March 7, 2019 – The city of Las Vegas may have gotten it’s start as a gambling oasis, but the community of Las Vegas owes it’s population explosion to atomic testing. In this episode we examine how the testing the atomic bomb in the Nevada desert contributed to growing the city, how it helped to increase tourism and how it impacted the culture. National Atomic Testing Museum website: nationalatomictestingmuseum.org/ Atomic Liquors twitter: @atomicdtlv instagram: @atomicliquors website: atomic.vegas The Kitchen At Atomic instagram: @kitchenatatomic website: kitchenatatomic.vegas Strange Uncles Podcast twitter: @strangeuncles website: mystrangeuncles.com Alien Theorists Theorizing Podcast twitter: @truthisoutthurr website: alientheorists.com You can find us on twitter @facesandaceslv