Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys The story of how the US poisoned the Marshall Islands with nuclear fallout and did nothing to clean it up. sources: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2014/02/27/castle-bravo-the-largest-u-s-nuclear-explosion/ https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/castle-bravo https://www.latimes.com/projects/marshall-islands-nuclear-testing-sea-level-rise/ Zohl De Ishtar "Poisoned Lives, Contaminated Lands: Marshall Islanders Are Paying a High Price for the United States Nuclear Arsenal" Seattle Journal for Social Justice. https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/lost-sea/ https://borgenproject.org/thyroid-cancer-a-radiation-caused-healthcare-crisis-in-the-marshall-islands/ Oishi, Matashichi. "The Day the Sun Rose in the West: The Lucky Dragon, and I." University of Hawaii Press. *corrections* FDR died after completing 3 terms in office, barely made it 80 days into his 4th.

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