Disaster Area

Disaster Area

A podcast about disasters throughout history - what caused them, how people survived, and how we've responded to keep those disasters from happening again.

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Episode 131: The 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting

Episode 131: The 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting

It was the last night of the Route 91 Harvest Festival and people were eager to see country star Jason Aldean take the stage. Twenty-five minutes into his performance, he stepped up to the mike ... on...

31 Jan 20201h 22min

Episode 130: The shipwreck of the Empress of Ireland

Episode 130: The shipwreck of the Empress of Ireland

It was one of the most respected ships on the sea, a luxurious way to travel from Canada to Europe. But one foggy night was all it would take to send the Empress of Ireland to the bottom of the St. La...

22 Jan 20201h 10min

Episode 129: The story of Samantha Smith

Episode 129: The story of Samantha Smith

Would the United States and the Soviet Union nuke each other out of existence? In the 1980s, no one could be sure. So in 1982, a little girl named Samantha Smith just went ahead and asked -- the leade...

1 Jan 20201h 14min

Episode 128: Chernobyl - Part Six

Episode 128: Chernobyl - Part Six

In this final episode of our Chernobyl series, we look at how Pripyat has fared in the years since it was evacuated, among other things.

25 Des 20191h 1min

Episode 127: Chernobyl - Part Five

Episode 127: Chernobyl - Part Five

In the penultimate episode of our Chernobyl series, we look at the investigation into the causes of the accident and the failures behind the scenes which led to the disaster.

20 Des 201955min

Episode 126: Chernobyl - Part Four

Episode 126: Chernobyl - Part Four

The break is over and it's back to Chernobyl, where everything is covered with radioactive dust and the remains of reactor #4 are a continuing danger to everyone - both in the immediate vicinity, and ...

13 Des 20191h 17min

Episode 125: Chernobyl - Part Three

Episode 125: Chernobyl - Part Three

In this part of our Chernobyl series, we reach the moment of truth - the day when all of Chernobyl's underlying problems rose to the surface and led to the worst nuclear power disaster in history.

12 Nov 20191h 18min

Episode 124: Chernobyl - Part Two

Episode 124: Chernobyl - Part Two

In this episode, we see Chernobyl's beginnings, and just where cracks begin to form underneath the surface.

6 Nov 201945min

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