Disaster Hour

Disaster Hour

Disasters happen all time, but why? And how? Join us in exploring some of history's most infamous disasters, from small accidents to absolute catastrophes. Sit back and relax with Ian & Liv while we deep dive into these disasters and the events that led to it, and ask the big questions: was the disaster avoidable, and is anyone to blame?

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Episoder(116)

Ep. 12: The Tenerife Airport Disaster

Ep. 12: The Tenerife Airport Disaster

What's one of the most important aspects of flying an airplane? Not flying your plane into another plane. In this one, Ian and Liv talk about the Tenerife Airport Disaster in 1977, where two passenger...

16 Jul 202354min

Ep. 11: The Lake Nyos Death Cloud

Ep. 11: The Lake Nyos Death Cloud

Nature is always coming up with clever ways to rid the Earth of humans. In this one, Ian and Liv talk about a lethal cloud of carbon dioxide that is released from a lake in Africa, which smothers and ...

5 Jul 202346min

Ep. 10: Fireworks, Whiskey, and Natural Selection

Ep. 10: Fireworks, Whiskey, and Natural Selection

It's a Special Holiday Episode! For episode ten, Ian and Liv celebrate the Fourth of July by talking about a NINE different fireworks disasters! Each of these stories involve fireworks, most involve a...

28 Jun 202346min

Ep. 9: Ten Cent Beer Night

Ep. 9: Ten Cent Beer Night

Disaster strikes in Cleveland again! In this one, Ian and Liv talk about a marketing event by the Cleveland Indians in 1974, where beers were sold for 10 cents a piece at a Tuesday night Indians game....

20 Jun 202342min

Ep. 8: The El Dorado Wildfire

Ep. 8: The El Dorado Wildfire

In this one, Ian tells Liv about a wildfire that began in a park in California. However, this wildfire was started inadvertently by a couple who set off a smoke bomb during a gender reveal party, and ...

14 Jun 202331min

Ep. 7: The Locust Plague of 1874

Ep. 7: The Locust Plague of 1874

In this one, Ian tells Liv about a swarm of locusts that appeared in the Great Plains in 1874, but continued to devastate the new frontier for years later. Nothing was safe from the maniacal, flying i...

8 Jun 202330min

Ep. 6: The Tornado Super Outbreak, 2011

Ep. 6: The Tornado Super Outbreak, 2011

In this one, Ian tells Liv about an outbreak of over 300 tornadoes that ravaged the southeast US, in just four days. Many storm records were set not only during this disaster, but throughout all of Ap...

31 Mai 202338min

Ep. 5: Mt. Tambora & The Year Without Summer, 1816

Ep. 5: Mt. Tambora & The Year Without Summer, 1816

In this episode, Ian tells Liv about a volcano that erupted in 1815, Mt. Tambora, in Indonesia. However, the devastation this volcano causes to the entire planet is unlike anything we've seen in over ...

18 Mai 202353min

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