Well There‘s Your Problem

This is a podcast about engineering disasters and systemic failures, from a leftist perspective, with jokes

Episode 190: 432 Park Avenue (and other pencil towers)

skyscraper episode 2: 2tall 2thin LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.axs.com/series/30211/well-thereys-your-problem-at-union-transfer-tickets LISTEN TO PRAXISCAST: https://praxiscast.podbean.com/ FOLLOW ROB AND HIRE HIM: https://bsky.app/profile/trufflehog.bsky.social LUTHERAN SETTLEMENT HOUSE TOY (AND OTHER ITEMS) DRIVE LINKS: food pantry: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/W2KKR1MFH39T/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex for teens: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/OPO3OYIL3CSV/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex for older adults: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/33JZADUKQ4TSE/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex for parents: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2OLT3UIHUVYTL/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

12-03
03:22:09

Episode 189: 2017 Point Defiance Derailment

it was my first day LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.axs.com/series/30211/well-thereys-your-problem-at-union-transfer-tickets LUTHERAN SETTLEMENT HOUSE TOY (AND OTHER ITEMS) DRIVE LINKS: food pantry: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/W2KKR1MFH39T/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex for teens: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/OPO3OYIL3CSV/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex for older adults: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/33JZADUKQ4TSE/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex for parents: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2OLT3UIHUVYTL/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

11-26
01:58:55

BONUS Episode 51 PREVIEW: The Gateway Arch

big arch full episode on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/arch-144395122 listen to hell of a way to dad: https://whatahellofawaytodad.com/  

11-25
14:38

Episode 188: Microtransit

it's so small you can't even see it Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ marcus's article: https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/experiencing-navi-the-ultimate-urban-circulator/ the ATU study: https://www.atu.org/pdfs/ATU_FalsePromiseofMicrotransit.pdf?link_id=0&can_id=cd24f759fa3e8cdb724f5115b807a48f&source=email-not-your-average-joe-the-atu-applauds-president-biden-for-fulfilling-promise-to-protect-transit-workers-from-brutal-attacks&email_referrer=email_2312122&email_subject=new-report-the-false-promise-of-microtransit Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

10-31
02:09:56

Episode 187: National Airlines Flight 102

war is bad folks, avoid it can't believe we have to say it two episodes in a row Support Groove for Good at Lutheran Settlement House: https://givebutter.com/grooveforgood2025/team-wtyp/liammcanderson Help James get necessary surgery: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/james-needs-surgery-urgently Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

10-22
01:54:48

Episode 186: The Quintinshill Wreck(s)

War is bad folks Support Groove for Good at Lutheran Settlement House: https://givebutter.com/grooveforgood2025/team-wtyp/liammcanderson Help James get necessary surgery: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/james-needs-surgery-urgently Follow Gareth: https://bsky.app/profile/garethdennis.uk Check out Railnatter: https://www.youtube.com/@GarethDennisTV Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

10-08
02:28:23

Bonus Episode 50 PREVIEW: The Dining Car

full episode on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138556268 have some sources: Porterfield, James D. 1998. Dining by Rail : The History and the Recipes of America’s Golden Age of Railroad Cuisine. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin. White, John H. 1985. The American Railroad Passenger Car. JHU Press.   thumbnail image from roger puta https://www.flickr.com/photos/129679309@N05/26538253983/

09-10
10:29

Episode 185: The 1919 Motor Transport Corps Convoy

we got a great big convoy, ain't she a tragic sight follow victoria on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/victoriascott.bsky.social buy victoria's book: https://www.carrarabooks.com/store/we-deserve-this Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

09-03
02:07:06

Episode 184: The United States Standard Light Rail Vehicle

"we can build a plane, how hard can it be to build a train?" - a plane company miles's youtube: https://www.youtube.com/interurbanera miles's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/interurbanera Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

