Steve Wodka
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46 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard Dec 2024
Steve Wodka’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We were concerned that she was going to get fired. That was the worst thing that we thought could possibly happen. That was about the limit. That was where we were wrong.
We wanted to see what we could do to bring maximum pressure on them in order so that the local can get a decent contract.
And I said, you know, Karen, I can't take notes on this. I've got to tape you. Can I turn it on?
Okay, now, talking to Karen Silkwood, and today is... Monday, October 7th. I've been discussing what's been going on in the last week since the people from Kerr and McGee are up here.
All right, now what about this getting to these kids joking about getting hot?
Okay, then what happened with this gal who you had talked to about plutonium and cancer, and she got all concerned. How did that come about again? Okay.
When did the smear come out?
No, no, no, hold on, hold on, hold on. What I'm trying to tell you, what I found out when I was in Minnesota about plutonium getting into your lung and these particles getting into your lung. Well, when these two doctors, when you guys meet up with these two doctors, these doctors are going to flip out when they hear the stories you have to tell.
Sure as hell does.
But the whole point is, is that Plutonium is so carcinogenic, is so potent, that it's now figured that, you know, under the conditions that you work under in that kind of a plant, you don't have to work there for five years. You might only have to work there for one friggin' month, and you've got enough of a body burden to cause cancer.
Well, yes, I'm going to tell you that, because I told you. If the union loses this election, I tell you, Karen, you better get the out of there. I'll be gone.
That place is going to turn into a hellhole. I'm going to shut them down before I go. Well, yeah, we've got ideas on that, too. And we know what their Achilles heel is. But, I mean, you know, turn the tape off for this.
Okay, so here, this is my FBI investigation documents. Everything's in cryological order.
She says, this plant is essentially being operated by a bunch of kids, 18 and 19-year-old kids, kids that were hired off of the local farms. who didn't know anything about radioactive materials and what's going to happen to them as they grow up and this material is inside of them.
She was strong. I mean, she knew she was on the right side of things and what was going on in the plant was wrong. And I think I gave her her strength.
The belief is that that intense radiation that goes on essentially for the rest of the person's life causes lung cancer. So the handling of plutonium is supposed to be very strict. There's supposed to be essentially no contact whatsoever with this material. There's always supposed to be a barrier between the worker and plutonium.
And what was going on in this plant was that barrier was being breached on a daily basis.
And Karen said, I'll do it. I'll pull it together. And we say to her, well, okay, report back to me, but keep your profile low or non-existent. No one should know that you're doing this.
So we were there at the Holiday Inn, and we were waiting. And waiting. It's ours.
And I said, something's wrong. So I ended up making phone calls.
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