Show Notes Episode 517: Atom Bomb BabyThis week Host Dave Bledsoe goes into his laboratory to work on his experiments. (His lab is a bar and he is mixing toxic cocktails to drink alone. Again.) On the show this week we examine the second leg of the Boomer Tripod, which explains why Boomers are the way they are. (Standing in line at the Walmart return counters muttering racisms at an audible level.): The Atomic Age.Along the way we learn WAY TOO MUCH about Dave and his youthful “nocturnal emissions”. (Eew. Just Eew!) Then we dive right into those heady years following World War Two when America was in love with the Atom.  We explore all the ways people tried to make the bomb work in civilian applications and all the things people imagined we would power with a nuclear reactor.  (We could have had atomic cars!) Then we take a look at the atom in pop culture.  From atomic beauty queens to atomic labs under the Christmas tree, the atom was cool until it wasn’t. (Funny how nuclear war can ruin a good time!!)Our Sponsor this week is The Junior Manhattan Project Home Set, the future bright because it glows from atomic radiation! We open the show with a little cartoon explaining the atom and close with Unexpected Visitors who sing us a little love song!Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common SenseThe Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.socialThe Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQThe Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrqOur Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.comPatreon:  https://www.patreon.com/WhatthehellpodcastThe Show Line: 347 687 9601Closing Music:https://youtu.be/FNYCq452aEA?si=zjYQBx7QQf_ZKFr2Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shopCitations Needed:The Manhattan Project an Interactive Historyhttps://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1945-present/public_reaction.htmThe Atomic Automobilehttps://www.damninteresting.com/the-atomic-automobile/America’s Crazy Attempts to Build Nuclear-Powered Aircrafthttps://nationalinterest.org/feature/americas-crazy-attempts-build-nuclear-powered-aircraft-13352Atomically Bad Ideas for the Atomic Bombhttps://www.ripleys.com/stories/atomic-bomb-ideasHow Uranium Fever Shaped the 1950s Southwesthttps://yesterdaysamerica.com/how-uranium-fever-shaped-the-1950s-southwest/4 Atomic-Themed 1950s Beauty Queenshttps://www.mentalfloss.com/culture/fashion-beauty/4-atomic-themed-1950s-beauty-queensComics and the atomic bomb from 1945 to 1955https://www.tcj.com/comics-and-the-atomic-bomb-from-1945-to-1955/Pop Music and the Bombhttps://thebulletin.org/2018/12/pop-music-and-the-bomb/Toy Geiger Counter by Bell Products (1955-1956)https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/toys/bell-products-geiger-counter.html7 Retro Toys From the Atomic Agehttps://www.mentalfloss.com/fun/toys/retro-atomic-age-toysLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices