UFO (note: it's not aliens). “A unified formation theory has yet to comprehensively link all ‘Oumuamua's puzzling characteristics,” said co-authors Yun Zhang, a planetary scientist at the National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Douglas Lin, an astronomer at UC Santa Cruz, in the study. In order to square all of these unusual features, Zhang and Lin ran high-resolution computer simulations of various celestial bodies—such as comets, debris, or even planets—approaching stars. The results predicted that a star about half the size of the Sun could shred large objects into these fragments, some of which would have even more elongated axis ratios than ʻOumuamua (perhaps more of a joint shape than a blunt shape). “Here we show by numerical simulations that ‘Oumuamua-like ISOs can be prolifically produced through extensive tidal fragmentation and ejected during close encounters of their volatile-rich parent bodies with their host stars,” the team added. Paper “Tidal fragmentation as the origin of 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua)” Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1065-8.epdf?referrer_access_token=IOIO8tP7jn82vnWAU6EbntRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PM8SIvfz037oRtmowzq7mMXrnpoYsX80ITGV98IJg8w6D9enlpN20AEvdEd8pOZB-TFki7UX5wMOKtMcZ1dmZ0gvQzqg8d9JOjmZ8n3-fXSC1uJ1TrKalfLCTeaw732sN-ikeFHQc6Jlysv9znh_e5Mg_-JrEVSBjzBg-e-H5NVBwBPr2ChnNn2BidAEczu0ONkhMAV08Ft-K0MVJ9Fm7Hatal_VPQ1ojQBiB9Zg9OSp1BG4S90SdpARw-GX3MLlP8N8IIVWfF9IYjThSpM8DE&tracking_referrer=www.vice.com The Mission NASA Doesn't Want to Postpone So far, the pandemic isn't stopping the space agency from moving forward with a historic SpaceX launch next month. Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/04/spacex-nasa-coronavirus-astronauts/609871/ As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the United States, SpaceX, on NASA's behalf, is preparing to launch astronauts from the shores of Florida, a first in American spaceflight history. The mission, bound for the International Space Station, is currently scheduled for mid-to-late May. NASA's administrator, Jim Bridenstine, recently acknowledged that the circumstances could eventually delay the launch, but at least for now, the agency is still pushing ahead. Like many other people across the country, most NASA employees are working from home for the foreseeable future. The pandemic has already led the agency to pause development on several programs, including a massive rocket meant to return people to the moon and a giant space telescope designed to be more powerful than Hubble. But the operation of the ISS, as well as the effort to supply it with astronauts, has been deemed “mission essential.” Boeing, the other company involved in this effort, is preparing for a do-over of an uncrewed test mission that went terribly wrong last year, and until that happens, SpaceX is the only American provider that NASA's got—and, aside from some final tests, it seems ready to go. Russia, meanwhile, has scaled back production of its Soyuz spacecraft, anticipating that the U.S. would soon stop buying seats. NASA would prefer not to buy more, anyway. Charlie Bolden, a retired astronaut and the NASA administrator under Barack Obama, supports the agency's decision to press ahead despite the circumstances; the sooner the U.S. ends its reliance on Russia, the better, he told me. Lori Garver, the former NASA deputy administrator under Obama, disagrees. Garver was a steadfast supporter of the program while at the agency—and remains one now—but she's surprised that her former employer is moving ahead with the mission next month. “The space community often considers themselves a different level of somewhat unique and special in not having to adhere to the same rules as others—because what they're doing is so important, it should still be done,” Garver said. “I will not be surprised if the public finds it not what they would view as ‘essential.'” I just think most people will say, ‘Well, people are dying here.'” Show Stuff Join the fan chat on Discord! Link: https://discord.gg/ZzJSrGP The Dark Horde Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-dark-horde The Dark Horde, LLC – http://www.thedarkhorde.com Twitter @DarkHorde or https://twitter.com/HordeDark Support the podcast and shop @ http://shopthedarkhorde.com UBR Truth Seekers Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/216706068856746 UFO Buster Radio: https://www.facebook.com/UFOBusterRadio YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggl8-aPBDo7wXJQ43TiluA To contact Manny: manny@ufobusterradio.com, or on Twitter @ufobusterradio Call the show anytime at (972) 290-1329 and leave us a message with your point of view, UFO sighting, and ghostly experiences or join the discussion on www.ufobusterradio.com For Skype Users: bosscrawler

Brand New Never Expiring LINK Join the fan chat on Discord! Link: https://discord.gg/ZzJSrGP Pilot's Rare Trip Around Area 51 Includes Pics Of Range Targets, Drone Bases, UFO Legends Link: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32951/pilots-rare-trip-around-area-51-includes-pics-of-range-targets-drone-bases-ufo-legends Our account and its accompanying gallery of private pilot Gabriel Zeifman's somewhat astonishing flight through the usually highly restricted Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), which includes shadowy bases like Area 51 and Tonopah Test Range Airport, and the Nevada Test Site, where hundreds of nuclear weapons were tested, drew fascination from readers all over the globe. Papoose Lake. Located just to the southwest of Area 51, this is the place where Bob Lazar claims of having reversed engineered flying saucers in the 1980s while working inside a camouflaged facility called S-4 that was built into the side of a mountain. The most impressive part of his route through the NTTR was the turn to the west, just south of the infamous impenetrable "box" of airspace that surrounds the clandestine flight test facility located at Groom Lake. This part of his flight took him directly over Papoose Lake and the hill that Lazar famously claimed had camouflaged hangar doors built into the side of it to hide from 1980s imaging satellite technology. Scientists Determine How an Outer Space Object Got Shaped Like a Blunt Link: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgez9x/scientists-determine-how-an-outer-space-object-got-shaped-like-a-blunt ʻOumuamua, the first interstellar object discovered in our solar system, was whittled into its elongated shape by stellar tides, scientists say. Two years ago, scientists found the first visitor from interstellar space ever spotted inside the solar system. The trajectory of the elongated object, named ʻOumuamua, showed that it originated in an unknown star system that must have ejected it a long time ago. Since then, debates have raged about the formation of this blunt-shaped traveler, including speculation that it is a UFO (note: it's not aliens). “A unified formation theory has yet to comprehensively link all ‘Oumuamua's puzzling characteristics,” said co-authors Yun Zhang, a planetary scientist at the National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Douglas Lin, an astronomer at UC Santa Cruz, in the study. In order to square all of these unusual features, Zhang and Lin ran high-resolution computer simulations of various celestial bodies—such as comets, debris, or even planets—approaching stars. The results predicted that a star about half the size of the Sun could shred large objects into these fragments, some of which would have even more elongated axis ratios than ʻOumuamua (perhaps more of a joint shape than a blunt shape). “Here we show by numerical simulations that ‘Oumuamua-like ISOs can be prolifically produced through extensive tidal fragmentation and ejected during close encounters of their volatile-rich parent bodies with their host stars,” the team added. Paper “Tidal fragmentation as the origin of 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua)” Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1065-8.epdf?referrer_access_token=IOIO8tP7jn82vnWAU6EbntRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PM8SIvfz037oRtmowzq7mMXrnpoYsX80ITGV98IJg8w6D9enlpN20AEvdEd8pOZB-TFki7UX5wMOKtMcZ1dmZ0gvQzqg8d9JOjmZ8n3-fXSC1uJ1TrKalfLCTeaw732sN-ikeFHQc6Jlysv9znh_e5Mg_-JrEVSBjzBg-e-H5NVBwBPr2ChnNn2BidAEczu0ONkhMAV08Ft-K0MVJ9Fm7Hatal_VPQ1ojQBiB9Zg9OSp1BG4S90SdpARw-GX3MLlP8N8IIVWfF9IYjThSpM8DE&tracking_referrer=www.vice.com The Mission NASA Doesn't Want to Postpone So far, the pandemic isn't stopping the space agency from moving forward with a historic SpaceX launch next month. Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/04/spacex-nasa-coronavirus-astronauts/609871/ As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the United States, SpaceX, on NASA's behalf, is preparing to launch astronauts from the shores of Florida, a first in American spaceflight history. The mission, bound for the International Space Station, is currently scheduled for mid-to-late May. NASA's administrator, Jim Bridenstine, recently acknowledged that the circumstances could eventually delay the launch, but at least for now, the agency is still pushing ahead. Like many other people across the country, most NASA employees are working from home for the foreseeable future. The pandemic has already led the agency to pause development on several programs, including a massive rocket meant to return people to the moon and a giant space telescope designed to be more powerful than Hubble. But the operation of the ISS, as well as the effort to supply it with astronauts, has been deemed “mission essential.” Boeing, the other company involved in this effort, is preparing for a do-over of an uncrewed test mission that went terribly wrong last year, and until that happens, SpaceX is the only American provider that NASA's got—and, aside from some final tests, it seems ready to go. Russia, meanwhile, has scaled back production of its Soyuz spacecraft, anticipating that the U.S. would soon stop buying seats. NASA would prefer not to buy more, anyway. Charlie Bolden, a retired astronaut and the NASA administrator under Barack Obama, supports the agency's decision to press ahead despite the circumstances; the sooner the U.S. ends its reliance on Russia, the better, he told me. Lori Garver, the former NASA deputy administrator under Obama, disagrees. Garver was a steadfast supporter of the program while at the agency—and remains one now—but she's surprised that her former employer is moving ahead with the mission next month. “The space community often considers themselves a different level of somewhat unique and special in not having to adhere to the same rules as others—because what they're doing is so important, it should still be done,” Garver said. “I will not be surprised if the public finds it not what they would view as ‘essential.'” I just think most people will say, ‘Well, people are dying here.'” Show Stuff Join the fan chat on Discord! Link: https://discord.gg/ZzJSrGP The Dark Horde Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-dark-horde The Dark Horde, LLC – http://www.thedarkhorde.com Twitter @DarkHorde or https://twitter.com/HordeDark Support the podcast and shop @ http://shopthedarkhorde.com UBR Truth Seekers Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/216706068856746 UFO Buster Radio: https://www.facebook.com/UFOBusterRadio YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggl8-aPBDo7wXJQ43TiluA To contact Manny: manny@ufobusterradio.com, or on Twitter @ufobusterradio Call the show anytime at (972) 290-1329 and leave us a message with your point of view, UFO sighting, and ghostly experiences or join the discussion on www.ufobusterradio.com For Skype Users: bosscrawler

The OnTrack Podcast welcomes Zaheer Ali, manager of safety, quality, and software product assurance for NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). Zaheer is a research physicist specializing in electron transport and nuclear radiation detection and has a background as a MEMS engineer. He co-founded the National Center for Nuclear Security while working at the US Department of Energy’s Nevada Test Site. Zaheer shares his wealth of experience with our listeners and offers some sage advice to Electrical Engineers as we move toward a more modular, degradable, interconnected world. Click here, to watch the video. Show Highlights Zaheer Abbas Ali is a research physicist by education and training, specializing in electron transport and nuclear radiation detection, but while pursuing his education, he also took a tremendous number of Electrical and Nuclear Engineering classes.  Zaheer has over 10,000 hours "in the fab" and spent part of his career consulting as a micro/nano device (MEMS) engineer. While working for the US Department of Energy’s Nevada Test Site, Zaheer co-founded the National Center for Nuclear Security. Zaheer also worked a two year assignment as Principal Investigator and Shot Director at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics of the University of Rochester.  Zaheer currently works as the Product Assurance Manager for SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, a project made possible through NASA’s partnership with the German Aerospace Center (also known as Deutsches Zentrum für Luft, or DLR).  We know what SOFIA stands for, but what is SOFIA exactly?SOFIA is a modified Boeing 747SP aircraft which carries a reflecting telescope into the stratosphere at 38,000-45,000 feet, putting is above the vast majority of our planet’s infrared-blocking atmosphere. This provides a means for astronomers to study our skies in ways that are simply not possible using ground-based telescopes.  SOFIA’s  ability to fly above the troposphere, gives it access to a vew which is unobstructed by water and aerosols, so transmission is 99.99%! Zaheer also works with USRA (University Space Research Association), the subcontractor to NASA AMES Research Center, which is located in Mountain View, California. At DesignCon, Zaheer’s discussion focused on his colleague’s work on SOFIA, in a talk titled ‘Microships in Space: How Device Design Enables Amazing Astronomy’. Zaheer also served on a panel at DesignCon, discussing ‘How Device Design can Drive Progress in Industry 4.0’. Zaheer’s advice to EEs is to, moving forward, focus on modularity and upgradeability on the hardware side—these are critical for the longevity of systems and capabilities, and he believes demand for these features from commercial and consumer spaces will only increase as time goes on.  Zaheer also notes the additional trend in which the number of IoT devices an average person interacts with on a daily basis will increase by an order of magnitude over the next 5-10 years, placing a huge emphasis on board and device design for IoT. Resources: Zaheer Linkedinwww.SOFIA.usra.eduHelium Hydride SOFIASOFIA reveals new view of Milky Waywww.AixiaGlobal.comwww.llnl.govwww.dhs.govNASA SpinoffArticle featuring Orbit Fab’s Space Gas StationIn God we trust, Everyone else, bring data.   See What's New in Altium Designer

