Nuclear Hotseat

This episode discusses how the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) fails to cover certain radiation-exposed populations in places like California, Piketon Ohio, and Palomares Spain, despite scientific evidence of contamination, with insights from expert Dr.

This episode discusses the fallout from a Hollywood film exposing nuclear threats, revealing high staff turnover at Los Alamos National Lab and challenges in retaining personnel for nuclear weapons production.

This episode features an interview with journalists Ben Lauderman and Gaia DeSimone about their new PBS documentary exploring media manipulation surrounding the atomic bomb and its parallels to contemporary issues.

This episode explores the concept of peace through insights from a Westheimer Peace Symposium, featuring discussions on education, violence, and nuclear threats.

This episode explores Dr.

This episode examines the controversial plan to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor after its 1979 meltdown, focusing on safety concerns, radioactive waste issues, and its exclusive power supply deal for Bill Gates' Microsoft data center.

This episode explores how foreign policy expert Bill Hartung uses stand-up comedy to address the grim realities of nuclear weapons, blending serious analysis with humor to cope with global dangers.

Retired Colonel Ann Wright analyzes the severe consequences of the U.S.

This episode features an interview with Iraqi War veteran Nate Teach discussing the health and environmental consequences of depleted uranium weapons exposure and the disappearance of veterans' exposure records.

This episode features anti-nuclear activist Greg Mello reporting from the Nuclear Deterrence Summit in D.C., exposing the push for more nuclear weapons and the rhetoric used to justify it.

This episode explores how state laws and regulations impact nuclear energy and cleanup efforts, contrasting successful actions in Hawaii with setbacks in California through interviews with activists Lynda Williams and Melissa Bumstead.

This episode explores the International Uranium Film Festival's focus on Navajo Nation, highlighting the community's struggle with uranium mining and environmental injustice through activist perspectives.

This episode features Jack Cohen-Joppa sharing inspiring stories of nuclear resistors who take peaceful action against nuclear weapons, highlighting their courage and the symbolic power of their protests.

This episode features an 83-year-old nun, Sister Megan Rice, discussing her 2012 break-in at the Y12 nuclear facility to protest nuclear weapons and her subsequent imprisonment.

This episode is a tribute to filmmaker Jim Heddle, director of SOS: San Onofre Syndrome, highlighting his decades of work documenting anti-nuclear activism and the impact of citizen action on nuclear policy.

This episode discusses the failed cleanup efforts at the Santa Susana Field Lab near Los Angeles, highlighting radiation dangers and activist struggles against the nuclear industry.

Epidemiologist Joseph Mangano argues that a national cancer study of residents near nuclear reactors is essential before new ones are built, highlighting regulatory gaps and potential cover-ups regarding radiation health impacts.

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This episode critiques the historical connection between nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, exposing false promises like 'too cheap to meter' and discussing strategies to counter public acceptance of the nuclear industry.

This episode discusses the impact of a staged reading of the play 'Atomic Bill and the Payment Due' at Wilmington College's Peace Resource Center, exploring how amateur theater can effectively convey the history of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

This episode discusses how radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing and bombings has created lasting environmental contamination that exposes everyone globally to radiation risks, featuring insights from Professor Robert Jacobs.

This episode critiques the historical and ongoing deceptive marketing of nuclear energy, from its origins in the Manhattan Project to false promises like 'too cheap to meter', featuring insights from Alfred Meyer of Physicians for Social Responsibility.

This episode discusses the ongoing dangers and vague cleanup plans at the Fukushima nuclear site 15 years after the triple meltdown, featuring expert Nancy Foust's analysis.

This episode exposes a controversial scheme on Navajo Nation where a purported uranium mine cleanup is criticized as a profit-driven extraction project that risks further contamination and lacks accountability, featuring insights from activist Anna Rondon.

This episode exposes how the United States deceived and coerced the Marshall Islands' Bikini Atoll residents into evacuating their ancestral lands for nuclear weapons testing during the Cold War, causing lasting radioactive harm.

This episode discusses the Supreme Court's decision not to hear a petition challenging a proposed nuclear waste dump in New Mexico, featuring insights from expert Kevin Kamps on the legal and environmental implications.

This episode features Professor Yuki Miyamoto, a second-generation hibakusha, discussing how the narrative around the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings has been manipulated and sharing personal and research insights on their devastating long-term impacts.

This episode explores the catastrophic consequences of a single nuclear explosion in space creating an electromagnetic pulse that would instantly disable the electrical grid and all modern infrastructure.

This episode critiques the U.S.

This episode explores the concept of peace through insights from a Westheimer Peace Symposium, featuring discussions on education, violence, and nuclear threats.

This episode discusses the failed cleanup efforts at the Santa Susana Field Lab near Los Angeles, highlighting radiation dangers and activist struggles against the nuclear industry.

This episode discusses the environmental and health impacts of Japan's recent 7.6 earthquake resuspending Fukushima radionuclides in the ocean, featuring marine biologist Tim Deere-Jones explaining radiation biomagnification in marine food chains.

This episode examines the environmental and health risks of radioactive water releases from Fukushima, particularly after a recent earthquake, featuring insights from marine biologist Tim Deere-Jones on biomagnification in the food chain.

This episode discusses a recent radioactive shrimp recall in the U.S.

This episode challenges the concept of nuclear deterrence by examining the catastrophic humanitarian and environmental consequences of nuclear weapons through the perspective of ICAN's Melissa Parke.

This episode features Professor Yuki Miyamoto, a second-generation hibakusha, discussing how the narrative around the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings has been manipulated and sharing personal family impacts 80 years later.

This episode explores how performance art and theater can effectively communicate the complex dangers of nuclear issues, comparing it to climate change activism and featuring insights from physics chanteuse Lynda Williams.

Nuclear Hot Seat host Libby Halevy interviews ICAN executive director Melissa Parke on August 7, 2025, during the 80th anniversary commemorations of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.

Nuclear Hotseat host Libby Halevy interviews Mary Olson and Dr.

This episode explores nuclear communication through theater, featuring an interview with Lynda Williams, the Physics Chanteuse, about her show Atomic Cabaret.

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This episode features an interview with Professor Robert Bo Jacobs, who discusses his book 'Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha', arguing that radioactive fallout from nuclear testing and accidents has exposed everyone worldwide.

This episode of Nuclear Hot Seat investigates two major nuclear safety issues: the risky restart of the Palisades reactor in Michigan, funded by over $2 billion in subsidies despite corrosion and regulatory failures, and Japan's release of radioactive tritium water from Fukushima into the Pacific, which experts debunk as environmentally harmful and scientifically misleading.

This episode investigates two major nuclear issues: Japan's release of radioactive tritium water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean, with marine biologist Tim Deere-Jones debunking claims it doesn't increase radiation levels, and the controversial restart of the Palisades nuclear reactor in Michigan, where nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen warns of safety risks and massive government subsidies.

This episode of Nuclear Hot Seat features an interview with radiation expert Cindy Folkers, who discusses recent executive orders pressuring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to enable more nuclear reactors and weaken radiation safety standards.

This episode exposes the increased risk of childhood leukemia for kids living near nuclear reactors, featuring expert analysis from Dr.

This episode investigates the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's shift from safety regulation to enabling nuclear power expansion under recent executive orders.

This episode discusses a successful staged reading of the play 'Atomic Bill and the Payment Due' at Wilmington College, exploring how amateur theater can effectively convey the human impact of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

This episode investigates the recall of radioactive shrimp contaminated with cesium-137, linking it to broader issues of nuclear food safety and regulatory failures.

This episode of Nuclear Hotseat features an interview with researchers Mary Olson and Amanda Nichols about their UN report on the disproportionate harm of radiation to women and children, challenging the 'Reference Man' model used in safety standards.

This episode discusses the damage to the Chernobyl New Safe Confinement structure caused by Russian military action and its implications for nuclear safety.

Experts warn about the safety risks of restarting Michigan's Palisades nuclear reactor, with the owner admitting potential pipe failure within 14 months.

An activist and journalist critique the dangers and regulatory failures of the nuclear industry.

This episode examines the 80th anniversary of the Trinity atomic bomb test and its ongoing impact on people and the environment.

This episode examines the 80th anniversary of the Trinity atomic bomb test and its lasting effects on people and the environment.

A critique of plans to store nuclear waste in an underground repository beneath the seabed off the U.K.

An expert discusses the role of artificial intelligence in nuclear military operations, emphasizing human oversight and data management.

An expert discusses the role of artificial intelligence in nuclear military operations and the safeguards needed to prevent autonomous launch decisions.

An expert physicist exposes the nuclear industry's deceptive practices and argues that nuclear power is not a solution to climate change, linking it to broader societal injustice.

An interview with an expert on depleted uranium weapons, discussing their use, environmental contamination, and long-term dangers.