Nuclear Episodes
Investigating the history and ongoing impacts of nuclear testing, uranium mining, and waste storage in desert landscapes, particularly in Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico.
Aug. 8, 2025
S4E26: Episode 100 | Morgan Sjogren's Tales of Beauty, Rage, and Uranium
Morgan Sjogren shares an evocative reading from her recent book Path of Light : A Walk Through Colliding Legacies of Glen Canyon discussing uranium mining's impact on red rock country and the broader implications for desert landscapes.
June 10, 2025
S4E18: Resilience & Resistance in Navajo Country
Chris Clarke hosts a compelling discussion with Diné activist Davina Smith on the significance of the Bears Ears National Monument.
Sept. 18, 2024
S3E27: Los Alamos's Dark Legacy: Plutonium Pollution in Plain Sight
About the Guest: Dr. Michael E. Ketterer is a Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Northern Arizona University. With extensive expertise in analytical chemistry and environmental analysis of radionuclides such as uranium and pl...
May 21, 2022
S1E10: Remembering Phil Klasky and Ward Valley
From the mid-1980s until the first months of the 21st Century, a coalition of desert tribes and non-Native activists worked to keep the state of California from siting a low-level nuclear waste dump in the Mojave Desert, on l...