Working as a geotechnical engineer, or any technical field requires a highly-trained skillset. Years of education and training is needed to prepare for a career in the STEM fields. However, the high-quality institutions that educate students in those fields are not always as focused on teaching them other skills that are beneficial in the workplace. There are ways to learn these skills, however, as this week’s guest knows well. Terre Nicholson is Principal Consultant at HD Geo, a consulting firm in New Zealand specializing in geotechnical engineering, contaminated land, and observation. Terre has more than 30 years of experience in project and environmental management. She has also served as Bureau Chief of the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection.  Terre earned her bachelor’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. There she worked as an engineer in training in Occupational Hygiene at the Nevada Test Site. She also received her diploma in Hazardous Materials Management at the University of California Davis.  What You’ll Hear On This Episode of When Science Speaks [01:06] Mark introduces his guest, Terre Nicholson [03:15] The differences of working in the United States and New Zealand [05:13] Effectively engaging stakeholders [08:42] Terre’s time as the Bureau Chief of the Nevada Division Environmental Protection [11:01] Terre shares a story from her experience in policymaking [19:50] The key to success is perseverance [23:38] When empathy is fake Connect with Terre Nicholson HD Geo LinkedIn for Terre Effectively engaging stakeholders as a scientist One of the most underrated skills for someone who works in STEM fields is communication. Technical fields are very focused on developing the skills inherent to a chosen field, and understandably so. But what are some of the possible ways to overcome this? What are some other, non-technical skills that professionals and students can learn to become better communicators? Terre has some great insight on this topic this week. One way Terre talks about to improve these areas is education. Terre took a class on risk communication. In that course, she learned that empathy is key. When communicating with someone it is helpful to imagine their point of view and understand that they are entitled to their opinion. Many people just don’t have complete knowledge and it is important to convey your point without making them feel stupid. Perseverance in the face of cancer In 2006 Terre was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent treatment and overcame it, but the cancer came back not long after that. But this time her breast cancer was diagnosed as stage four, which is terminal. There are drugs and treatments that are available, but for Terry, who lived in New Zealand, those drugs had an astronomical cost.  After a struggle with what to do and who to look to for help, Terre ended up working with the Breast Cancer Coalition. Terre found a sympathetic ear in Parliament and was able to speak at that governmental body. Terre and over 250 people marched on Parliament and she was able to share her story. As a result of her efforts, Terre’s petition has garnered over fifty thousand signatures.  Learn more about Terre Nicholson on this week’s episode of When Science Speaks. Connect With Mark and When Science Speaks http://WhenScienceSpeaks.com https://bayerstrategic.com/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/BayerStrategic On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bayer-Strategic-Consulting-206102993131329 On YouTube: http://bit.ly/BSConTV On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markdanielbayer/ On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bayerstrategic/ On Medium: https://medium.com/@markbayer17

Paiute scholar Kristen Simmons talks about the white terror that dispossessed Natives to create the state of Nevada w/ settler militias, the Bundys, the Nevada Test Site, Las Vegas, & mass shooters. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

“I had the feeling that it wasn’t good. I didn’t know just being a child, [but] I thought ‘why would they do that? Why would they send things up in the air?” These are the memories of Bonnie Deem, who lived through the era of nuclear testing in the 1950s. Her story, along with many others, is archived at the University of Utah, in a project called “Downwinders of Utah.” Through oral histories and interactive data, the archive documents the fallout – in all forms of the word – of nuclear radiation across the state. Learn more on today’s news. [Photo: A 14-kiloton atomic explosion, from a 1951 US nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site. J. Willard Marriott Library/University of Utah]

