Marked Safe: A Disaster Podcast

This week, toddlers fuck up, Melanie is remorseless, Brianne wants to encounter a dumb motherf***er, People.com does Brianne dirty, Ohio is on its bullshit, Brianne is promised a haunted trunk, Melanie poops on her girlfriend's couch, and we pass the Bechdel test.

Content warnings: accident that leads to amputation, food poisoning discussed throughout but no graphic descriptions of vomiting and mildly graphic descriptions of diarrhea, rectal examination.

Links:
https://www.nrn.com/food-safety/timeline-tracking-chipotles-food-safety-crisis
https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/12/16/chipotle-takes-out-full-page-apology-ads-globe-herald/4TFBPJPbY2WiKBlF4KBukL/story.html
https://www.foodpoisoningnews.com/criminal-investigation-chipotle-norovirus-outbreak-criminal-investigation-continues-first-two-chipotle-lawsuits-filed-chain-week/
https://www.foodpoisoningnews.com/chipotle-must-pay-a-25-million-criminal-fine-for-food-safety-violations/
https://www.foodpoisoningnews.com/food-poisoning-at-chipotle-a-history-of-food-safety-issues/
https://www.foodpoisonjournal.com/foodborne-illness-outbreaks/chipotle-hit-with-25-million-food-safety-fine-for-norovirus-clostridium-perfringens-outbreaks/
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/29/how-steve-ells-built-chipotle-mexican-grill-into-a-burrito-empire.html
https://titanswire.usatoday.com/2021/10/22/tennessee-titans-a-j-brown-chipotle-food-poisoning-week-7-chiefs/
https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-aj-brown-revealed-food-chipotle-caused-get-sick
https://twitter.com/RudyBompton/status/1450340096687890432
https://marlerclark.com/news_events/chipotle-grill-hepatitis-a-san-diego-2008
https://nbc24.com/news/local/norovirus-to-blame-in-chipotle-illness
https://www.businessinsider.com/chipotles-past-food-poisoning-outbreaks-2015-11
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/how-avoid-food-poisoning-e-coli-and-salmonella
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/11/06/oregon-washington-customers-sue-over-chipotle-ecoli-outbreak/75324652/
https://apps.prsa.org/Intelligence/TheStrategist/Articles/view/11483/1125/In_the_C_Suite_Chipotle_Mexican_Grill_s_Rise_Fall#.YqCvYHbMLtU
https://www.johnlocke.org/chipotle-and-food-fads/
https://www.andnowuknow.com/quick-dish/chipotle-commits-10-million-help-suppliers-meet-food-safety-standards/christofer-oberst/48359
https://www.laborpress.org/chipotle-workers-say-sick-leave-violations-make-them-sick/
https://www.denverpost.com/2016/01/13/chipotle-stock-up-on-promises-of-extraordinary-food-safety-measures/
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/09/business/chipotle-meeting-outlines-food-safety-to-workers-and-message-for-public.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/chipotle-illness-outbreak-clostridium-perfringens-identified-as-cause-2018-8
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2020/04/chipotle-agrees-to-pay-25-million-federal-fine-for-role-in-some-outbreaks/#:~:text=2015%20E.,Three%20patients%20were%20hospitalized.
https://retailwire.com/discussion/chipotle-asks-sick-employees-to-call-the-nurse/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/business/chipotle-tainted-food-settlement.html
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chipotle-mexican-grill-agrees-pay-25-million-fine-and-enter-deferred-prosecution-agreement

This week, Melanie has to use the safeword, Shania Twain lives her best life, two men share similar experiences, a mom goes too far, and we finally broach one of America's worst disasters.

Content warnings: body shaming, war injuries, PTSD, assassination attempt, gun violence, brief discussion of civil rights/racism, involuntary outing, homophobia, alcoholism, delayed discovery of dead body, xenophobia, 9/11.

This week, Melanie isn't marked safe, we find the limits of Brianne's love, the Disney songs bracket comes to a close and the Petty Pop Culture Moments bracket begins, a LEGOLAND pirate is not the job to have, and Melanie discovers the seedy underbelly of Pokemon.