08-20
01:59:33

Episode 183: SL-1 Nuclear Reactor Explosion

in which we talk about an extremely gruesome and also extremely looney toons accident check out scooter on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/angryscooter77.bsky.social or on the horrible website for bad people: https://x.com/Angryscooter77 LINK TO BUY A VAN FOR LIAM’S COWORKER: https://helphopelive.org/campaign/24216/ Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ some further reading recommended by scooter himself: Tucker, Todd. Atomic America: How A deadly explosion and a feared admiral changed the course of nuclear history. Free Press, 2014.  Stacy, Susan M. Proving the principle: A history of the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, 1949-1999. ID Falls, ID, Washington, D.C.: Idaho Operations Office of the Dept. of Energy ; For sale by the Supt. of Docs, 2000.  McKeown, William. Idaho Falls: The untold story of america’s first nuclear accident. Toronto: ECW Press, 2003.  Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

07-18
02:56:03

Episode 182: The Life and Death of Love Park

one weird trick to destroy a beloved public space for the sake of parking june's bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rittsq.bsky.social https://www.friendsofrittenhouse.org/ LINK TO BUY A VAN FOR LIAM’S COWORKER: https://helphopelive.org/campaign/24216/ Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

07-11
03:05:55

Episode 181: Swissair Flight 111

turns out there is actually a "plane falls out of the sky" button on your infotainment system, it just takes a while to work check out maya's new podcast https://x.com/qotmpod?s=21 and maya's internet webzone: https://mayawalkwith.me/ LINK TO BUY A VAN FOR LIAM’S COWORKER https://helphopelive.org/campaign/24216/ Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

07-03
02:40:23

Episode 180: Times Beach

the most dangerous thing in the world: a man with a truck. new SHIRT: https://www.bonfire.com/pls-dont-sue-us-either/ links to help out gazan families from DEVON: https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity https://chuffed.org/project/124906-help-ahmed-and-family-evacuate-gaza https://chuffed.org/project/121901-help-mahers-family-with-medical-costs https://chuffed.org/project/128691-help-my-family-evacuate-gaza-war-zone https://chuffed.org/project/130802-help-rashas-family-in-gaza-evacuate-and-live Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

06-13
01:46:44

Bonus Episode 49 PREVIEW: The LA Transit Mass Delirium Incident

folks we did it we made one too silly for the main feed full episode on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/129273512?pr=true

05-18
35:23

Episode 179: The Boeing 777X

it's all happening on 777X, the everything plane new SHIRT: https://www.bonfire.com/pls-dont-sue-us-either/ check out maya's article: https://laserdyke.substack.com/p/a-monument-to-the-death-of-america and maya's internet webzone: https://mayawalkwith.me/ check out our TOUR: April 29: New York City (NOW WITH CHEAPER TICKETS) https://sonyhall.com/events/well-theres-your-problem/?id=18162 April 30: Somerville Mass (SOLD OUT!) https://artsatthearmory.org/events/bill-blumenreich-presents-well-theres-your-problem-podcast-2/ May 1: Somerville Mass  (SOLD OUT!) https://thewilbur.com/armory/artist/wtyp/ May 2: New York City (SOLD OUT!) https://www.ticketweb.com/event/well-theres-your-problem-sony-hall-tickets/13918973 May 3: Washington DC (SOLD OUT!) https://www.unionstagepresents.com/shows/well-theres-your-problem-podcast/ May 4: Philadelphia, PA (BUY MORE TICKETS FOR THIS ONE!) https://concerts.livenation.com/well-theres-your-problem-podcast-philadelphia-pennsylvania-05-04-2025/event/0200615211C27E44 Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

