This Is A Disaster

Episode 57: The SS Viking Explosion

Craig from Canadian History Ehx is back to tell us a harrowing tale of how not to handle explosives.  Sometimes you club the seal, sometimes the seal clubs you...

 

Craig's song pick:: Isle of Newfoundland by Stompin' Tom Connors

https://open.spotify.com/track/3V1lBuMyKE5iAkx5Xdp23Y?si=c06bf48faf0a4b75

 

Leigh's song pick:: Maritime by Isis

https://open.spotify.com/track/2bpRNKT04xb2rc07LOgFaZ?si=e89fab2d9609432a

 

Peter's song pick:: The Mariner's Revenge Song by The Decemberists

https://open.spotify.com/track/3GDIZO71jiE1FEcHEJh3RH?si=2273b609fc2f4cff

 

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Episode 56: The Yodogo Hijacking

Plan A: Have the hijackers sit in a chair trap.  Plan B: Land in a fake Cuba.  Plan C: Anyone got any other ideas?

 

Nuclear Norm's song pick:: All Generations by Hi-Standard

https://open.spotify.com/track/75mr7tFyw5nY8yVC7Mw4Cr?si=855cc5e8780a4743

 

Leigh's song pick:: Satori Part 1 by Flower Travelling Band

https://open.spotify.com/track/0TO8Bs4jZx0SDnpEisSh9y?si=2d5937f3a86a4e47

 

Peter's song pick:: Killing In The Name by Rage Against the Machine

https://open.spotify.com/track/59WN2psjkt1tyaxjspN8fp?si=c6c2739b8be64132

 

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Episode 55: The Almonte Train Disaster

Maybe if you're going to take a break, don't leave the "everything's ok" alarm on.

 

Peter's song pick:: In The Mood by Glenn Miller

https://open.spotify.com/track/6dZKWYSx5YBIme4SfpIHJ0?si=8469902e32d843ca

Leigh's song pick:: White Christmas by Bing Crosby

https://open.spotify.com/track/4rp2Hr51C99Nx5AC9GfSeI?si=d83c9ebc6f3449b8

 

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Episode 54: Def Leppard

Sometimes you just need a hand to get by.  No need to get up in arms.  Some people are just armed and dangerous.

 

Peter's song pick:: Go To Hell by Motorhead

https://open.spotify.com/track/6fe9zK5wfWxXk5b6R2WYXM?si=38cf0fab32f146ac

Leigh's song pick:: High 'N' Dry by Def Leppard

https://open.spotify.com/track/7IpHed4DNlSmApHiSVE35Q?si=f27fdc4ddc41488e

 

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Episode 53: (Sex, Lies, and Nuclear Meltdowns) The SL-1 Disaster

When picking the staff to run your brand new nuclear reactor, would you say you'd want "stable" people that "get along", orrr...

 

Nuclear Norm's song pick:: Kryptonite Smokes the Red Line by Isotope 217

https://open.spotify.com/track/61iA7GlyQsOehYmbeZNGgx?si=602677f367984347

 

Peter's song pick:: Green Machine by Kyuss

https://open.spotify.com/track/6nxHMqTNKWlQnx5AFxz1iX?si=d4ff0131ea4f49ff

Leigh's song pick:: Heavenly by Adventures

https://open.spotify.com/track/52NhUfM91cU0agUjEAaple?si=4ea44c1f87494506

 

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Episode 52: The Bull Island Music Festival

Will they ever learn?  Let me guess, not enough food?  Minimal accommodations?  Cowmicide?  Wait, what was that last thing... 

 

Peter's song pick:: Riders On The Storm (Fredwreck Remix) by Snoop Dogg vs. The Doors

https://open.spotify.com/track/0RcYEWXtbu4ehdv1tiBOi0?si=d2de6c5e177a47a8

Leigh's song pick:: AOTKPTA by The Locust

https://open.spotify.com/track/26oxBlZRI8vdjgkJZUokWA?si=abbdfea186fb48b8

 

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[Update] This continues to be a disaster!

Peter and Leigh reconvene in the studio IN PERSON FINALLY, discuss the upcoming season, and even get into a mini-disaster!

 

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Episode 51: The 1979 Fastnet Race

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

 

 

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

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Episode 50.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Byford Dolphin Incident

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

 

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Episode 50: Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy

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

 

 

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