The Bomb Podcast
After Oppenheimer’s Oscars success, delve into the story of the atomic bomb. Told by the scientists and spies who changed history. The race to beat the Nazis and stolen secrets.
After Oppenheimer’s success at the Oscars, delve into the wider story of the atomic bomb. Told through the scientists and spies who changed history. Season 1 follows the scientist who discovers the destructive possibilities of harnessing nuclear power. It leads to the race to beat the Nazis to the first atomic bomb. Season 2 tells of a brilliant scientist who lives a double life, stealing atomic secrets for the Soviet Union. Season 3 is coming soon.
Episodes to download
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Trailer: The Black 14
Fri 5 Apr 2024
The lives of 14 black American footballers are changed forever in a fight against racism
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S2.10 Fallout
Fri 9 Sep 2022
Jail awaits - Klaus Fuchs is going down. But will he take Ursula with him?
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S2.8 The uncertainty principle
Fri 26 Aug 2022
The spy catchers close in. Klaus Fuchs is caught in the crosshairs
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S2.7 Critical mass
Fri 19 Aug 2022
The interrogation of a spymaster. Ursula is questioned as Klaus Fuchs returns to England
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S2.5 An irreversible reaction
Fri 5 Aug 2022
A double life gets more dangerous. Fuchs joins America's bomb project
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S2.3 Unstable elements
Fri 22 Jul 2022
The fate of the world is decided: Klaus Fuchs joins a top-secret atomic bomb mission
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S2.2 A split life
Fri 15 Jul 2022
The world’s most dangerous spy? A young scientist’s journey into espionage
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Bonus: The sound design
Sun 26 Jun 2022
What does the inside of an atom sound like? Meet our sound designer for Season 2
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Bonus: Introducing Rosa Ellis
Sun 19 Jun 2022
"She was not just a spy - she was a spymaster". The family secret of Rosa Ellis
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Introducing The Bomb season 2
Sun 12 Jun 2022
The spy who changed history. Season 2 begins on 9 July 2022
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S1.7 The doomsday clock
Fri 11 Sep 2020
The bomb drops on Hiroshima and the world is changed forever
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S1.6 The first atomic bomb
Fri 4 Sep 2020
Time is running out. Leo Szilard makes one final attempt to stop the bomb
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S1.3 The Einstein letter
Fri 14 Aug 2020
A vital message must be delivered to the president of the United States
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S1.1 Moonshine
Fri 31 Jul 2020
A little-known scientist discovers something that will change the course of human history
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The prologue
Thu 23 Jul 2020
“My grandfather in front of a mushroom cloud”. Could the Bomb have been stopped? #thebomb
