10 Things to Know About... Raspad

Plus two Chernobyl-themed shorts to watch alongside

Nov 4 • 

Vicki Lesley

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October 2025

The Film Thread: your on-screen atomic drama pick for November

Confusion reigns as a reactor explodes and an empire collapses in late-Soviet Ukraine

Oct 22 • 

Vicki Lesley

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Talking to Dr David Toke about writing, wind power, nuclear reactors... and almost being Dale Vince

"I've always been into scribbling things"

Oct 16 • 

Vicki Lesley

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David Toke

2

1

45:21

10 Things to Know About... 'The Plutonium Circus'

Your introductory primer and companion short in The Film Thread this month

Oct 7 • 

Vicki Lesley

2

Monthly Meander Sept '25: Ahead by a Century

Celebrating the wins & bearing the stings with an iconic song

Oct 2 • 

Vicki Lesley

10

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September 2025

Round-up Meander Aug/Sept '25: Good things to read, watch & listen to 📚📺🎧

Here come the Aussies...

Sep 26 • 

Vicki Lesley

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The Film Thread: this month's atomic story on screen 🎬🪡⚛️

Big characters & big questions in a rarely-seen, razor-sharp doc from the American South

Sep 18 • 

Vicki Lesley

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August 2025

10 Things to Know About... 'Barefoot Gen'

Your introductory primer, plus two companion shorts to watch

Aug 28 • 

Vicki Lesley

3

The Film Thread: your atomic movie selection for August 🎬🪡⚛️

A quick heads up / link to the trailer ahead of your next primer post

Aug 15 • 

Vicki Lesley

4

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The Atom & Us: Greg Mitchell

I was the rare writer who interviewed dozens of atomic bomb survivors in Japan AND both of the pilots of the planes that dropped the bombs.

Aug 9 • 

Vicki Lesley

4

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Hiroshima survivors - in their own words

Readings from the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation's collection of first-person essays, first published in 1990

Aug 7 • 

Vicki Lesley

4

3

32:14

The Atom & Us: Yuki Miyamoto

"I avoided looking at the Atomic Bomb Dome whenever I passed by on my way to downtown Hiroshima. It was a haunting reminder of the pain that lingered in…

Aug 6 • 

Vicki Lesley

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