After spending more than two decades working in the field of nuclear weapons policy, it’s hard to imagine being shocked by all that much anymore. And yet there I was in February 2020, stunned and shaken, staring wide-eyed as a Nike Hercules surface-to-air missile emerged slowly through blast doors from its underground bunker. A long-retired […]
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Every idea has an origin story. Multiple interwoven threads ultimately led me to develop the Radioactive RoadTrippin’ concept. Everything came together during a conversation with a good friend on Monday, October 11, 2020. I can still remember when I said: “That’s it! I know what I should do. I’ll produce a travelogue show for YouTube
In this episode, I interview Richard Miller, a long-time expert on industrial safety and the author of many books on the impact of U.S. nuclear testing including Under the Cloud and The U.S. Atlas of Nuclear Fallout, 1951-1962. From 1951 to 1962, the U.S. government dropped 100 nuclear weapons on the state of Nevada, not
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In this episode, I discuss my first “pit stop” as part of my one-year road trip around the United States to visit nuclear-weapons related sites. In my research on nuclear weapons and Texas, I spotted something odd on Google Maps satellite imagery. On my way to San Antonio, I made a quick stop at “Uranium
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In this episode, I discuss my experiences during my first two months of owning a Host Yukon truck camper and share 5 things you need to do right away if you’ve just purchased your own new camper. I went camping three times since August 20, and every single time, at least one thing broke. My
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In this episode, I invite you behind the scenes into my writer’s room for a preview of Radioactive RoadTrippin. You’ll watch me pitch the pilot episode to three nuclear weapons experts and get their take on how I should best proceed. I ask them to guess how many nuclear weapons related sites I found in
In this episode, I take you on a tour of the interior of my new Host Yukon Truck Camper. I show you the main features, explain a few of my upgrades, and discuss how it differs from the Host Mammoth model. Stay tuned for an upcoming look at the exterior of the camper and an
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I’ve finally picked up my brand new Host Yukon Camper from Princess RV Craft in Round Rock, Texas and loaded it on my Ford F-350 Super Duty Dually pick-up truck. Check out my adventures as I take my first trip to Minnesota to visit my parents and then return home to Rockport, Texas.
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In this video, I explain the many reasons (and there are a lot of them) why you should care about nuclear weapons. It all comes down to the numbers – of weapons, of past and future fatalities, of dollars spent, etc. Regardless of where you stand, it’s worth thinking for a few minutes about whether
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In this episode, I capture my first-ever flight with a drone, specifically the DJI Mavic Air 2. After watching plenty of YouTube videos about what not to do, I almost crashed the drone. It’s not as easy as the pros make it look, but also not impossible to carry off.
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