Peter W. Merlin is an aerospace historian who has been researching the history of Area 51 since 1984 and has written numerous articles on the subject. He has also appeared on such television programs as Modern Marvels, Mystery Hunters, Man-Moment-Machine, Inside Area 51, UFO: Down To Earth, Return to Area 51, Atomic Journeys, UFO Hunters, MysteryQuest, and others. As a freelance writer Merlin has published articles in a variety of periodicals, covering subjects from aerospace history to nuclear weapon accidents. He is the author of Mach 3+: NASA/USAF YF-12 Flight Research, 1969-1979 (NASA, 2001), From Archangel to Senior Crown - Design and Development of the Blackbird (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2008), Ikhana Unmanned Aircraft System Western States Fire Missions (NASA, 2009), "The Evolution of Remotely Piloted Research Vehicles," NASA's Contributions to Aeronautics, Vol. 2, edited by Dr. Richard P. Hallion (NASA, 2010), and X-Plane Crashes - Exploring Experimental, Rocket Plane and Spycraft Incidents, Accidents and Crash Sites, with Tony Moore (Specialty Press, 2008). He also co-authored Donald L. Mallick's autobiography, The Smell of Kerosene: A Test Pilot's Odyssey (NASA, 2003). As a founding member of the X-Hunters Aerospace Archeology Team, he also specializes in recovering historic aircraft artifacts from crash sites in the southwestern United States, especially from the areas surrounding Edwards Air Force Base, California, and Groom Lake, Nevada. He has visited over 100 aircraft wrecks including the X-1A, X-2, X-15, XP-80A, XB-51, XB-70, N-9M, YB-49, U-2, A-12, YF-12A, and SR-71. Merlin was born in Hollywood, California. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Studies from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Merlin is a member of the Flight Test Historical Foundation, Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation, National Atomic Museum Foundation, Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame, and is an Associate Member of Roadrunners Internationale. He spends much of his time exploring the southwestern United States in search of ghost towns, mines, caves, prehistoric ruins and rock art, nuclear test sites, abandoned missile silos, fossils, and interesting natural features. He has also journeyed to the mountains of Baja California, Mexico, and the Tassili N'Ajjer plateau region of the central Sahara Desert in Algeria to photograph prehistoric cave paintings. Merlin occasionally lectures on aerospace history and prehistoric archeology. Peter W. Merlin's Website http://www.dreamlandresort.com/team/peter.html Peter's Books on Amazon.com   You can find my website at  www.myalienlifepodcast.com and our latest downloads are always at iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher at podbean.com and everywhere else fine podcasts are found…...and please follow me and like me on Facebook and Twitter... "my alien life" is written and produced for broadcast at Studio 254 in the Northern Rocky Mountains..      The music you've heard tonight is produced and created by ELEON. ELEON is changing the face of New Age with what can only be describes as "Epic Chill" on Heart Dance Record's first Electronic release. You can find all ELEON’s work online at HEART DANCE records, Facebook...   Thank YOU for listening to tonight's amazing podcast. I am Cameron Brauer and this is my alien life!

Mark Boslough is a Caltech-trained physicist and CSI Fellow who spent 34 years at Sandia National Laboratories doing research on hypervelocity impacts, energetic materials, explosions, and global risk from asteroid impacts and climate change. He has participated in many science documentaries with field expeditions to airburst locations including the Libyan Desert of Egypt in 2006, Tunguska in 2008, Chelyabinsk in 2013, and the Nevada Test Site in 2017.  Underdown sits down with Boslough to refute the ridiculous beliefs over climate change and what we can do now to counter the Earth's warming. They also spend time speaking about the impact asteroids have had on the Earth and clearing up definitions between asteroids and meteoroids, and comets. New music heard on this episode "Wahre" by Blue Dot Sessions / CC BY-NC 4.0 "SuzyB" by Blue Dot Sessions / CC BY-NC 4.0   Receive alerts on new episodes and special updates by signing up for the Point of Inquiry email newsletter.

success story with Eugene Hunt this is a great discussion with an amazing man, an inspiration to so many people in The CrossFit Combine and SHT community, Eugene Hunt, or as we like to call him Gene the Machine. scroll down for recommended reading and resources associated with this episode. subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Overcast | Google Play  below we have a little write-up, written in Gene's own words :⁠)   Gene's brief bio. I’m a local product of Henderson, Nevada born and raised. Graduated Basic High School in 1972. Yes, I am 65. Graduated twice from UNLV with a BS in Engineering and an MBA. Started work in 1981 at the Nevada Test Site with EG&G (diagnostic field engineer) and now Mission Support and Test Services as a Manager of scientific personnel. Married with four adult kids.   The good stuff – Getting back into shape. I have been active most of my life. But there were times that this was not so. In my 50’s battling a series of injuries including my heart, feet, hands, back, knee and shoulders. The back was damaged hitting a tree skiing. I don’t recommend doing that. Operations for ACL replacement, surgeries on feet, hand and my heart. I’m 6’3” tall and during this time my weight reached 235 lbs. Following heart surgery for Atrial Fibrillation my doctor said I give you one year to bring your high blood pressure under control. That was 6 years ago at age 59. One day on travel I went to the hotel workout room began walking on a treadmill and doing some weights. I started to reduce caloric intake (small lunches with little carbs) and began working out at home. More walking and weights. Over the course of 18 months, I lost 35 lbs. I thought I was in good shape. Lots of ups and downs throughout that process.   Then came CrossFit and SHT. I received a one-month free membership to The CrossFit Combine and after the elements class, I took my first real CrossFit class with the 5 am Guinea Pig Crew.  It was something with thrusters - OMG I nearly throw-up. I have been going ever since. I continued with CrossFit, and eventually ended up coming across the SHT, and finally learned how to eat the right way, in a way that makes sense.  CrossFit along with better eating practices (what to eat, when to eat, how to eat), my weight is now under 180lbs.   How I am TODAY. The daily support and encouragement I get from the Combine coaches (Ryne, Paul, John, and Colby) and the SHT program (Paul), including the constant information and support from programs, seminars, emails, and posts,  has given me so much positive physical and mental energy. I’m in the best shape both physically and mentally in my life. I'm in the best health of my life.  I want to say thank you and encourage each and everyone to continue your journey for better health. Don’t beat yourself up always praise yourself life is not easy its meant to be enjoyed.   Beneficial changes: clarity. happiness. consistent bowel movements, stronger digestion. stronger and fitter than ever. bloodwork continues to improve. blood pressure is better than ever. know how to eat. know how to do a daily process.   we love Gene the Machine.   resources and links: the book Wheat Belly that we recommend many people read. The CrossFit Combine. the SHT and the SHT membership. SHT programs and classes.

