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Podcast, Episode 24

'Atomic Cafe' and 'Radio Bikini'

Episode At A Glance
Hosts / Guests
Gregg Turkington
Tim Heidecker
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Original Air Date

3/12/2012

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Movies & Reviews

The Atomic Cafe

Director: Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty

Year: 1982     Run Time: 86 min

Disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.

Gregg's Review

These aren't really movies though

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Tim's Review

They definitely are movies, they're just documentaries

Bags of popcorn were not given out on the audio podcast.

Radio Bikini

Director: Robert Stone

Year: 1988     Run Time: 56 min

It starts with a live radio broadcast from the Bikini Atoll a few days before it is annihilated by a nuclear test. Shows great footage from these times and tells the story of the US Navy Sailors who were exposed to radioactive fallout. One interviewed sailor suffered grotesquely swollen limbs and he is shown being interviewed with enormous left arm and hand.

Gregg's Review

They didn't really play in theaters. They're just on Netflix which not everybody has and they're not really movies, it's somebody's opinion.

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Tim's Review

After watching Atomic Cafe and Radio Bikini I had two nights worth of nightmares.

Bags of popcorn were not given out on the audio podcast.

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