A nice audio *collage* by Virtual Renderings. Explores the wild promises made by proponents of civilian nuclear projects--and the very scary reality behind the propaganda--from 1950 through the meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979. Sound sources include old propaganda films, news reports, interviews from documentary films, and some music--all very nicely woven together.
Previously broadcast, as NWN # 181, in August 2011.
"New World Notes" is produced under the auspices (Latin for "unisex bathroom") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
An archive of Virtual Rendering's collages is available on Radio4All.net: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/contributor/2102
You can download this installment of New World Notes also from The Internet Archive (www.archive.org). The Program Information page at archive.org is here: https://archive.org/details/NewWorldNotes366-PeacefulAtomEarlyDaze . To download from that page, right-click on one of the two links ("39.8 MB" or "13.3 MB") under the column heading "VBR MP3." The page also has players for online listening.
More details, photos, nice links, & other good stuff on the show's Web site: http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com
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