{"podcast":{"title":"Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast","slug":"atomic-hobo-nuclear-war-podcast-1134575","podcast_index_feed_id":1134575,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5e9316281ff1a856719a4316","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/atomichobo","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5e9316281ff1a856719a4316/1599172238281-91abfc0d322b66d5d0c9b859b15bb3ad.jpeg","author":"JULIE MCDOWALL","episode_count":265,"summary":"A weekly podcast on how we prepared for nuclear war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T12:20:08.502538+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/atomic-hobo-nuclear-war-podcast-1134575"},"episode":{"title":"Greenland: The Thule Air Base","slug":"greenland-the-thule-air-base","published_at":"2026-02-02T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/atomic-hobo-nuclear-war-podcast-1134575/greenland-the-thule-air-base","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/atomic-hobo-nuclear-war-podcast-1134575","url":"https://shows.acast.com/atomichobo/episodes/greenland-the-thule-air-base","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5e9316281ff1a856719a4316/e/697f516908827ddf8f3f301d/media.mp3","summary":"Why is America so interested in Greenland? What was its role in nuclear attack and early warning? And what happened when a huge B52 bomber carrying a bunch of hydrogen bombs crashed into the ice up there? There's a bonus pod which accompanies this episode. You can grab it here, and get ad-free listening for the whole pod archive, at www.patreon.com/atomichobo The reading list for these Thule episodes is below: Fifteen Minutes: General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation , by L. Douglas Keeney Command and Control by Eric Schlosser Project Crested Ice: The Thule Nuclear Accident (SAC Historical Study) 'Greenland and its Relevance to North American Security', Naval War College Review , Vol 32, No. 6 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Why is America so interested in Greenland? What was its role in nuclear attack and early warning? And what happened when a huge B52 bomber carrying a bunc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1339,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/atomic-hobo-nuclear-war-podcast-1134575/episodes/greenland-the-thule-air-base/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/atomic-hobo-nuclear-war-podcast-1134575/greenland-the-thule-air-base.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}