This Is A Disaster

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This Is A Disaster episodes

November 12, 2025 Movember Doomsaster Livestreams!
We're back for some LIVE disaster episodes, with a side of Doom. Join us, donate for men's mental health, hear about a new disaster every week in November, and witness the mutilation of demons on a mass scale.

Every Wednesday evening in November, 8:30PM EST, on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thisdisasterpod

You can donate (or join) Peter's Movember team here: https://ca.movember.com/team/2439755

Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com
3 min
May 29, 2024 Episode 57: The SS Viking Explosion
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

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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com
35 min
May 16, 2024 Episode 56: The Yodogo Hijacking
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

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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com
1 hr 21 min
May 01, 2024 Episode 55: The Almonte Train Disaster
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

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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com
54 min
April 17, 2024 Episode 54: Def Leppard
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

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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com
51 min
April 03, 2024 Episode 53: (Sex, Lies, and Nuclear Meltdowns) The SL-1 Disaster
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

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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com
1 hr 13 min
March 20, 2024 Episode 52: The Bull Island Music Festival
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

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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com
1 hr 2 min
January 10, 2024 [Update] This continues to be a disaster!
Peter and Leigh reconvene in the studio IN PERSON FINALLY, discuss the upcoming season, and even get into a mini-disaster!

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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com
1 hr
July 28, 2021 Episode 51: The 1979 Fastnet Race
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

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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
50 min
June 29, 2021 Episode 50.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Byford Dolphin Incident
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

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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com
26 min