In Episode 18 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg looks back at the Nevada-Semipalatinsk movement of the closing years of the Cold War, when the Western Shoshone people, whose traditional lands were being contaminated by the nuclear blasts at the US government's Nevada Test Site, made common cause with the Kazakh people of Central Asia who opposed Soviet nuclear testing at the Semipalatinsk site. Kazakh activists travelled to Nevada to join protests at the Test Site, while Western Shoshone leaders travelled to Kazakhstan to join protests at Semipalatinsk. This initiative eventually evolved into the Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, which as recently as 2016 held an International Conference on Building a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World in Astana, Kazakhstan, again attended by Western Shoshone leaders. The story of indigenous peoples impacted by nuclear testing on their usurped lands has come to us from several places around the world, including the French test site at Gerboise Bleue in Algeria -- known to the local Tuareg nomads as Tanezrouft. Other examples are the Chinese test site at Lop Nur, on lands of the Uighur people in Xinjiang, and British testing on Aboriginal lands at Maralinga, in the Australian outback. The Nevada-Semipalatinsk movement provides an inspiring example of indigenous peoples and their supporters building solidarity across hostile international borders and superpower influence spheres. Listen on SoundCloud, and support our podcast via Patreon. Music: Kazakh Folk Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ-IjHVhbTo Production by Chris Rywalt We are asking listeners to donate just $1 per episode via Patreon. A total of $30 per episode would cover our costs for engineering and producing. We are currently up to $15. https://www.patreon.com/countervortex New episodes will be produced every two weeks. We need your support.

It's da bomb. Shan and Jaybee launch into the nuclear age, learning all about the Nevada Test Site and the development of radioactive technology, and how it relates to a host of irradiated mannequins of the National Museum of Atomic Testing. Learn about all the weird ways people used to ingest radium! Atomize Vegans! Bleeding earballs! And the tragic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the powerful design of the Hiroshima Peace Pavilion.  It's a party mix of laughter, deep, deep horror, and sadness, on this week's Curio.   Resources:  http://www.westmuse.org/sites/westmuse.org/files/documents/WMA2014/Sessions/WMA2014_CollectionsThatKill-Notes.pdf   https://www.archaeology.org/issues/152-1411/features/2594-united-states-atomic-age-doom-town   http://time.com/3675016/nevada-a-bomb-test/ http://www.businessinsider.com/operation-doorstep-photos-2016-3#this-group-of-mannequins-is-hiding-under-the-stairs-in-a-basement-likely-to-test-if-this-was-an-effective-strategy-6   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/sep/21/building-the-atom-bomb-the-full-story-of-the-nevada-test-site   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Test_Site#Areas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury,_Nevada   http://www.dark-tourism.com/index.php/15-countries/individual-chapters/758-nevada-nuclear-test-site https://www.globalzero.org/blog/how-many-nukes-would-it-take-render-earth-uninhabitable   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_technology   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irradiated_mail   https://www.mirion.com/introduction-to-radiation-safety/the-history-of-radiation/   http://mentalfloss.com/article/12732/9-ways-people-used-radium-we-understood-risks   https://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-08/healthy-glow-drink-radiation   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18940506   https://geoscience.ucalgary.ca/tamaratt-chair/files/tamaratt-chair/death-by-numbers_the-mysterious-illness-of-the-dial-painters.pdf   https://www.news-medical.net/health/Radiation-Poisoning-History.aspx   http://nationalatomictestingmuseum.org/   https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/many-nukes-world-could-destroy/   https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170422/p2a/00m/0na/010000c

The United States conducted its last nuclear test on September 23, 1992 at the Nevada Test Site, just 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. By official count, more than one thousand tests were performed between 1945 and 1992. History depicts these tests as having taken place in the center of a vast, uninhabited plain. But as explosions filled the skyline and ashen fallout settled over the land like a dusting of snow, people who lived downwind were often exposed to radiation and radioactive debris. We’ve since heard about the scientists, government employees, homesteaders, and ranchers. In the shadows, there's another pocket of victims… Have you ever heard of the forgotten downwinders? DOWNLOAD NOW Credit: This episode would not have been possible without the relentless dedication and advocacy of Ian Zabarte, Principal Man for the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation, secretary of the Native American Action Council, and a member of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Yucca Mountain Licensing Support Network, Advisory Review Panel. I also want to give a special thanks to author and historian Sarah Alisabeth Fox. Sources: Downwind: A People’s History of the Nuclear West; Sarah Alisabeth Fox; Bison Books, November 2014. The Tainted Desert: Environmental and Social Ruin in the American West; Valerie L. Kuletz; Routledge; April 29, 2016. The Light of Trinity; Wellerstein, Alex; The New Yorker; July 16, 2015. Nuclear Testing and Natives People; Patricia George and Abel Russ; Reimagine; Retrieved April 2018. History; Atomic Heritage Foundation; Retrieved April 2018. The Sale of Yucca Mountain Was an Attack; Ian Zabarte; Indian Country Today; October 2, 2015. Native Americans Bear the Nuclear Burden; Andreas Knudsen; Republic of Lakotah; April 20, 2010. Nuclear Risk Management for Native Communities; George Perkins Marsh Institute; Clark University; Retrieved March 2018. Downwinders: Survivors losing hope of compensation; Hubble Ray Smith; DailyMiner; January 17, 2018. US nuclear tests killed far more civilians than we knew; Tim Fernholz; Quartz; December 21, 2017. Survivors of America’s first atomic bomb test want their place in history; Kelsey D. Atherton; Popular Science; May 1, 2017. American Indians accuse NRC of ‘environmental racism’; Keith Rogers; Las Vegas Review-Journal; September 26, 2015. A Soil Contamination Survey of Timbisha Shoshone Tribal Lands Within Close Proximity to the Nevada Test Site; Bobb, Bonnie Dr.; Clark University; Retrieved March 2018. In the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud: Nuclear Testing, Radioactive Fallout and Damage to U.S. Agriculture; Meyers, Keith; September 1, 2017.

Gene, Chris and guest cohost J. Randall Murphy present an exclusive interview with former Air Force intelligence agent Rick Doty, long regarded as one of the more controversial figures in UFO research. What about the claims that he was a government disinformation agent, that he may have been responsible for forging such documents as MJ-12? What about his efforts to feed fake information about alleged alien visitors to one Paul Bennewitz in the 1980s? This will be a forthright interview that covers lots of topics and leaves you wanting more. Richard served his country in the US Air Force and was hired by the Air Force Office of Special Investigation after attending an intelligence course taught by the DIA and CIA. He served at Kirtland AFB as a counterintelligence officer snd also saw duty at Nevada Test Site, Air Force Test Center, Detachment 3 and Groom Lake, Nevada.