04-25
02:33:40

Episode 178: The Bermuda Triangle

spooky angles follow tom pain on the butterfly site: https://bsky.app/profile/tompain.bsky.social or the horrible site: https://x.com/tohickontpain   new SHIRT: https://www.bonfire.com/pennsylvania-dutch-air-force/ check out our TOUR: April 29: New York City (NOW WITH CHEAPER TICKETS) https://sonyhall.com/events/well-theres-your-problem/?id=18162 April 30: Somerville Mass (SOLD OUT!) https://artsatthearmory.org/events/bill-blumenreich-presents-well-theres-your-problem-podcast-2/ May 1: Somerville Mass  (SOLD OUT!) https://thewilbur.com/armory/artist/wtyp/ May 2: New York City (SOLD OUT!) https://www.ticketweb.com/event/well-theres-your-problem-sony-hall-tickets/13918973 May 3: Washington DC (SOLD OUT!) https://www.unionstagepresents.com/shows/well-theres-your-problem-podcast/ May 4: Philadelphia, PA (BUY MORE TICKETS FOR THIS ONE!) https://concerts.livenation.com/well-theres-your-problem-podcast-philadelphia-pennsylvania-05-04-2025/event/0200615211C27E44 Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

04-18
03:04:18

Bonus Episode 48 PREVIEW: Catholicism

a great institution, if you're into institutions full episode on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/dirty-papists-126230197 help alea help trans people at https://www.sculptr.co/

04-08
15:23

Episode 177: The Balvano Rail Disaster

don't stall check out Hyce:  https://www.youtube.com/@Hyce777 check out Century of Steam: https://www.youtube.com/@_Studio346 check out our TOUR (new dates added!): April 29: New York City (NOW WITH CHEAPER TICKETS) https://sonyhall.com/events/well-theres-your-problem/?id=18162 April 30: Somerville Mass (SOLD OUT!) https://artsatthearmory.org/events/bill-blumenreich-presents-well-theres-your-problem-podcast-2/ May 1: Somerville Mass  (SOLD OUT!) https://thewilbur.com/armory/artist/wtyp/ May 2: New York City (SOLD OUT!) https://www.ticketweb.com/event/well-theres-your-problem-sony-hall-tickets/13918973 May 3: Washington DC (SOLD OUT!) https://www.unionstagepresents.com/shows/well-theres-your-problem-podcast/ May 4: Philadelphia, PA https://concerts.livenation.com/well-theres-your-problem-podcast-philadelphia-pennsylvania-05-04-2025/event/0200615211C27E44 Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

03-19
02:00:28

Episode 176: The Assassination of President James A. Garfield

Craziest part of this story to me is that the Oneida community abandoned communal free love in 1879 and collectively decided to become a silverware company that still exists to this day. You can buy Oneida cutlery sets right now on Amazon - DEVON check out THE VANQUISHED PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/@VanquishedPodcast check out our TOUR (new dates added!): April 29: New York City https://sonyhall.com/events/well-theres-your-problem/?id=18162 April 30: Somerville Mass (SOLD OUT!) https://artsatthearmory.org/events/bill-blumenreich-presents-well-theres-your-problem-podcast-2/ May 1: Somerville Mass  (SOLD OUT!) https://thewilbur.com/armory/artist/wtyp/ May 2: New York City (SOLD OUT!) https://www.ticketweb.com/event/well-theres-your-problem-sony-hall-tickets/13918973 May 3: Washington DC (SOLD OUT!) https://www.unionstagepresents.com/shows/well-theres-your-problem-podcast/ May 4: Philadelphia, PA https://concerts.livenation.com/well-theres-your-problem-podcast-philadelphia-pennsylvania-05-04-2025/event/0200615211C27E44 Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

03-06
02:46:21

Bonus Episode 47 PREVIEW: Farming

fucking eggs! comes out of their fucking arses! full episode on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/122067171

02-11
23:00

Scott Vera

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Andrew Humphrey

MD T-shirt just in time for Paris Air Show

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Michael Parkanski

I was a tourist on the Wtc in 1999, damn.

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Kevin Donahue

Just fyi, magnetic declination shifts over time. it's pretty normal for runways to be renamed after 50 years or so as it's angle technically changes. Pity me, I'm a geographer who works with airports.

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frank donatelli

hell yeah

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