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Publisher |: This Is A Disaster

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: History,; Natural Disasters,; Natural Sciences,; Science & Medicine,; Society & Culture

Categories Via RSS |: History,; Music,; True Crime

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A podcast about disasters and the music they make us listen to.

We go on a journey through the history of disasters: Some man-made, some natural, some modern, some ancient, and all devastating. Listen as we discuss the catastrophic events that changed the trajectory of human history. Each episode wraps up with our recommendations for musical pairings to the story just told.

Country Of Origin |: Canada
Produced In |: Ottawa, Ontario
Premiere Date |: 2019-04-05
Frequency |: Biweekly
Explicit |: Yes

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103 Available Episodes (103 Total) / Average duration: 00:45:53

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103 Available Episodes (103 Total)Average duration: 00:45:53

Jul 28, 2021

00:49:55

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 ocean.

Peter's song pick:: Dreams by The Cranberries

https://open.spotify.com/track/4JGKZS7h4Qa16gOU3oNETV?si=23984130963e4d2d

Leigh's song pick:: Chaos by Stump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNZXoEvikd0&ab_channel=frenchaccent

If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.

Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod

Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod

www.thisdisasterpod.com

Very special thanks to Craig Baird of Canadian History Ehx for helping with the research for this episode.

Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Jun 29, 2021

00:25:51

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, and too-late regulations.

Leigh's song pick:: The Bends by Mr. Bungle https://open.spotify.com/track/0T4d6Pn20ar2JB1jI4MVKs?si=5c48b47b88a646f3

If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.

Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod

SHIRTS! Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th! Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!

Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod

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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Jun 23, 2021

01:13:55

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 chicken coop pronography.

That video about how The Rock is totally a James Bond movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FdnevXjqdc

Leigh's song pick:: Riad N' The Bedouins by Guns N' Roses

https://open.spotify.com/track/3Ipp7nTpEfpUYzT9OExVD0?si=cdb0d1cd8ee74131

Peter's song pick:: Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses

https://open.spotify.com/track/7snQQk1zcKl8gZ92AnueZW?si=7c8c5b29f6964ee8

If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.

Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod

SHIRTS! Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th! Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!

Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod

www.thisdisasterpod.com

Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Jun 08, 2021

00:25:38

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, ancient wars, rotten apples, and rat poison...

Peter's song pick:: Untitled by Andrew Hulshult https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGK1dr-Ql0w&t=3635s

If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.

Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod

SHIRTS! Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th! Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!

Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod

www.thisdisasterpod.com

Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Jun 02, 2021

01:07:49

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, and a world record... hail to the king?

E3 1998 Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR6qFFEkALg&t=136s

E3 2001 Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDlB2P1leRM&ab_channel=NUKEMDAVENUKEMDAVE

Leigh's song pick:: All The Kids Are Right by Local H

https://open.spotify.com/track/50kQ7oNv9cGEs8JRC614hl?si=ee1a53ded34546ef

Peter's song pick:: Everything Zen by Bush X

https://open.spotify.com/track/7waRjsA2ehXv619f47lYOT?si=43ec62d4569049c9

If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.

Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod

SHIRTS! Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th! Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!

Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod

www.thisdisasterpod.com

Very special thanks to Craig Baird of Canadian History Ehx for helping with the research for this episode.

Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

May 25, 2021

00:27:23

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:: Niin by Arovane https://open.spotify.com/track/2z1CBtxKRSphEzTfAQ7z4S?si=a904839036bd46d6

If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.

Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod

SHIRTS! Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th! Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!

Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod

www.thisdisasterpod.com

Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

May 19, 2021

00:41:21

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 scale, Canadian devastation, and... you better believe it... a trailer park.

Craig's song pick:: The Twist by Chubby Checker

https://open.spotify.com/track/3ohLnESFgYACPMCkoTOzqE?si=20be1cdd28fb4365

Leigh's song pick:: The End Of All Things by Nomeansno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV3ZRbI_sng

Peter's song pick:: Reitschule by Do Make Say Think https://open.spotify.com/track/6yphInZNlAZLR4z51sswJP?si=decdffc4dc9d408a

If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.

Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod

SHIRTS! Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th! Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!

Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod

www.thisdisasterpod.com

Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

May 11, 2021

00:32:56

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... meals...

Leigh's song pick:: Isn't Everyone by Health x Nine Inch Nails https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W2E6jNXzBE&ab_channel=YOUWILLLOVEEACHOTHER

If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.

Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod

SHIRTS! Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th! Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!

Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod

www.thisdisasterpod.com

Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

May 05, 2021

00:49:33

Ever wanted some of your favorite songs ruined by the story of the man behind them? Leigh makes it real hard to separate the man from the art. The Ronettes, John Lennon, George Harrison, hit records, guns, and death.

Leigh's song pick:: Be My Baby by The Ronettes

https://open.spotify.com/track/2TVhxOesu7h90ZTAHj4Tyc?si=cd75a111aa4d4ad9

Peter's song pick:: Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) by Nancy Sinatra https://open.spotify.com/track/4JLcAU2xY90qTkTSNM1lUa?si=a6761aa286ca4d4e

If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.

Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod

SHIRTS! Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th! Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!

Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod

www.thisdisasterpod.com

Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Apr 27, 2021

00:31:14

Peter tells the harrowing tale of that time a group of ships got stuck in the Suez Canal... and it's probably not the time you're thinking of. Salty sailors, makeshift regattas, non-sanctioned Olympic games, and alcohol... so much alcohol.

Peter's song pick:: No Weaknesses by The Dirty Nil https://open.spotify.com/track/6mAN7i05hcNNttAiW0Sy2q?si=4042326c587a4b43

If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.

Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod

SHIRTS! Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th! Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!

Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod

www.thisdisasterpod.com

Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Jul 28 | 00:49:55

Episode 51: The 1979 Fastnet Race

Jun 29 | 00:25:51

Episode 50.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Byford Dolphin Incident

Jun 23 | 01:13:55

Episode 50: Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy

Jun 08 | 00:25:38

Episode 49.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] 1904 Olympic Marathon

Jun 02 | 01:07:49

Episode 49 - Duke Nukem Forever

May 25 | 00:27:23

Episode 48.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Death in Space

May 19 | 00:41:21

Episode 48 - Edmonton Tornado, 1987

May 11 | 00:32:56

Episode 47.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] One Hungry Juror

May 05 | 00:49:33

Episode 47: Phil Spector

Apr 27 | 00:31:14

Episode 46.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Yellow Fleet

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