Disaster Girls: A Podcast About Disaster Movies

It's the last episode (at least till Twisters drops) and Alex Steed (@alexsteed) is here to talk about all the bewbs, b00bs, and boobies of Piranha 3DD.  Thank you all for listening! Though it was once a wholesome, family-oriented attraction, a water park owned by Chet (David Koechner) now features a nudist pool and aquatic strippers. Chet's daughter, a marine biologist named Maddy (Danielle Panabaker), is unhappy about the changes but is powerless to stop the grand reopening. However, when a school of ravenous, prehistoric piranha migrate over from nearby Lake Victoria, Maddy must somehow prevent the park's patrons from becoming fish food.   Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

Returning guest Fangirl Jeanne (fangirljeanne.com) joins for a mega-discussion about the movie's many action film  influences, the curse of daddy issues, and also somehow land invertebrates.  When the first outbreak of the Reaper virus hit Scotland, Eden Sinclair was one of the last to escape containment and had to leave her mother behind. Twenty-five years later, Maj. Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra) leads a team back into the hot zone to find a counteragent to the virus, which has re-emerged in London. She and her comrades wage a desperate battle for survival against feral survivors, as they try to prevent it from ushering in a new dark age.   Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

Matt Kolsky (@thekolsky) joins to discuss the many versatile uses of duct tape in this film. Will Sawyer is a former FBI agent and U.S. war veteran who now assesses security for skyscrapers. While he's on assignment in China, the world's tallest and safest building catches on fire -- and Will gets framed for it. Now a wanted man and on the run, he must find those responsible, clear his name and somehow rescue his family members when they become trapped inside the inferno.   Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

This isn't exactly goodbye, it's more like the pre-goodbye. The good news is, we've got three more episodes!

This week Clay Keller (@claykeller) descends to the depths of the Holland Tunnel to discuss the ultimate Emergency Management movie. A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.   Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

This week we revisit the much-maligned (and misunderstood) "Deep Impact" with Colleen Haggerty (@colleenhagerty) A comet is hurtling toward Earth and could mean the end of all human life. The U.S. government keeps the crisis under wraps, but crack reporter Jenny Lerner (Tea Leoni) uncovers the truth -- forcing U.S. President Beck (Morgan Freeman) to announce his plan. Grizzled astronaut Spurgeon "Fish" Tanner (Robert Duvall) and his team will land on the comet and lay explosives, hopefully deterring the object from its doomsday course. If not, humanity will have to prepare for the worst.   Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

This week Liam O'Donnell (@LiamODin) hops on his trimaran and joins the pod to talk about the big swings and bigger stunts of Waterworld. After the melting of the polar ice caps, most of the globe is underwater. Some humans have survived, and even fewer still, notably the Mariner (Kevin Costner), have adapted to the ocean by developing gills. A loner by nature, the Mariner reluctantly befriends Helen (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and her young companion, Enola (Tina Majorino), as they escape from a hostile artificial island. Soon the sinister Smokers are pursuing them in the belief that Enola holds the key to finding the mythical Dryland. Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

This week Jennifer Prokop (Fated Mates Podcast) joins to talk about the joy of good disaster teens and surviving the comet apocalypse with incredible 80s hair. After a rare comet sighting, teen sisters Regina (Catherine Mary Stewart) and Samantha (Kelli Maroney) find that they're among the only survivors of a zombie attack. The girls partner with another survivor, Hector (Robert Beltran), but as they try to avoid the zombies, they're sought by scientists who want to experiment on their bodies in the hope of finding an antidote. Dodging both the doctors and the undead, they keep moving in the hope that they can continue to stay alive. Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

Don't let this podcast go below 50mph because this week Adam Amin (@adamamin) joins the podcast to talk about Speed - well, mostly to lust after Sandra and Keanu, but we talk about the movie a little, too. Los Angeles police officer Jack (Keanu Reeves) angers retired bomb squad member Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper) by foiling his attempt at taking hostages. In revenge, Payne arms a bus with a bomb that will explode if it drops below 50 miles per hour. With the help of spunky passenger Annie (Sandra Bullock), Jack and his partner Harry (Jeff Daniels) try to save the people on the bus before the bomb goes off, while also trying to figure out how Payne is monitoring them.   Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

