The Bomb Podcast
The spy who changed history and a great-aunt's double life. In season one we met the scientist who might have stopped the atomic bomb. In season two we meet the man who stole it.
The spy who changed history. And a great-aunt's double life. In season one of The Bomb, we met the scientist who might have stopped the atomic bomb from ever being built. In season two, we meet the man who stole it. Klaus Fuchs was a brilliant young physicist, and the world鈥檚 most dangerous spy. Rosa Ellis finds out how he crossed paths with her great-aunt, and how their partnership changed the course of history.
Episodes to download
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Introducing Hollywood Exiles
Fri 5 Jul 2024
Why was Oona鈥檚 grandfather, Charlie Chaplin, exiled from Hollywood?
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S2.10 Fallout—Series 2
Fri 9 Sep 2022
Jail awaits - Klaus Fuchs is going down. But will he take Ursula with him?
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S2.8 The uncertainty principle—Series 2
Fri 26 Aug 2022
The spy catchers close in. Klaus Fuchs is caught in the crosshairs
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S2.7 Critical mass—Series 2
Fri 19 Aug 2022
The interrogation of a spymaster. Ursula is questioned as Klaus Fuchs returns to England
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S2.6 Camp Y—Series 2
Fri 12 Aug 2022
Lives on the line. The Fuchs family is drawn into the espionage
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S2.5 An irreversible reaction—Series 2
Fri 5 Aug 2022
A double life gets more dangerous. Fuchs joins America's bomb project
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S2.3 Unstable elements—Series 2
Fri 22 Jul 2022
The fate of the world is decided: Klaus Fuchs joins a top-secret atomic bomb mission
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S2.2 A split life—Series 2
Fri 15 Jul 2022
The world鈥檚 most dangerous spy? A young scientist鈥檚 journey into espionage
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Bonus: The sound design—Series 2
Sun 26 Jun 2022
What does the inside of an atom sound like? Meet our sound designer for Season 2
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Bonus: Introducing Rosa Ellis—Series 2
Sun 19 Jun 2022
"She was not just a spy - she was a spymaster". The family secret of Rosa Ellis
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Introducing The Bomb season 2—Series 2
Sun 12 Jun 2022
The spy who changed history. Season 2 begins on 9 July 2022
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S1.7 The doomsday clock—Series 1
Fri 11 Sep 2020
The bomb drops on Hiroshima and the world is changed forever
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S1.6 The first atomic bomb—Series 1
Fri 4 Sep 2020
Time is running out. Leo Szilard makes one final attempt to stop the bomb
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S1.5 Enemy alien—Series 1
Fri 28 Aug 2020
The FBI pursues Leo Szilard as he loses control of the project
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S1.3 The Einstein letter—Series 1
Fri 14 Aug 2020
A vital message must be delivered to the president of the United States
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S1.2 Race to the bomb—Series 1
Fri 7 Aug 2020
It鈥檚 a race against time to beat the Nazis to the nuclear bomb
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S1.1 Moonshine—Series 1
Fri 31 Jul 2020
A little-known scientist discovers something that will change the course of human history
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The prologue—Series 1
Thu 23 Jul 2020
鈥淢y grandfather in front of a mushroom cloud鈥�. Could the Bomb have been stopped? #thebomb
