The History Podcast
Half-Life
8. A Fracture
May 14, 2025
30 minutes
Available for over a year
In this final episode, Joe follows the opening of a public memorial and engages with a private reckoning.
Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne (based on his book Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance)
Produced by Eleanor McDowall
Music by Jeremy Warmsley
Mixing engineer, Mike Woolley
Translator in Berlin: Francesca Schweiger
Recordings of the memorial unveiling: Phoebe McIndoe
Story consultant, Sarah Geis
Executive producer, Alan Hall
Commissioning editor, Daniel Clarke
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4