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23 minutes
Released:
Aug 11, 2019
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The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident near the town of Pripyat in 1986. Dan talks to Julie McDowall, an expert in all things nuclear, about the initial reaction to the blast, the impact it had on the firemen, and the fate of Belarus. They discuss how the legacy of Chernobyl damaged people's faith in the Soviet system, and the dogs left behind by official degree.For ad free versions of our entire podcast archive and hundreds of hours of history documentaries, interviews and films, signup to History Hit TV. Use code 'pod3' at checkout. Producer: Peter Curry For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Aug 11, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
What Britain Did to Nigeria: When we think of the British Empire we often think of India, Singapore or South Africa but an underrepresented part of the colonial picture is that of west Africa & specifically Nigeria. Max Siollun joins Dan to discuss Nigeria's colonial hist... by Dan Snow's History Hit