S2.7 Critical mass

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S2.7 Critical mass

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Aug 19, 2022

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The interrogation of a spymaster. Ursula is questioned as Klaus Fuchs returns to England. Secrets threaten to be spilled and loyalties are tested. The war has ended, and the physicist could have a promising future. But will his past catch up with him? Could British intelligence services be on to him? #thebomb

Released:

Aug 19, 2022

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (21)

The spy who changed history and a great-aunt's double life. In season one we met the scientist who might have stopped the atomic bomb. In season two we meet the man who stole it.

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The prologue: “My grandfather in front of a mushroom cloud”. Could the Bomb have been stopped? #thebomb by The Bomb
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S1.7 The doomsday clock: The bomb drops on Hiroshima and the world is changed forever by The Bomb
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S2.3 Unstable elements: The fate of the world is decided: Klaus Fuchs joins a top-secret atomic bomb mission by The Bomb
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S2.4 A stable bond: The spy meets his spymaster by The Bomb
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S2.2 A split life: The world’s most dangerous spy? A young scientist’s journey into espionage by The Bomb
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S2.5 An irreversible reaction: A double life gets more dangerous. Fuchs joins America's bomb project by The Bomb
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S2.7 Critical mass: The interrogation of a spymaster. Ursula is questioned as Klaus Fuchs returns to England by The Bomb
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S2.8 The uncertainty principle: The spy catchers close in. Klaus Fuchs is caught in the crosshairs by The Bomb
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S2.6 Camp Y: Lives on the line. The Fuchs family is drawn into the espionage by The Bomb
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S2.9 Dead cat, live cat: A double life implodes. Fuchs faces judge and jury by The Bomb
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S2.10 Fallout: Jail awaits - Klaus Fuchs is going down. But will he take Ursula with him? by The Bomb
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S2.7 Critical mass

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