#8: America’s Chernobyl (1 of 2)
Summary: Richland, Washington is a company town that sprang up almost overnight in the desert of South Eastern Washington. Its employer is the federal government, and its product is plutonium. The Hanford nuclear site was one of the Manhattan Project sites, and it made the plutonium for the bomb that devastated Nagasaki. Here, the official history is one of scientific achievement, comfortable houses, and good-paying jobs. But it doesn’t include the story of what happened after the bomb was dropped — neither in Japan, nor right there in Washington State. On part one of our two-part season finale, we tell the largely-forgotten story of the most toxic place in America.<br> ———-MORE———-<br> You can also find related articles on our website, <a href="https://www.citedpodcast.com/">citedpodcast.com</a>. Including articles by our research assistant, <a href="https://history.ubc.ca/profile/nicole-yakashiro/">Nicole Yakashiro</a>, including: a detailed <a href="https://www.citedpodcast.com/hanford-timeline/">Hanford timeline</a>, as well as the <a href="https://www.citedpodcast.com/hanford-and-the-makings-of-nuclear-colonial-expertise/">colonial history of the Hanford site. </a>Plus, <a href="https://www.citedpodcast.com/americas-chernobyl-transcript-2/">a transcript.</a><br> ———-PROGRAMMING NOTE———-<br> Yes, Cited has an album. Our brilliant composer <a href="http://mikebarber.ca/">Mike Barber</a> put it together, and you can find it on his website and on <a href="https://mikebarber.bandcamp.com/album/cited-original-podcast-soundtrack">Bandcamp</a>. Check it out.<br> Plus, we have branded mugs. And we’re doing a very simple giveaway. Write a review of Cited on Stitcher or Apple Podcasts, and then email me us a photo to info@citedmedia.ca. We’ll randomly pick three of the people who email, and send you a free mug.<br> ———-FOLLOW CITED———<br> To keep up with Cited, Secondary Symptoms, and our upcoming show: follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/citedpodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/citedpodcast/">Facebook</a>. Tweet at us, or email your feedback to <a href="mailto:info@citedmedia.ca">info@citedmedia.ca</a>–we might just read it on the show.<br> ———-CREDITS———-<br> This episode was produced <a href="https://twitter.com/gordonkatic?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Gordon Katic</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/pollyleger?lang=en">Polly Leger.</a> With editing support from <a href="https://twitter.com/aceyrowe?lang=en">Acey Rowe.</a> <a href="https://history.ubc.ca/profile/nicole-yakashiro/">Nicole Yakashiro</a> was our research assistant, and <a href="https://twitter.com/auroratejeida?lang=en">Aurora Tejeida </a>was our fact-checker.<br> Our theme song and original music is by our composer, <a href="http://mikebarber.ca/">Mike Barber</a>. <a href="https://www.dakotakoop.com/">Dakota Koop</a> is our graphic designer. Our production manager is David Tobiasz, and executive producers are <a href="https://twitter.com/gordonkatic?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Gordon Katic</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Samadeus?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Sam Fenn.</a><br> We’d like to thank historians <a href="https://twitter.com/overedwaitress?lang=en">Sarah Fox</a>, author of <a href="http://www.downwindhistory.com/">“Downwind: A People’s History of the Nuclear West</a>,” as well as <a href="https://twitter.com/katebrownMIT?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Kate Brown</a>, author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Plutopia-Families-American-Plutonium-Disasters/dp/0190233109">Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters</a>.” Check those out,
