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Broken Arrows is the term ascribed to the nightmare scenario of a missing nuclear weapon, or an accident involving nuclear warheads. Such a haunting situation came to fruition over the Spanish seaside town of Palomares on January 17th in 1966. The rapid growth of nuclear proliferation held global citizens in fear not just of a nuclear weapon launch, but so too the threat of a catastrophic accident.
Indira Naidoo spoke with Professor of Arts and Humanities at King s College London, John Howard, who has spent many years researching and documenting the Palomares disaster s impact. An incident that through savvy PR from the US government, was wiped clean from history.
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A dead Pope resurrected to preside over affairs of state sounds macabre, but a rotting corpse was placed on trial in the fascinating story of the Synodus Horrenda in 897. One Pope put on trial another dead Pope in the Cadaver Synod. Indira Naidoo on this remarkable history of the Catholic Church and the Papal era it defined with Paul Collins, author of the book The Birth of the West .
Duration: 29min 54sec
ABC Radio reveals 2021 presenter line ups
December 15, 2020 3:14
ABC Radio has announced the 2021 presenter line up.
The announcement:
ABC Radio has announced its 2021 presenter line ups, which remain relatively stable for all networks, with no changes for ABC Radio Sydney and ABC Radio Melbourne.
Several ABC radio networks recorded their highest audience reach and share in a decade due largely to the bushfire coverage followed by coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and the US election.
Triple j introduces a new breakfast duo with Bryce Mills and Ebony Boadu starting on 18 January – just before the Hottest 100 of 2020 countdown on Saturday 23 January and the Hottest 200 on 24 January.
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Most countries around the globe have adopted the Metric System, but where did these measurements begin? Ken Alder, the author of the book The Measure of All Things, tells how France adopted the metre officially in 1799 in France. Indira Naidoo reveals in This Week in History how the world of weights and measures all began around the time of the French Revolution.
Duration: 29min 20sec