Them!: nuclear optimism, amateur myrmecology, and Wilhelm-screaming w/ Joe Ruppel
b'Rise of the nuclear monsters \\n\\n
The era of nuclear nervousness and the nuclear monsters in cinema. \\u201cTake an object, and biggify it.\\u201d Nuclear power in the 1950s. The possibility of \\u201cunmetered\\u201d energy. White Sands, gypsum, and the Trinity test.
\\n\\n Nuclear optimism \\n\\nThe nuclear success hit list and the optimism of the early 50s. Recognizing downsides. Converting hydrogen into helium, but like really violently. Eclipses, occlusion, and we didn\\u2019t realize it at the time but Joe was right to use \\u201coccultation.\\u201d Las Vegas atomic bomb parties.
\\n\\n Nuclear fallout \\n\\nThe fallout from southern Nevada testing traveling directly as far as northeast Utah. The bitter, metallic taste of nuclear fallout. When Kodak accidentally discovered a-bomb testing.
\\n\\n A sense of scale \\n\\nThe scale of nuclear weapons since the first atom bombs. Considering the time when \\u201cduck and cover\\u201d made sense. Using NUKEMAP for a sense of scale.
\\n\\n Ants \\n\\nIssues with upscaling. Myrmecology. Antennae and wayfinding. Evolutoniary history and their waspy ancestors. Ants as superorganism. Formic acid attack spray.
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- \\n\\t\\t\\t\\tNUKEMAP: NuclearSecrecy.com\\n\\t\\t\\t \\n\\t\\t\\n\\t