This week, Ira spoke with Ernie Williams. Ernie Williams started working at the Nevada Test Site in the 1950s and has an encyclopedic knowledge of its history and operations. http://www.nnss.gov http://www.nationalatomictestingmuseum.org

To learn more about Butterflies of Wisdom visit http://butterfliesofwisdom.weebly.com/. Be sure to FOLLOW this program https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wins-women-of-wisdom/id1060801905. To find out how Win walk and about Ekso go to http://www.bridgingbionics.org/, or email Amanda Boxtel at amanda@bridgingbionics.org.   On Butterflies of Wisdom today, Best-Selling Author, Win Kelly Charles and Juan Carlos Gill welcomes Michael Sage Hider. Michael obtained a BS degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, an MA degree in Philosophy from the University of Toledo, and a Juris Doctor degree from Santa Clara University. He also pursued studies at Ohio State University, San Jose State University, and Stanford University. As a United States Air Force Officer, he conducted hypervelocity impact studies at Eglin Air Force Base and was involved in underground nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site. After being honorably discharged from the Air Force, he took employment with Fairchild Semiconductor as a silicon crystal growing engineer. Hider then moved to employment with Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. as an aerospace engineer developing heat-resistant materials for Trident submarine missile reentry bodies. While at Lockheed he coauthored a widely accepted technical paper entitled The Protection of Beryllium in a Salt-Moist Environment. Hider left engineering for a career in law. He was a trial attorney for eleven years in Merced County California, where he then ran for and was elected Superior Court Judge. During his several terms as Presiding Judge, he presided over a Master Calendar that included civil, criminal, probate, and juvenile cases. After seventeen years, he retired from the Merced County Superior Court Bench and moved to Southern California. However, as he is fond of saying, “his body rejected retirement.” He now sits on the Riverside County Superior Court Bench, working three days per week as a Mandatory Settlement Conference Judge. In 2010, the Southwest Riverside County Bar Association selected him as Judicial Officer of the Year. Hider has taught courses in science, philosophy, and/or law at Merced Community College, Chapman College, and the University of San Francisco Master’s Program. He and his wife, Eileen, have four children, two daughters-in-law, a son-in-law, and the nine most wonderful grandchildren anyone could possibly have! To learn more about Michael visit http://michaelhider.tateauthor.com/. To learn more about Win Kelly Charles visit https://wincharles.wix.com/win-charles. Please send feedback to Win by email her atwinwwow@gmail.com, or go to http://survey.libsyn.com/winwisdom and http://survey.libsyn.com/thebutterfly. To be on the show please fill out the intake at http://bit.ly/1MLJSLG. To look at our sponsorships go to http://www.educents.com/daily-deals#wwow. To learn about the magic of Siri go to https://www.udemy.com/writing-a-book-using-siri/?utm_campaign=email&utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email. If you want to donate Butterflies of Wisdom, please send a PayPal donation to aspenrosearts@gmail.com. Please send a check in the mail so 100% goes to Bridging Bionics Foundation.    In the Memo section have people write: In honor of Win Charles.    Send to:  Bridging Bionics Foundation  PO Box 3767 Basalt, CO 81621  

Today on the podcast we "celebrate" the anniversary of "Operation Quicksilver", one of many test explosions conducted in the desert of Nevada as early as 1951. What was the true purpose of these tests? What are the long-term effects? How many Miss Atomic's were there? Well... Let's find out! Get exclusive content and rewards by supporting us as a Patreon here - www.patreon.com/nhpodcast SUBSCRIBE NOW!!! ITunes - apple.co/1OEAkRg Stitcher - bit.ly/1COaXvi Soundcloud - bit.ly/1LFXwwb YouTube - bit.ly/1QrccFO

DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE - God and Satan THIS DAY IN HISTORY* 1930 - Pluto discovered* 1954 - The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles* 1955 - Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series* 2011 - Green River serial killer pleads guilty to 49th murder SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY* It's all about the waves, man POLITICS AND RELIGION* State legislative update   - Idaho: Faith healing exemption for medical neglect   - Idaho: Bible in schools   - Idaho: Science standards rejected   - Mississippi: Bill to allow teachers to promote creationism | Via Raw Story   - Arizona: Right to know act* Rabbi booted from AZ town council meeting after complaining | via Raw Story* Scalia has died* Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation has ended* Pastor Resigns after woman comes public with affair FEEDBACK* @HuckelberryLady via Twitter* @heathenmother via Twitter* Tyler via Facebook* Thadius Loar via Facebook* Chris Reed via Facebook* Justin Canine via Facebook* Travis Megee via Facebook New iTunes Reivews* Reb-ox* travlyn Email us at contact@atheistnomads.com or call us at (541) 203-0666. SUPPORTERS New patron - Al from South Carolina This episode is brought to you by: Nuclear Sponsor - US$20.00 - US$35.00 per month* Russ from the Kitsap Atheists & Agnostics* Travis Megee* Frank* Darryl GoossenPlatinum Sponsor - US$8.00 - US$19.00 per month* Virginia Dawn* Paul Burkey* BT Motley* George* Hugh Mann* Robert Ray from the Humanists of the North Puget Sound* AlexGold Sponsor - US$4.00 - US$7.00 per month* Mark* The Flying Skeptic* Renee Davis-Pelt* Mike Price* LaTonya* Duncan* Jaded Zappa* Will* Henry* AlanBronze Sponsor - < US$4.00 per month* Mark* Peter* Heather* Shawn* Al from South Carolina * Archway Hosting provides full featured web hosting for a fraction of the cost of traditional shared hosting. You get all the benefits of shared hosting, without the sticker shock or extra fees. Check them out at archwayhosting.com. You can find us online at www.atheistnomads.com, follow us on Twitter @AtheistNomads, like us on Facebook, email us at contact@atheistnomads.com, and leave us a voice mail message at (541) 203-0666. Theme music is provided by Sturdy Fred.

DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE - God and Satan THIS DAY IN HISTORY* 1930 - Pluto discovered* 1954 - The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles* 1955 - Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series* 2011 - Green River serial killer pleads guilty to 49th murder SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY* It’s all about the waves, man POLITICS AND RELIGION* State legislative update   - Idaho: Faith healing exemption for medical neglect   - Idaho: Bible in schools   - Idaho: Science standards rejected   - Mississippi: Bill to allow teachers to promote creationism | Via Raw Story   - Arizona: Right to know act* Rabbi booted from AZ town council meeting after complaining | via Raw Story* Scalia has died* Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation has ended* Pastor Resigns after woman comes public with affair FEEDBACK* @HuckelberryLady via Twitter* @heathenmother via Twitter* Tyler via Facebook* Thadius Loar via Facebook* Chris Reed via Facebook* Justin Canine via Facebook* Travis Megee via Facebook New iTunes Reivews* Reb-ox* travlyn Email us at contact@atheistnomads.com or call us at (541) 203-0666. SUPPORTERS New patron - Al from South Carolina This episode is brought to you by: Nuclear Sponsor - US$20.00 - US$35.00 per month* Russ from the Kitsap Atheists & Agnostics* Travis Megee* Frank* Darryl GoossenPlatinum Sponsor - US$8.00 - US$19.00 per month* Virginia Dawn* Paul Burkey* BT Motley* George* Hugh Mann* Robert Ray from the Humanists of the North Puget Sound* AlexGold Sponsor - US$4.00 - US$7.00 per month* Mark* The Flying Skeptic* Renee Davis-Pelt* Mike Price* LaTonya* Duncan* Jaded Zappa* Will* Henry* AlanBronze Sponsor - < US$4.00 per month* Mark* Peter* Heather* Shawn* Al from South Carolina * Archway Hosting provides full featured web hosting for a fraction of the cost of traditional shared hosting. You get all the benefits of shared hosting, without the sticker shock or extra fees. Check them out at archwayhosting.com. You can find us online at www.atheistnomads.com, follow us on Twitter @AtheistNomads, like us on Facebook, email us at contact@atheistnomads.com, and leave us a voice mail message at (541) 203-0666. Theme music is provided by Sturdy Fred.

Summary:Get ready for one of the most fascinating entrepreneurial stories we've covered thus far on the show. Chris Cooper was the founder of Quote.com, which, as you'll see, powered the finance portals of everyone from the search engines to the online traders like E*TRADE. But, prior to that... let's just say Chris Cooper has done it all: degrees in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering; a job testing nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site; several years making his living as a professional gambler in Las Vegas; several years making his living manufacturing illegal drugs, Breaking Bad-style; a stint in prison where he learned to code; proprietor of a subscription-based BBS; and of course, founder of one of the web's first sources of financial information. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. May 21, 2011 The Atomic Age from Hiroshima to the Present - A Symposium Panel Discussion I. Topics include the history of nuclear weapons, testing, and energy, the role of scientists in discourse about nuclear science, and geographical issues in nuclear testing and power plant locations. This panel follows a screening of Atomic Mom, a documentary by MT Silvia that explores the impact of nuclear testing in the U.S., following the story of the filmmaker's mother, a scientist working at the Nevada Test Site. As we enter the eighth decade of the nuclear era, how can we think about—and act upon—the relationship between nuclear weapons and nuclear energy? The reality of Fukushima, following upon the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, gives us new urgency as we explore the atomic age—weaponry and energy, from the Cold War era to our present predicament—as depicted in new documentaries by two women filmmakers, one from the U.S. and one from Japan. At the symposium, panels of experts will join the filmmakers for discussion and Q&A. Participants: M.T. SILVIA Filmmaker | HITOMI KAMANAKA Filmmaker | KENNETTE BENEDICT Executive Director, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | DAVID KRAFT Nuclear Energy Information Service | JOSEPH MASCO Anthropology, Univer- sity of Chicago | SIDNEY NAGEL Physics, University of Chicago | ROBERT ROSNER Astronomy & Astrophysics, Uni- versity of Chicago | NORMA FIELD East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago | YUKI MIYAMOTO Religious Studies, DePaul University |TOMOMI YAMAGUCHI Sociology & Anthropology, Montana State University To learn more, visit The Atomic Age blog at http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. May 21, 2011 The Atomic Age from Hiroshima to the Present - A Symposium Panel Discussion I. Topics include the history of nuclear weapons, testing, and energy, the role of scientists in discourse about nuclear science, and geographical issues in nuclear testing and power plant locations. This panel follows a screening of Atomic Mom, a documentary by MT Silvia that explores the impact of nuclear testing in the U.S., following the story of the filmmaker's mother, a scientist working at the Nevada Test Site. As we enter the eighth decade of the nuclear era, how can we think about—and act upon—the relationship between nuclear weapons and nuclear energy? The reality of Fukushima, following upon the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, gives us new urgency as we explore the atomic age—weaponry and energy, from the Cold War era to our present predicament—as depicted in new documentaries by two women filmmakers, one from the U.S. and one from Japan. At the symposium, panels of experts will join the filmmakers for discussion and Q&A. Participants: M.T. SILVIA Filmmaker | HITOMI KAMANAKA Filmmaker | KENNETTE BENEDICT Executive Director, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | DAVID KRAFT Nuclear Energy Information Service | JOSEPH MASCO Anthropology, Univer- sity of Chicago | SIDNEY NAGEL Physics, University of Chicago | ROBERT ROSNER Astronomy & Astrophysics, Uni- versity of Chicago | NORMA FIELD East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago | YUKI MIYAMOTO Religious Studies, DePaul University |TOMOMI YAMAGUCHI Sociology & Anthropology, Montana State University To learn more, visit The Atomic Age blog at http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/

Was John Wayne's cancer death caused by filming downwind of the Nevada Test Site? ...and other Hollywood rumors.

