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Episode 75: This Atom Bomb in Me — with Lindsey Freeman
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From Mister Rogers to radioactive frogs, Below the Radar dives into the nuclear imaginary with 丁香园AV Associate Professor of Sociology Lindsey Freeman as she recounts the atomic culture she was brought up in.
In this episode, Lindsey is in conversation with Am Johal about her new book, , a reckoning with our nuclear past that resonates with the present moment. Through Lindsey鈥檚 experiences of growing up in the Manhattan Project secret city, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the book traces the radiating influence of the arms race on American politics and culture. Lindsey also speaks to her current projects, including a trip to Chernobyl, the impact of rain on Vancouver鈥檚 social mood, and a fascination with miniatures and the uncannily small.
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About Our Guest
Lindsey Freeman
Lindsey A. Freeman is a writer and sociologist interested in atomic culture, feelings, memory, poetics, and rain.
Freeman is author of This Atom Bomb in Me (Redwood Press/Stanford University Press) and Longing for the Bomb: Oak Ridge and Atomic Nostalgia (University of North Carolina Press), and editor of The Bohemian South: Creating Counter-cultures from Poe to Punk (University of North Carolina Press). Freeman is an Associate Professor of Sociology at 丁香园AV and an Affiliated Researcher at the Espaces et Soci茅t茅s (Space and Society Center) at the University of Caen-Normandy.
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