John Romero went from arcade wizard, to programming prodigy, to visionary responsible in large part for classic games like Doom, […]
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Episode 31.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Death of Marvin Gaye
Let’s get it on: Marvin Gaye was a landmark soul and R&B artists, but his life didn’t mirror the carefree […]
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Episode 31: The Johnstown Flood
What better place to build a fishing and country club than at the edge of a recently-compromised dam? A flood […]
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Episode 30.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Lord of the Flies (For Real)
Young boys get stranded on an island, and anyone who’s read the book knows the rest of the story… or […]
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Episode 30: The Great Chicago Fire
Hey, we heard you like wood, so we stored wood in your wood so you can wood when you wood! […]
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Episode 29.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Four Bad Nights: The Who, Roskilde, Hillsborough, and Ten Cent Beer Night
Bad things come in fours. Leigh tells us about a bottleneck at a Who concert, a stampede at the Roskilde […]
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Episode 29: Brian Wilson’s Smile
Leigh tackles one of his White Whales, talking about the ups, downs, and eventual collapse of the production of what […]
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Episode 28.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Cleveland Balloonfest 1986
What happens when you pick a fight with Mikey Mouse, and all you have at hand is two million latex […]
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Episode 28: Boston Molasses Flood
Special guest Karol (aka doom-rapper “garbageface”) drops by the podcast to tell us about possibly the original sticky situation. How […]
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Episode 27.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Gram Parsons: A Life Spent
How many tragic folk musicians from the 60s could there possibly be? Leigh helps answer that question with the story […]