Could the Astroworld Festival Tragedy Have Been Avoided?
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It’s been almost four years since 10 people died and hundreds of others were hurt at the Astroworld Festival, and now Netflix is releasing a new documentary, Trainwreck: the Astroworld Tragedy, explaining how this tragic event could’ve been avoided. Host Raheel Ramzanali is breaking it down with Jose Partida, an Astroworld concertgoer, and Zach Despart, journalist at the Texas Tribune who was part of the Houston Chronicle’s award-winning coverage of the event.
Stories we talked about on today’s show:
- No Escape Plan: How missed warning signs at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival led to one of the worst U.S. concert tragedies
- Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy
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