Shark scientist and general delight Jaida Elcock (@soFISHtication) joins to see what else we can find under the thermocline.  Jonas Taylor leads a research team on an exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean. Their voyage spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival. Pitted against colossal, prehistoric sharks and relentless environmental plunderers, they must outrun, outsmart and outswim their merciless predators.   Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays  SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

Grab your baseball bat and a fresh glass of water, because Bobby Wagner (<ahref="https://twitter.com/bwags">@bwags</a>) is here to talk about M. Night Shyamalan's alien classic, "Signs."  Everything that farmer Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) assumed about the world is changed when he discovers a message - an intricate pattern of circles and lines - carved into his crops. As he investigates the unfolding mystery, what he finds will forever alter the lives of his brother (Joaquin Phoenix) and children (Rory Culkin), (Abigail Breslin). A unique story that explores the mysterious real-life phenomena of crop signs and the effects they have on one man and his family.   Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays  SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) returns to the podcast to give The Core the critical re-examination it deserves!  Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.  Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays  SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays  SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

Hop on your scooters and race to the headquarters for the worst-named fictional biotech company, it's time for the series final of Surface! As a massive tsunami heads for the east coast, Laura must save Rich by heading to North Carolina where Miles and his family are trying to escape with their lives.   Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays | @jorcru SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

We're joined by the fabulous Claire Willett (<a href="https://twitter.com/clairewillett”</a>) to talk about the only romcom featuring a cow in a helicopter sling.  When a mysterious creature violently kills a man in a Maine lake, Jack Wells (Bill Pullman), the local game warden, looks into the bizarre case, along with Sheriff Hank Keough (Brendan Gleeson) and visiting paleontologist Kelly Scott (Bridget Fonda). Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays | @jorcru SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

This week we get more Martha Plimpton, a girl/chimp hybrid abomination, and Miles becomes King of the Nims. The search for the mysterious force responsible for the creatures leads Laura and Rich to an abandoned lab, and Miles joins the aquarium crew searching for the field of unhatched eggs. As Laura considers going back home, she and Rich decide it's time to get some answers from Lee. Meanwhile, Miles gets in trouble with the local residents after a violent incident with a bully.   Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays | @jorcru SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

When the world is ending, you can always rely on Jewel Staite and some lightly buried Moai statues in the Vancouver woods.  After seeing visions of an apocalyptic future, A.J. Buckley teams up with a sexy archaeologist to counteract geological disturbances threatening the planet.   Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays | @jorcru SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

We know, another re-release, but when you've got a back catalog like ours, it's hard not to revisit! We're joined by Mika McKinnon to talk about the Rock, rocks, and the power of community.  Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com  SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays | @jorcru SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

After two episodes of waiting for a plotline to rescue them, Dr. Lake Bell and Rich are finally dry and getting their 15 minutes of fame with Amanda's twitter nemesis, Keith Olbermann. Meanwhile, Miles experiences sexual harassment in the workplace. Rich and Laura try to get the footage of their trip to the ocean floor to a news channel before Lee can stop them, and Miles must watch as doctors prepare Nim for an autopsy. On the run with Rich, Laura encounters a mysterious person who claims to know the origin of the creatures, and Miles fears the worst when two of Caitlin's friends vanish at the beach.   Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays | @jorcru SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com

  This movie had us from "robot experiencing gender dysphoria."   After snatching a crashed space shuttle in the latest debris chase, Spaceship Victory's crew members find a 7-year-old girl inside. They realise that she's the humanlike robot wanted by UTS Space Guards, and decide to demand a ransom in exchange.   Remember to RATE, REVIEW, and SHARE! MERCHANDISE (NEW!): Disastergirls.myshopify.com  SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS FOLLOW: @Disaster_pod | @AmandaSmithSays | @jorcru SPONSORS: Email disastergirlspod@gmail.com