I'm super late catching up on these, but just a quick nuke/fallout clarification (all to the best of my understanding, which I think is good but not perfect):
atomic bomb (a-bomb): fission-only (used on Hiroshima & Nagasaki)
thermonuclear/hydrogen bomb (h-bomb): fission/fusion bomb, basically uses an a-bomb to set off an even larger explosion. Pretty much all modern discussion of "nuclear weapons" is referring to this type of device, though a-bombs are technically nuclear weapons as well.
Chernobyl: nuclear reactor meltdown and explosion, though not the same kind of explosion as a bomb. Released a lot of local radiation and a Mitch's-butt-load of fallout across Europe and the USSR.
fallout: Basically radioactive dust, dirt, and other crap kicked up by a nuclear explosion. It's notable for spreading across huge distances (potentially the entire planet). It can cause cancer, birth defects, radiation poisoning, and other horrible things.
I'm not a blacksmith, but from what I understand, anvils are used so you have a surface that won't move, break, deform, or really react to the hot metal. The horn/pointy end of the anvil helps with shaping metal into curves and stuff. I think.
I also did the hold-your-breath thing when passing a graveyard, but I'm from Illinois, so I have no idea if kids do it outside the Midwest.
I'm way behind on the podcasts, but I just wanted to let Jason know I appreciated him singing the Dinosaucers theme. That's a show I loved as a kid but no one seemed to remember, so I was starting to think I hallucinated it.
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