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To raise money for car repairs, Jennifer answers the question you've all been wondering - how well can she talk about a disaster while ... let's say "not sober." Please help Jennifer fix her car! It takes our esteemed cohost Professor on rides to go see cows and he therefore cannot live without it. Links below: GoFundMe: Paypal: Cashapp: $disasterareapod Venmo: @disasterareapodcast
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It was almost the end of a typical Tuesday for workers at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, South Carolina, in June of 2007, and several of them went out to the loading dock to smoke and kill a little time. One stray cigarette butt thrown too near the trash, and within an hour and a half nine firefighters would be dead. Videos: Articles and books:
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On a warm November evening in 1996, in the rural farmland not far from Delhi, the remains of two aircraft plummeted from the skies. The collision which caused them to fall is still the deadliest mid-air collision in history. Videos: Articles and books:
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Let us celebrate the 250th episode of the podcast by doing literally anything else but watching "Cats." Videos: Articles and books: , by T.S. Eliot
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It turns out that I have not disappeared into a magical world to be romanced by a fae prince - more's the pity. Anyway, let's talk about the Los Angeles wildfire, misinformation, and knowing when you need to give yourself space so you can give others the help they need.
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It was a hot and muggy summer day as the steamboat Sea Wing carried passengers down the Mississippi River for what was to be a lovely excursion to the National Guard settlement near Lake City, MN. And it was ... until the storm hit. Videos: Articles and books: , by Steve Gardiner
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For years, the hook holding up the power lines at transmission tower 27/222 in northern California had been wearing down bit by bit. On November 8th, 2018, the hook finally broke, and the resulting series of events led to the deadliest wildfire in California in a century. Videos: Articles and books: , by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguaino
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For years, the hook holding up the power lines at transmission tower 27/222 in northern California had been wearing down bit by bit. On November 8th, 2018, the hook finally broke, and the resulting series of events led to the deadliest wildfire in California in a century. Videos: Articles and books: , by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguaino
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Sometimes it feels as though Columbine was our first experience with school shootings. But it very much wasn't, as the town of West Paducah, Kentucky, can attest. Videos: Articles and books: , by Katherine S. Newman, Cybelle Fox, David J. Harding, Jal Metha, and Wendy Roth
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In part two, we watch as the Atlantic continues to head toward the southern coast of Nova Scotia ... with dangerous consequences. Videos: Articles and books: by Bob Chaulk
info_outlineIt was the first Halloween that the streets would be open in Seoul, South Korea, since the start of the COVID pandemic, and young people in the city couldn't wait to go celebrate in the vibrant Itaewon neighborhood. Many of them wouldn't make it home.
Videos:
- Paramount+: Crush
- [Video] Special police unit reveals CCTVs of Itaewon tragedy
- The results of 74-day probe into Itaewon tragedy
- Kieran Porey: Itaewon Halloween 2022 video
- Seoul Halloween crowd crush, the stories of survivors | Undercover Korea
Articles and books:
- ‘Reminders everywhere’: Halloween crush haunts survivors one year after Itaewon crowd disaster
- Chronology of major stampedes in S. Korea
- Fact-checking some of the claims about Itaewon disaster
- "How long has it been since the Itaewon tragedy?"-Knetz reacts as local fire department shuts down Boiler Room concert amid reported crowd congestion
- Seoul’s Itaewon Nightlife District Was Built for Tragedy
- A Vibrant Refuge in Seoul Goes Quiet After Deadly Crowd Crush
- It was chaos’: how my Halloween night out in Itaewon went from fun to horror
- Four factors behind the tragic Itaewon crowd surge
- They Completely Failed’: The Fatal Mistakes That Led to South Korea’s Halloween Tragedy
- Families of Seoul crowd-crush victims want more justice amid probes
- South Korean minister impeached over Itaewon crowd crush