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S1.7 The doomsday clock

The Bomb

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The Bomb From the B B World Service - Slash the Bomb

Satsuco thurlo accepted the nobel peace prize in 20 17 on behalf of the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. Leo silard was the father of the atomic age and his shadow still lingers, as does his radical imagination that drove him forward against all odds. To day, the doomsday clock stands at 100 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been. If we don't have to stay up nights worrying about who has access to the nuclear cods, are we prepared to risk another heroshima, or worse? The bomb from the b b c world service is hashtag the bomb on social media.

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