Episode 29: Henry Cavill Clearly Works out with Plutonium | Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018)

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You mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to this podcast episode in which we discuss all of the ridiculous science in Mission Impossible: Fallout, a movie that seems to know as much about plutonium as I know about Black Sabbath — which is to say, basically nothing other than the fact that heavy metal is involved. And, of course, because we’re discussing plutonium, we are joined by longtime friend of the podcast and nuclear scientist, Madicken! Because this isn’t just the plutonium podcast, we also talk about the logistics of HALO jumps and RFID tags.

Oh, and Nicole wrote another insane EDM song based on the vocal stylings of Madicken sampled during this episode. You can listen to it below.

Articles:

Thefts of Nuclear Materials

• Top Ten Cases of Nuclear Thefts Gone Wrong

• Six People Arrested in Moldova over Bomb Grade Uranium

Hyper Realistic Masks

• An article on hyper realistic masks: https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2019/research/hyper-realistic-masks-more-believable-human-faces

• Article on scam with fake French Minister: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48510027

HALO Jumps

• What is a HALO Jump?

• Article about the skydiving in Mission Impossible: Fallout

RFID

• Understanding RFID and RFID Operating Ranges

Science Corner

• American Cinematographer on The Mandalorian: https://ascmag.com/articles/the-mandalorian

• The Perks of Being a Weirdo