Content warnings: death by rollercoaster collision, murder of women/teenager/pregnant woman, gymnastics/stuntman injury, head trauma, paralysis, detailed description of physical trauma resulting from fall, ableism, depression

Links:
https://www.foxnews.com/story/legoland-employee-dies-after-being-hit-by-roller-coaster
https://www.clickorlando.com/video/news/2019/04/05/family-files-discrimination-lawsuit-against-legoland/
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/family-turns-to-10-after-they-say-legoland-made-their-son-feel-different/67-bc8e3ddd-e351-43d2-8a4c-2523b7d521e7
https://www.lego.com/en-us/history/articles/e-the-first-legoland-park
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/legoland-autism-ride-pass-compassion-3870215
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/disabled-worker-awarded-pound20000-for-legolands-model-joke-vmm23v7vxgh
https://soranews24.com/2018/06/30/tokyo-legoland-discovery-center-apologizes-for-blocking-deaf-patrons-from-theme-park/
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/case-round-up-44/
https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/employers-looked-only-saw-disability-4270454http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/3483207.stm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legoland
https://www.fdacs.gov/content/download/81386/file/exempt-facilities-report-01152021.pdf
https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/pleasantville/news/police-investigating-death-of-legoland-worker-in-hudson-valley/826141/
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/06/nyregion/did-the-state-parole-system-fail.html
https://www.oxygen.com/twisted-killers/crime-news/why-nathaniel-white-murdered-6-women-in-new-york
https://midhudsonnews.com/2016/07/26/legoland-property-has-haunting-past/
https://rcbizjournal.com/2019/04/20/legoland-new-york-in-goshen-fined-for-polluting-waterways/
https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/2019/06/19/goshen-shuts-down-legoland-construction/4874250007/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/nyregion/legoland-goshen-new-york.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1372276/Young-stuntman-left-paralysed-landing-head-Legoland.html
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8948805.southampton-stuntman-jay-young-paralysed-in-legoland-accident/
https://www.kristianstill.co.uk/wordpress/2013/04/28/inspirational-speaker-jay-young/
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9184111.paralysed-stuntman-jay-young-determined-to-live-life-to-the-full/
https://www.aspirelaw.co.uk/spinal-cord-injury-following-accident-work-employers-liability
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1338717/shocking-legoland-accident-video-as-pirate-is-flung-off-a-swing-and-is-flung-into-a-metal-pole-in-front-of-shocked-kid-audience/
https://www.irwinmitchell.com/news-and-insights/newsandmedia/2021/august/stuntman-brendan-pollitt-asks-lawyers-to-investigate-legoland-windsor-incident
http://www.sjlawcollective.com/documents/Suarez%20v.%20LEGOLAND%20-%20DE%201%20-%20Complaint%20and%20Jury%20Demand.pdf
https://www.wfla.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/71/2020/12/2020-12-02-Mullinax-v.-Merlin-Entertainments-Group-Florida-LLC_Complaint.pdf
https://www.the-sun.com/news/1918841/mom-sues-legoland-forcing-10yo-son-take-off-prosthetic-leg/
https://www.fox13news.com/news/family-suing-legoland-after-staff-humiliated-boy-with-prosthetic-leg
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/os-bz-legoland-lawsuit-facepaint-20180529-story.html
https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2018/05/29/parents-sue-legoland-florida-claiming-7-year-old-boy-may-be-permanently-scarred-from-face-paint/12103847007/
https://www.goldfarbpa.com/did-face-painting-at-legoland-result-in-a-major-skin-rash/

This week, the Disney bracket comes to a close, Brianne is THE villain, Melanie is wrong about Scar, Brianne wants to be a cult leader, cats should not make out, we rethink our futures as brakemen, and Melanie is attacked by a kangaroo.

Content warnings: cults, riots, police violence, derailed rollercoaster, death of children 44:30-49:43, graphic description of accident scene/blood, animal testing, animal mauling, serious injury to neck, dead bodies of animals.

Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_International_Party
https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/We-re-going-to-liberate-Minnie-Mouse-The-day-15872203.php
https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/disneyland-shut-down-1970/
https://www.mouseplanet.com/12952/The_1970_Yippie_Invasion_of_Disneyland
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/south-london-memories-battersea-fun-fair-the-fairground-attraction-that-turned-into-a-disaster/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/260599823/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/battersea-park-big-dipper-disaster-in-1972-the-funfair-tragedy-the-nation-forgot-10302238.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battersea_Park_funfair_disaster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Jungle_Habitat
https://nj1015.com/the-jungle-habitat-lion-attack/
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1972/10/11/issue.html
https://weirdnj.com/stories/abandoned/jungle-habitat/
https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/16/archives/habitat-neighbors-fear-possible-animal-escapes.html
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1972/12/16/81962297.html?pageNumber=55
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Paar#Criticism_of_homosexuality

This week, we drop our first dummy thicc listener story episode, Brianne pulls off a long con and warms up to eating a lizard, Melanie has inspirational thoughts on being a bully at any age, Big Shark finally catches up to us, we have solid advice for angry snipers, and Brianne gets pregnant on the first date (with a podcast baby).

