This Is A Disaster

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peter and Leigh reconvene in the studio IN PERSON FINALLY, discuss the upcoming season, and even get into a mini-disaster!   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Been a while since you've felt crowded?  Nuclear Norm tells the story of a dystopian cyberpunk fever dream that existed in the heart of Hong Kong.  Opium wars, building code violations, plane-scrapers, and Bloodsport.   Greg Girard's photography of the Kowloon Walled City http://www.greggirard.com/work/kowloon-walled-city--13   Norm's song pick:: Stalling by Prune Deer https://open.spotify.com/track/0Lp5IjraeWQYoeKLnqOEyQ?si=1345f6ac94f34f54     Leigh's song pick:: My Hands Are Turning To Bricks by Kowloon Walled City https://open.spotify.com/track/5IYCJExr9L1eJrzhAouLtz?si=6ee19cceabf5450b   Peter's song pick:: Go! by Public Service Broadcasting https://open.spotify.com/track/6MBYGCIojfR4cP8dR01s4a?si=a7f8c1d382964c49     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

What better way to unwind after a long day of wandering through a mall than paying to get lost in a labyrinth?  Misguided endeavors, maze-like working conditions, a ghost in the machine, and a fire...   Leigh's song pick:: Hard Sun by Indio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1tVvQUAcf4&ab_channel=cartwrong   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

By 1970, flying to the moon was boooooooring... at least, if you asked the People of Earth.  Nothing like a spot of near-death to revive public interest!  Dropped oxygen tanks, explosions in space, floating pee bags, and Jerry... fuckin' Jerry...   Peter's song pick:: Go! by Public Service Broadcasting https://open.spotify.com/track/5xYZXIgVAND5sWjN8G0hID?si=0ccf9d33e5314bd5   Leigh's song pick:: We Took The Wrong Step Year Ago by Hawkwind https://open.spotify.com/track/33pv5efEwueISKYakOifMb?si=84027c91b97b4580   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