Episode 5: But What Does Atomic Breath Smell Like? | Godzilla (2014)

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Let them fight! That’s right folks, this week we are covering the 2014 version of Godzilla. Even more exciting, we feature an actual, real-life nuclear engineer to discuss all of the problems with nuclear power plants, nuclear bombs, nuclear radiation, nuclear banana bread, nuclear breath, nuclear sense of smell, and nuclear kung fu in the movie. Okay, it’s possible we may have made some of those up. There are so many problems with the science in this movie that it’s hard to keep track. You might even say that the science in this movie is a nuclear disaster (cue drum bu-dum).

Articles:

Electromagnetic Pulse

• What Is an EMP, and Could North Korea Really Use One Against the U.S.?

• Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Pulse?

Nuclear Fallout

• How to Survive Nuclear Fallout

Fun Stuff

• Nukemaps is like Google maps, but you can drop nuclear bombs and see what the estimated damage would be. (Again, NSA, Nicole assures you that she is not a terrorist and that her curiosity regarding explosives is purely intellectual.)

• Bryan Cranston’s Super Sweet 60. Watch it. Watch it now. Are you watching it? No? Then what are you doing? WATCH IT. Nicole 100% guarantees you will not regret it. This is Bryan Cranston’s greatest role.