Content warnings: depression, cooking and eating a lizard (graphic), insect swarm, non-graphic mention of poop, death of spouse, adoption (first family perspective), limb loss, death threats, very brief and non-specific mention of CSA videos, fatal construction site accident, hurricane, description of very offensive smells/decaying bodies, snakes.

This week, we are disaster girls, Brianne is trying to be mysterious, Ole shows up our seven year olds, some afternoon delight ends in flames, a man wins his own contest, Brianne hatches a new conspiracy theory, both of us love a rogue wave, we make a wish on a t-rex, Melanie appreciates her bush, and we encourage you to donate a secret.

Content warnings: structural fires.

Links:
Documentary. (2014). A Lego Brickumentary.
Williams, T. (2022). Adrift: The curious tale of the lego lost at sea. Unicorn Publishing Group.
https://www.lego.com/en-us/history/articles/ole-kirk-kristiansen-settles-in-billund
https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/lego-group/the-lego-group-history/
https://en.brickimedia.org/wiki/Ole_Kirk_Christiansen
https://www.grunge.com/164175/the-disastrous-history-of-legos/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lego#CITEREFWiencek1987
https://www.famousinventors.org/ole-kirk-christiansen
https://www.facebook.com/LegoLostAtSea/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whimsical-legos-are-still-washing-ashore-decades-after-they-were-lost-at-sea-180979580/
https://www.livescience.com/great-lego-spill-25th-anniversary
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/history/5-million-lego-pieces-plunged-6625201
https://www.newspapers.com/image/813450278/?terms=Tokio%20Express&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/813410498/?terms=Tokio%20Express&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/813449996/?terms=Tokio%20Express&match=1
https://www.history.com/news/the-disastrous-backstory-behind-the-invention-of-lego-bricks
https://www.anart4life.com/ole-kirk-kristiansen-founder-of-the-lego-group-a-story-of-faith-and-resilience/
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/christiansen-ole-kirk
https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2014/02/06/kiddicraft-the-company-lego-ripped-off-to-make-plastic-bricks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Page#Kiddicraft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg73b5WoUq4
https://brickset.com/article/24359/significant-events-of-the-1960s
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28582621
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/2018/05/we-made-plastic-we-depend-on-it-now-were-drowning-in-it
https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/21/world/missing-plane-ocean-garbage/index.html#:~:text=More%20than%20three%20weeks%20after,finding%20the%20Boeing%20777%20aircraft.

This week, Melanie is a tour guide on the River Styx, we identify our gas station item love languages, we are old-timey brakemen, Melanie gets rammed, rollercoaster ghosts live on in original flooring, , the mayor and only the mayor cares, Walt Disney has a bad day, we get new nicknames, and Brianne has seen enough.

Content warnings: death of a parent, hospice, cancer, rollercoaster derailment, injuries, brief and non-specific mention of suicide, brief graphic description of scalp injury, deaths of teenagers

Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_coaster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_roller_coaster
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43186453/dorney-scenic-railway-accident/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/274669129/?terms=dorney%20park%20scenic%20railway&match=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGsEZJThMs
https://rcdb.com/2862.htm
https://www.newspapers.com/image/274616367/?terms=dorney%20park%20scenic%20railway&match=1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderhawk_(Dorney_Park)
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48286643/the-morning-call/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/279400864/?terms=beatrice%20lausterer&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/159750855/?terms=beatrice%20lausterer&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/279409019/?terms=beatrice%20lausterer&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/274860142/?terms=beatrice%20lausterer&match=1
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2991&context=studentwork
https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/matterhorn-ride-deaths-disneyland-fatal-accidents-16285220.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matterhorn_Bobsleds
https://www.newspapers.com/image/705454591/?terms=mark%20maples%20disneyland&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/705453792/?terms=mark%20maples%20disneyland&match=1