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Edward Friedman

Political scientist

Aug 1, 2026

13:03
So what does Godzilla have to do with nuclear energy at all here?
13:06
Well, in 1954, the United States was conducting bomb tests in the Pacific, and they miscalculated.
13:16
They exploded a bomb that was much more powerful than they anticipated, and it caused radioactive fallout throughout the region.
13:30
But in particular, what was very dramatic was that the radioactive fallout landed on a fishing boat called the Lucky Dragon, which was not so lucky.
13:44
And the fishermen all got radiation sickness.
13:49
And that had a tremendous, it was a Japanese fishing boat, and that had a tremendous impact in Japan.
13:58
And as a result, the Japanese decided to dramatize the dangers of radiation and created this fictitious monster, Godzilla, which was supposedly created at the bottom of the sea by radiation.

18 MINS LATER

31:55
But in addition to reading your book, what else should they check out, Ed?

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