Episode 317: The Downwinders
David and Rachel discuss the first victims of the atomic bomb: people in the United States who lived within fallout range of the Trinity test site.
31 Jul 20231h 21min
Episode 316: The Fidenae Amphitheater Collapse
David and Rachel discuss the Roman Empire the deadliest structural failure in recorded history.
24 Jul 202341min
Episode 315: The Death of Knute Rockne
On the occasion of our 6th podaversary, David and Rachel discuss Knute Rockne, whose career revolutionized American football and whose death revolutionized aviation safety.
17 Jul 20231h 6min
Episode 314: The Great Emu War of 1932
David and Rachel discuss that time in Australia when three soldiers tried to take out 20,000 emus with machine guns. Script by listener Stephen.
10 Jul 202342min
Episode 313: London Underground, Part Three - The King's Cross Fire
David and Rachel discuss the deadliest fire in London Underground history.
3 Jul 20231h 5min
Episode 312: London Underground, Part Two and a Half - The Troll Toll
You gotta pay the troll toll if you want this boy's hole! Come pay the troll toll with us as we bridge into next week's episode by discussing how capitalism took a very dark turn courtesy of Margaret ...
26 Jun 20231h 13min
Episode 311: London Underground, Part Two - The Moorgate Tube Crash
David and Rachel continue an exploration of post-war Britain and, in this episode, the deadliest peacetime Tube disaster in history.
19 Jun 20231h
Episode 310: London Underground, Part One - The Stratford Tube Crash
David and Rachel discuss post-war British politics in excruciating detail, all to lead up to a tragic Tube crash that killed 12 people.
12 Jun 20231h 5min
