This Is A Disaster

In the final episode of this "season", we revisit disaster on the open ocean.  Inclement weather, over three hundred yachts, the history of boats, and just so many reasons to never set foot in the oce...

28 Jul 202149min

Just because something happens quickly, doesn't mean it can't be horrific.  The most dangerous job in the world meets fatigue, to catastrophic ends.  Deep sea diving, rapid decompression, human error,...

29 Jun 202125min

You thought overwrought endeavours were limited to videogames?  Where do you go now... that you've written Sweet Child O' Mine and November Rain?  Axel Rose, Buckethead, midnight pyrotechnics, and chi...

23 Jun 20211h 13min

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, or at least maybe finish a marathon.  Things could have gone a whole lot better for the rag-tag band of competitors at the St. Louis Olympics.  Dusty roads, a...

8 Jun 202125min

Our special guest Try-All Andy returns for the story of the trials and tribulations that went into producing a sequel that was over a decade in the making.  Aliens, misogyny, pop-culture references, a...

2 Jun 20211h 7min

As harsh a place as space can be, there have been surprisingly few deaths in space.  Not to worry!  Leigh found some for us.  Soviet cosmonauts, Soyuz 11, and a pesky valve...   Leigh's song pick:: Ni...

25 Mai 202127min

Craig from Canadian History Ehx returns to once again rob us of sleep.  What's the most damage mother nature could possibly do in one hour?  Edmonton, Alberta found out in 1987.  Tornadoes, the Fujita...

19 Mai 202141min

Not all disasters happen on a global scale.  Leigh tells the story of his experience on jury duty, with its highest highs and lowest lows.  Criminal fraud, heated debates, comped meals... and comped.....

11 Mai 202132min