Episodes
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Episode 57: The SS Viking Explosion
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
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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Wednesday May 15, 2024
Episode 56: The Yodogo Hijacking
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Wednesday May 15, 2024
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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Wednesday May 01, 2024
Episode 55: The Almonte Train Disaster
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Wednesday May 01, 2024
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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Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Episode 54: Def Leppard
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
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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Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Episode 53: (Sex, Lies, and Nuclear Meltdowns) The SL-1 Disaster
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
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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Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Episode 52: The Bull Island Music Festival
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
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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Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
[Update] This continues to be a disaster!
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
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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Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Episode 51: The 1979 Fastnet Race
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
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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Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Episode 50.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Byford Dolphin Incident
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
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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Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Episode 50: Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
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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