This Is A Disaster

The Great Chicago Fire wasn't the worst fire ever to hit the United States.  It wasn't the worst fire in 1871.  It wasn't even the worst fire in October of 1871... The second episode in our October of...

14 Loka 20201h 12min

Things got a bit hairy in Salem in 1692... let's just say it wasn't a good time to be feeding urine cakes to dogs and cracking eggs into Venus glasses.  Oomancy, divination, possession, the 17th-centu...

6 Loka 202038min

In the late 1970s, two friends got straight-As in fruit-eating and crystal meth.  Luckily for the trajectory of punk rock, they turned their talents to music, gave up their real names for punk alter e...

30 Syys 202059min

When the going gets good, Marvel got weird.  Forget Iron Man and Thor, it's time for Nightmask and Star Brand!  Sorry, you've never heard of them?  Maybe sticking to what works is the best way after a...

22 Syys 202043min

In the time it takes you to read this, the city of Tangshan shook apart in 1976. Peter tells Leigh about one of the most devastating of Earth's ancient disasters, with a truly staggering death toll. E...

16 Syys 202056min

It usually takes a disaster to change regulations... case in point British Airtours Flight 28M and the Boeing 737.  Ultra-narrow aisles?  Armrests that don't raise up?  Seats in front of the emergency...

8 Syys 202040min

What?  An episode on a Friday??  We come to you to talk Skittles and announce the winner of our first-ever draw!   Our sincerest thanks to everyone that participated, and we'll do more soon.   If you ...

4 Syys 20204min

Nuclear Norm comes back to finish what he started, this time telling us about why some people distrust science, and why they might never change their mind. Petitions, angry fictitious coal miners, rev...

2 Syys 202057min