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The recent TV miniseries ?Chernobyl? has stirred up debate online about the accuracy of its portrayal of the explosion at a nuclear power plant in the former Soviet state of Ukraine. We fact-check the programme and try and explain why it so hard to say how many people will die because of the Chernobyl disaster.
Image: Chernobyl nuclear power plant a few weeks after the disaster. Credit: Getty Images
In October of 2012 a huge explosion rocked Camp Minden, a little-known government compound located in Louisiana. The explosion shattered windows 4 miles away. A 7,000-foot mushroom cloud contaminated the area and eyewitnesses understandably wondered whether they'd been the victims of a nuclear detonation. So what exactly did happen? Tune in to learn more about the conspiracy afoot at Camp Minden.
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The news to know for Friday, June 21st, 2019!
Today, new details about how the U.S. is responding to Iran shooting down its drone.
Plus: a robotic arm that works just by thinking (no surgery required), an Apple recall, the first day of summer and Toy Story 4.
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Iran vs. U.S. Drone: Reuters, AP, Washington Post, CNN, The Hill
Hope Hicks Testimony: ABC News, CNN
Walmart Settlement: NYT, WSJ, Fox Business
Stocks High: CBS News
NBA Draft: CBS Sports, NYT
Two-City Team?: ESPN, USA Today
Robotic Arm Breakthrough: Techcrunch, Daily Mail
Skull “Horns”: Fortune, NBC News
Apple Recall: 9to5Mac, Check Your Serial No.
Apple + Best Buy: TechCrunch, CNN
First Day of Summer: Vox, National Geographic, USA Today
Toy Story 4: Box Office Mojo
Tommy talks to Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke about why he thinks he can win, what President O’Rourke would do on day one, recent comments by Joe Biden, lots and lots of policy and why his dog Artemis should be leading the pack.
Amanda Holmes reads Dolores Kendrick’s poem “Bessie Coleman Falling from the Sky.” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
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