1970s

"Take me to your shelter, leader!"

Do you have what it takes to be a shelter manager after World War III breaks out? Take this quiz from 1973 and find out!

Jan 29 • Alex Wellerstein

Playing at the End of the World

An interview with historian and game designer Malcolm Craig about post-apocalyptic tabletop role playing games in the Cold War

Jan 22 • Alex Wellerstein

Working at Cold War Los Alamos

A conversation with the chemist Cheryl Rofer about her over thirty year career at Los Alamos

Dec 12, 2025 • Alex Wellerstein

Critical mastery

The sublime art of nuclear posters

Sep 12, 2025 • Alex Wellerstein

A brief history of Preppers, part 2

Jun 13, 2025 • Alex Wellerstein

The first portable digital nuclear weapons effects computer

The Weapons Effects Display System (WEDS), Part II

Mar 28, 2025 • Alex Wellerstein

Five years, that's all we've got!

Humming along to David Bowie while the Climate Clock counts down

Oct 17, 2024 • Alex Wellerstein

The Trigger Effect

James Burke's vision of a suddenly un-connected world

Sep 6, 2024 • Alex Wellerstein

Survival of the Relocated Population of the U.S. after a Nuclear Attack, 1976

The surprising secret to surviving a nuclear war is... to not be near the bombs when they go off

Aug 1, 2024 • Alex Wellerstein

A Possible Chapter in American History

Is this the most honest graph made for public consumption by a government Civil Defense agency? (Yes, it is.)

Jul 17, 2024 • Alex Wellerstein

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