{"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":"Harold Macmillan, Part 4: Pressing the Button","slug":"harold-macmillan-part-4-pressing-the-button","published_at":"2026-01-26T09:49:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/atomic-hobo-nuclear-war-podcast-1134575/harold-macmillan-part-4-pressing-the-button","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/atomic-hobo-nuclear-war-podcast-1134575","url":"https://shows.acast.com/atomichobo/episodes/harold-macmillan-part-4-pressing-the-button","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5e9316281ff1a856719a4316/e/6977389f79d88bc8eebb1053/media.mp3","summary":"How would Harold Macmillan have ordered nuclear retaliation? Join us at www.patreon.com/atomichobo for ad-free listening and bonus episodes. The books and articles I used in this episode are listed below: The Secret State by Peter Hennessy Winds of Change by Peter Hennessy The Prime Minister: The Office and its Holders Since 1945 by Peter Hennessy Cabinet by Peter Hennessy Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan by D.R. Thorpe Planning Armageddon: Britain, the United States and the Command of Western Nuclear Forces, 1945-1964 , by Len Scott, Robert Twigge et al. 'A Matter of Joint Decision': The Origins of British Nuclear Retaliation Procedures and the Murphy-Dean Agreement of 1958, by Matthew Jones in the English Historical Review Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"How would Harold Macmillan have ordered nuclear retaliation? Join us at www.patreon.com/atomichobo for ad-free listening and bonus episodes. The books and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2168,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/atomic-hobo-nuclear-war-podcast-1134575/episodes/harold-macmillan-part-4-pressing-the-button/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/harold-macmillan-part-4-pressing-the-button.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}