The seismic waves that spread out from the earthquake source to the entire Earth are usually measured at the ground surface by a seismometer which consists of three orthogonal components (Z (vertical), N (north-south), and E (east-west) or R (radial), T (transversal), and Z (vertical)). However, a complete representation of the ground motion induced by earthquakes consists not only of those three components of translational motion, but also three components of rotational motion plus six components of strain. Altough theoretical seismologists have pointed out the potential benefits of measurements of rotational ground motion, they were not made until quite recently. This was mainly because precise instruments to measure ground rotational motion were not available. The measurement of rotational motion induced by earthquakes is relatively new in the field of seismology. To the best of our knowledge, the first experiment to measure ground rotational motion using rotational sensor was done by Nigbor (1994}. He successfully measured translational and rotational ground motion during an underground chemical explosion experiment at the Nevada Test Site using a triaxial translational accelerometer and a solid-state rotational velocity sensor. The same type of sensor was also used by Takeo (1998} for recording an earthquake swarm on Izu peninsula, Japan. However, because of the limitation of the instrument sensitivity, this kind of sensor was only able to sensing the rotational ground motion near the earthquake sources of other artificial sources. Another type of rotational sensor was assembled using two oppositely oriented seismometers. This is possible since in principle the rotational component of the ground motions is equal to half the curl of the ground velocity. This kind of sensor was intensively researched and developed by the seismology group in Institute of geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences. However, they report several problems especially due to the small differences in the seismometer's response function. Like the solid state rotational sensors, this sensor was only able to measure rotational motion near the seismic sources. The application of the Sagnac effect for sensing the inertial rotation using optical devices were intensively investigated, since the advent of lasers in the sixties. However, the first application of a ring laser gyroscope as a rotational sensor applied in the field of seismology was reported by Stedman et al. (1995}. Fully consistent rotational motions were recorded by a ring laser gyro installed at the fundamental station Wettzell, Germany (Igel et al., 2005). They showed that the rotational motions were compatible with collocated recordings of transverse acceleration by a standard seismometer, both in amplitude and phase. They mentioned that "standard" rotational sensors with sufficient resolution may be possible in the near future. Among the other type of rotational sensor, ring lasers seem more reliable in seismic applications since it has been provenable to sensing the ground rotational motion from near source as well as teleseismic earthquake events with a broad magnitude range (Igel et al., 2007}. In earthquake engineering, observations of rotational components of seismic strong motions may be of interest as this type of motion may contribute to the response of structures to earthquake-induced ground shaking. Most of rotational/torsional studies of ground motion in earthquake engineering are so far still carried out by indirect measurements. It can be done since the rotational component of motion is a linear combination of the space derivatives of the horizontal component of the motion. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no comparison of array-derived rotation rate and direct measurement from rotational sensors mentioned in the literature. The first objective of my thesis is to study the effect of noise and various uncertainties to the derivation of rotation rate and to compare directly the result with the ring laser data. Here we present for the first time a comparison of rotational ground motions derived from seismic array with those observed directly with ring laser. Our study suggest that - given accurate measurements of translational motions in an array of appropriate size and number of stations - the array-derived rotation rate may be very close to the "true" rotational signal that would be measured at the center of the array (or the specific reference station). However, it is important to note that it may be dangerous to use only the minimally required three stations as even relatively small noise levels may deteriorate the rotation estimates. Furthermore, it is clear that the logistic effort to determine rotations from array is considerably larger than direct measurements. In the light of this, the necessity to develop field-deployable rotational sensors with the appropriate resolution for use in local and regional seismology remains an outstanding issue. More recently, Igel et al. (2005) introduced a method to estimate the horizontal phase velocity by using collocated measurements from a ring laser and seismometer. A simple relationship between transverse acceleration and rotation rate (around a vertical axis) shows that both signals should be in phase and their ratio proportional to horizontal phase velocity. Comparison with synthetic traces (rotations and translations) and phase velocities determined in the same way showed good agreement with the observations. The second objective of my thesis is to study the accuracy of phase velocity determination using collocated measurement of rotational and translational motion and derive the Love wave dispersion curve using spectral ratio for both synthetic and real observed data. Whether the accuracy of the dispersion curves derived with the approach presented in this thesis is enough for tomographic purposes remains to be evaluated. Nevertheless, the results shown here indicate that through additional measurements of accurate rotational signals, wavefield information is accessible that otherwise requires seismic array data. However, to make this methodology practically useful for seismology will require the development of an appropriate high-resolution six-component broadband sensor. Efforts are underway to coordinate such developments on an international scale (Evans et al., 2006). The ground tilt is generally small but not negligible in seismology, especially in the strong-motion earthquake. It is well known that the tilt signal is most noticeable in the horizontal components of the seismometer. Ignoring the tilt effects leads to unreliable results, especially in calculation of permanent displacements and long-period calculations. The third objective of my thesis is to study the array-derived tilt, a further application of measuring tilt. An interesting result concerning tilt study based on a synthetic study is the possibility to derive the Rayleigh wave phase velocity as well as Rayleigh wave dispersion curve from collocated measurement of tilt rate and translational motions. The synthetic study shows that there is a frequency dependent phase velocity from collocated radial acceleration and transverse tilt.

Think of Las Vegas, and your mind likely conjures images of slot machines, neon lights, and opulent shows—not mushroom clouds on the horizon. Yet, there was a time when the spectacle of atomic bomb tests was as much a part of Vegas attraction as any headline act on the Strip. In this second part of "Vegas Beyond the Neon," we revisit a chapter in Las Vegas history when the city's flirtation with the atomic age turned fear into fascination, and nuclear tests became cause for celebration and tourism. The detonations at the Nevada Test Site provided a bizarre backdrop to the everyday life of Las Vegans in the 1950s. The community's response? Atomic cocktails and bomb party viewing schedules, all part of a surreal moment in American history where impending doom was packaged as entertainment.This episode unpacks the complex legacy of this era, exploring how a city built on the improbable, nestled in the heart of the desert, embraced the advent of the atomic age as part of its identity, redefining leisure time in an era dominated by the Cold War. Join us as we detonate the myths and expose the explosive truths of a city that gambled with the atom and won a peculiar place in history. For stories that go beyond the textbook and unearth the incredible human penchant for turning the fearsome into the fascinating, make sure to visit itshometownhistory.com. Las Vegas, the hometown, is an endless reservoir of the audacious and the astounding, just waiting for you to tune in.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy