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Oppenheimer: What If America Never Dropped the Atomic Bomb? | Dan Snow's History Hit
The new Oppenheimer movie has everyone asking questions about the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 - were two bombs necessary? Would the war have ended without it? Was there an ulterior motive? Would the Americans have dropped a third if they had it?
At the end of WWII, the Manhattan Project demonstrated the power humanity had harnessed for destruction. When the uranium bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on the 6th of August 1945, city residents saw a flash of light and a loud boom- virtually everything within a 2-mile radius was destroyed. Those who survived the initial impact were then caught in subsequent firestorms and after that, many succumbed to radiation poisoning. It's estimated 1 in 3 were killed. 3 days later, Nagasaki suffered the same fate.
At the time, it was said it was necessary to end the war and to show why these weapons should never be used again. But is that true? To answer some of the questions we've all been asking after learning about Oppenheimer, Dan is joined by Professor Paul Poast from the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago who explains how the decision was really made to drop the bombs, what would have happened if they hadn't and reveals that the Manhattan Project was actually more about impressing Stalin than destroying Japan.
Produced by Mariana Des Forges and edited by Dougal Patmore.
At the end of WWII, the Manhattan Project demonstrated the power humanity had harnessed for destruction. When the uranium bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on the 6th of August 1945, city residents saw a flash of light and a loud boom- virtually everything within a 2-mile radius was destroyed. Those who survived the initial impact were then caught in subsequent firestorms and after that, many succumbed to radiation poisoning. It's estimated 1 in 3 were killed. 3 days later, Nagasaki suffered the same fate.
At the time, it was said it was necessary to end the war and to show why these weapons should never be used again. But is that true? To answer some of the questions we've all been asking after learning about Oppenheimer, Dan is joined by Professor Paul Poast from the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago who explains how the decision was really made to drop the bombs, what would have happened if they hadn't and reveals that the Manhattan Project was actually more about impressing Stalin than destroying Japan.
Produced by Mariana Des Forges and edited by Dougal Patmore.
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Anne of Cleves | Not Just the Tudors
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Anne of Cleves was the ‘last woman standing’ of Henry VIII’s wives and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it? Was she in fact a political refugee, supported by the King? Was she a role model for her step-daughters Mary and Elizabeth? Why was her marriage to Henry doomed from the start? In this edition of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by aut...
The War of 1812 | American History Hit
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In the early 19th century, amidst the Napoleonic wars, the British began restricting the United States’ trade with Europe. On top of this, the British Navy began recruiting American sailors by force. As a result, on 18th June, 1812, the US declared war. The conflict, between the United States and the British and their Native American allies, lasted until February 1815. With America still a very...
Oppenheimer | Warfare
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Often referred to as the father of the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer's work in the field of theoretical physics changed the world as we knew it. Working in Los Alamos, New Mexico during the Second World War, the Manhattan Project and the scientific advancements achieved there helped bring an end to WW2 - but at what cost? With Oppenheimer's life and work now being immortalized in Christoph...
The First Britons | The Ancients
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67 million people currently inhabit the United Kingdom - but what do we know about the original, first Britons? It's no secret when looking back into pre-history that it was a time of mass migration for animals and people alike, but who were our early inhabitants, and what can we learn about them? In this episode of The Ancients, Professor Chris Stringer returns to the podcast to shine a light ...
Barbie | Patented: History of Inventions
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Which is strange in a way because she’s over sixty years old. Few things have managed to stay relevant so long, surviving seismic cultural change. This week it’s the story of how the doll that changed childhood for millions came to be. Our guest is Tanya Stone author of The Good, the Bad and the Barbie. And we meet Tristan Piñeiro and some of his more than 600 barbies. Find out what Barbie has ...
Mozart's Sex Life | Betwixt The Sheets
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When we think of the biggest pop icons of all time, we might reach for Madonna, Elvis, or yes, even Michael Jackson. One name that’s not thrown into the pot is Mozart. But why? His music was undoubtedly the pop music of his day, and as we’ll find out today, he had all the stardom and groupies of anyone in the modern day. Joining us is Judith Grohmann, author of The Real Mozart: The Original Kin...
The World's Biggest Nuclear Bomb | Warfare
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In the early hours of 30 October 1961, a bomber took off from an airstrip in northern Russia and began its flight through cloudy skies over the frigid Russian Arctic. Hanging below this Soviet plane was a nuclear bomb the size of a small school bus. It was the largest and most powerful bomb ever to be created, and it was about to be tested. The Tsar Bomba’s gigantic detonation was intended to b...
How WWI Began | Dan Snow's History Hit
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On August 4, 1914, Britain declared war on Germany and entered the First World War. This was a conflict of unparalleled savagery with industrialized slaughter on a scale that the world had never seen before. To commemorate this important anniversary Dan guides us through what led Europe and the world to choose war in 1914. He explores some of the many different reasons for war from the miscalcu...
Vlad the Impaler | Gone Medieval
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Vlad the Impaler - Vlad Dracula - is one of history’s most brutal figures, who has enjoyed a bizarre afterlife as a cult character. Although a hero to his Romanian countrymen, the name Dracula has since become a global byword for horror. In this Hallowe’en edition of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis finds out more about Vlad the Impaler’s dramatic life and career from Gavin Baddeley, co-author of Prin...
Life in Tudor England | Not Just the Tudors
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What was life really like in Tudor England? This was a society where monarchy was under strain, the church was in crisis, where contending with war, rebellion, plague and poverty was a fact of daily life. Yet it was also an age rich in ideas and ideals, where women asserted their agency and found a literary voice. In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Dr. ...
Tudor Sex | Betwixt The Sheets
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*WARNING: This episode includes adult themes and explicit words.* Why did Henry VIII want everyone to know about his wet dreams? What animal product were condoms made from? And was coffee really ruining the sex lives of wives? Suzannah Lipscomb from our sister podcast, Not Just the Tudors, joins Kate Betwixt the Sheets to talk all things sex in the 16th century. Find out whether sex back then r...
God | Patented: History of Inventions
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If God invented Heaven and Earth, then who invented God? To explain how gods ‘are invented’, how they evolve and why so many seem to have vanished, Dallas is joined by Francesca Stavrakopoulou, author of ‘God: An Anatomy’. They explore the human instinct to create deities and the origins of the God of Abraham, of Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Who, it turns out, was once a lowly storm deity w...
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire | The Ancients
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In the late 4th century and early 5th centuries two massive largely-Germanic confederations arrived on Roman borders, having been uprooted from their homelands by the Huns. These were the Goths and the Vandals. Both peoples would become prime enemies of the Roman Empires in the East and West. Both would sack Rome; both played significant roles in the decline of the Western Roman Empire, inflict...
Declaration of Independence | American History Hit
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While the Revolutionary War was being fought in July 1776, the 13 British colonies in America came together to approve their Declaration of Independence, the founding document of the United States of America. Shaped by the Enlightenment ideas of liberty, happiness and reason, the document has since influenced many causes in America and around the world. In this episode, Don speaks to Reverend B...
Wagner vs Putin: A History of Russian Coups | Dan Snow's History Hit
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Wagner vs Putin: A History of Russian Coups | Dan Snow's History Hit
The Battle of Hastings | Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Battle of Hastings | Dan Snow's History Hit
Henry VIII’s Lost Brother, Prince Arthur | Not Just the Tudors
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Henry VIII’s Lost Brother, Prince Arthur | Not Just the Tudors
The British Empire | Dan Snow's History Hit
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The British Empire | Dan Snow's History Hit
Medieval Women Beauty, Work & Pubic Hair | Betwixt The Sheets
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Medieval Women Beauty, Work & Pubic Hair | Betwixt The Sheets
Ravenna and the Fall of Rome | The Ancients
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Ravenna and the Fall of Rome | The Ancients
The Rise of Henry VII | Gone Medieval
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The Rise of Henry VII | Gone Medieval
Origins of the Forbidden Fruit Myth | Gone Medieval
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Origins of the Forbidden Fruit Myth | Gone Medieval
A History of Queer Women | Betwixt The Sheets
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A History of Queer Women | Betwixt The Sheets
California Gold Rush | American History Hit
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California Gold Rush | American History Hit
Shakespeare's First Folio | Not Just the Tudors
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Shakespeare's First Folio | Not Just the Tudors
Origins of Horse Riding | The Ancients
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Origins of Horse Riding | The Ancients
Love and Lust in WWII | Dan Snow's History Hit
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Love and Lust in WWII | Dan Snow's History Hit
Why does everyone have to let us know their gd politics? This guest just HAD to let us know his thoughts on Florida politics. For the love of heaven, stick to your topic. I can already see where THIS guest is going. And the host thinks he is delightfully entertaining as she breathlessly cackles. Ugh.
While researching my family I found that a pair of brothers in one family married a pair of sisters in another family. Those marriages resulted in a bunch of double cousins. I don’t consider this incest at all but it illustrates that people were driven by proximity in the Canadian frontier. You marry who you know who live close by.
good cuntext
Lumbee
Cunt splice? Do I really need to google this?
About the fish...check out the Red Snapper tale about Led Zeppelin .
The other familiar expression from my youth concerning this word is, see you next Tuesday.
Rearrange the following words into a well known expression. “Cunning stunt.”
You both are girl power personified.❤⚔️🗡️🛡️📓📚📖📝🏹 thanks a lot for a childless cat lady
As a pilot, to me, "undercarriage" means landing gear on an aircraft.
Not a word. It's an acronym. CAN'T UNDERSTAND NORMAL THINKING
I've been warned enough already - please get on with upsetting me!
Who's Mike Hunt?
“History is not just some douche with a sword who goes out and starts a war.” ❤❤❤❤
The thought that Christ could be concieved in this manner would have been anathema to the prudes in the church, hence the virgin birth.
Rumours regarding Prince Eddie and molly houses. Late 1800s ?
I'm a Scot, Aberdeen, Never heard it used as a term of 'Endearment', to me it's always meant... well... the obvious !
Susie Dent!
Nothing wrong with ‘pussy’
Do you know that you cannot say cunt in Canada? Not really. It's a song.
The most offensive word I have ever heard is Kamela, it is second only to the word Harris.
instant sub I recall using the n word as a child, in australia 1970's, in rhymes regularly (daniel boone -was a man and eeny meeny miney moe) having only watched smericsn westerns that were devoid of african anericans I assumed the n-word people were american indians that looked a lot like south americans - I continued to beleive this until I saw the harlem globe trotters in an exhibition game in 1978 or there abouts ?????
Making railways the Spike/prick was driven into the cunt to hold sleepers firm
C=nt is olde Anglo Saxon. When the Normans took over 1066, they supressed Anglo Saxon. And the c-word went from a beautiful part of a woman, to being abusive. Well done, eh? C-nts are great - lots of variation. Sir Richard Burton wrote a book, "Variations in the odour of the female vagina around the World." used to be in the "naughty book" section in British libraries! Very detailed! Hee, hee!
Did you realise we all live in a tree? A country
Someone did a study whereby women in estrus sniffed sweaty T-shirts. The women rejected the smell of their brother's laundry.
Why do you make out it just means 'vulva'? It means vagina or whole female gential area, e.g. 'up your cunt'.
Sailors of the tall ship days had a term for the lines between each strand of twisted rope...Cunt Line. I'm a sailor and I like Cunt.
Kunti was, I believe, a Sanskrit goddess.
Absolutely brilliant ,informative funny,and refreshing 👍
If you're British, that word is just a normal interjection. Only American leftist snowflakes need the first minute and 50 seconds.
So interesting. Thanks
it may be an old maritime term. i found it in an old nautical dictionary refering to the space between two raps of line on a spool of tightly wrapped line, it space between two wraps of line around the spool known as the c---tline.
Love this so much! Thank you
I sometimes call that sort of person a "Tuesday", as in "See You Next Tuesday" (C U Next Tuesday)
You should see the Vagina Monologues for a complete list of alternative terms.. I like Quim. A good Scrabble word.
Derek & Clive (Peter Cook and Dudley Moore) The cunt sketch 😮😂😅
We can thank our Norwegian cousins for most of our beloved cuss words. They didn't take us over completely, so left in a huff by calling us every disgusting name under their sun. It's not called Great Britain for nothing.
No. It isn't from Norwegian. Most of our swear words come Old English (Anglo-Saxon). Norwegian is a modern language. Old Norse was contemporaneous with Old English but most of our olde swear words were in Old English before any Norse settlements in the area known as the Danelaw.
@@leod-sigefast Norse, high German and Latin. You are wrong. I googled it.
Ozzie here. In the 80's for a short while the Spoonerism; "Cunning stunt" was used, but you know... Aussies couldn't be bothered beating around the bush for too long. I always used to call Volvos "Vulvas" cos there was always a useless cunt inside driving! Volvo drivers were notoriously hopeless!
I HATE the word. It’s disgusting and revolting
When Australians called me that name, not quite understanding their accent, I would say: " Oh yes i can!"
Tony Robinson ( great teacher) ❤
😍😍😍Susanna Lispcomb. As good as David Starkley and Tracy Borman 🎉🎉
I heard an American lady call it “my kitty cat”, which I thought sounded nice. When I grew up in the 70’s we called it a “fur burger” due to the external appearance resembling a Big Mac. I now live in A small town in southern Scotland and cunt is commonly used by older people, even women, about everything and everyone. English visitors are often shocked 😂
No chips! I would send it back.
VJ 😢, thanks ladies
As an insult woman to man W- You need to grow a beard M- Why? W- Well if you are going to behave like a complete and utter cun7 you might as well look like one too. 😂
Cunning linguists.
Can't Understand Normal Thinking 😊😅😂
Thank you for this. I'm fascinated by Anne of Cleves, and I have never heard her approached from her homeland's point of view.
The book, My Secret Life, written in the middle ninetheeth century the word is common