In the time it takes you to read this, the city of Tangshan shook apart in 1976. Peter tells Leigh […]
Episode 36.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] British Airtours Flight 28M
It usually takes a disaster to change regulations… case in point British Airtours Flight 28M and the Boeing 737. Ultra-narrow […]
Episode 36: Climate Change, Part 2
Nuclear Norm comes back to finish what he started, this time telling us about why some people distrust science, and […]
Episode 35.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Legendary E.T. Landfill
It’s all fun and games until Steven Spielberg brings you his precious property to turn into a video game. In […]
Episode 35: Climate Change, Part 1
Our special guest drops by for a two-part series about the slow-burn disaster happening all around us. What’s a greenhouse […]
Episode34 .5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Cecil Kelley’s Radioactive End
In 1958, Los Alamos National Laboratory was buzzing with new and exciting ways to eradicate humanity and leave the Earth […]
Episode 34: Mel Lyman, The Greatest Man In The World (And Not Troubled By It In The Least)
When you’re known as the meanest tub-bassist around, you’re bound to attract all kinds. Sometimes it’s a self-proclaimed Harmonica Jesus […]
Episode 33.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Woodstock 50
In 1969, the Woodstock festival became the stuff of legends. In 1999, the Woodstock festival became infamous. In 2019, the […]
Episode 33: The Franklin Expedition
There’s gotta be a better way to go east than going east, or at least that’s what Franklin thought when […]
Episode 32.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Texas City Explosion(s)
We’re not going to get into the specifics, but if you combine ammonium nitrate and some other nasty things on […]