This Is A Disaster

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This Is A Disaster episodes

August 25, 2020 Episode 35.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Legendary E.T. Landfill
It's all fun and games until Steven Spielberg brings you his precious property to turn into a video game. In the early 1980s, Atari was unstoppable... but the little brown extraterrestrial did his best. A crazy short development time, a waning interest in video games, and the worst game ever made (according to some).

Leigh's song pick:: The Working Hour by Tears for Fears
https://open.spotify.com/track/23DKn3AP0fpx1aAYth2Pax?si=NCHlKLgyT4a_AX1AMJi__w

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37 min
August 19, 2020 Episode 35: Climate Change, Part 1
Our special guest drops by for a two-part series about the slow-burn disaster happening all around us. What's a greenhouse gas? Are we in an ice age? Will the poles melt and send us spinning off into outer space? You never know what could happen when Nuclear Norm is around...

Norm's song pick:: Backroads by Lonely The Brave
https://open.spotify.com/track/33dunxmWFO2n1a2sjD1wGD?si=FukIhYt9REmU_d_Xryfbww
Music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk2phEP7AWU

Leigh's song pick:: Journeys by Divination

Peter's song pick:: Ether by Mogwai
https://open.spotify.com/track/7rzjpFTtsDw5COMhHqq2oT

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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com
1 hr 4 min
August 11, 2020 Episode34 .5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Cecil Kelley's Radioactive End
In 1958, Los Alamos National Laboratory was buzzing with new and exciting ways to eradicate humanity and leave the Earth a desolate, radioactive wasteland. Turns out we've been nuking ourselves willingly for over a century... unless you're Cecil Kelley, in which case the radiation was far less voluntary. Plutonium, critical mass, and excursion event, and an alarmingly quick end...

Peter's song pick(s):: Down in the Park by Tubeway Army
https://open.spotify.com/track/2vmBGX73EXJIAAN6nesH6T?si=zVzWrajMTVmWLlCzjKoqWQ

Down in the Park by Foo Fighters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30DMi866ThM

Down in the Park by Marilyn Manson
https://open.spotify.com/track/0YCyOP5nkAp2aiowFSTqkE?si=TuVvzh-dTASAjS8tM0s_yA

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32 min
August 05, 2020 Episode 34: Mel Lyman, The Greatest Man In The World (And Not Troubled By It In The Least)
When you're known as the meanest tub-bassist around, you're bound to attract all kinds. Sometimes it's a self-proclaimed Harmonica Jesus who stumbles into being the head of a cult. Charles Manson made having a "family" a la mode, so maybe it was bound to happen? Bank robbery, arguing hippies, blue grass music, and harmonica... so much harmonica...

Leigh's song pick:: Jug Band Music by Jim Kweskin
https://open.spotify.com/track/2CL8Rg2okXt0FFNNzwmzk3?si=jg7b2nCHQ1yJ7-9pgzIEYg

Peter's song pick:: Flowers on the Wall by The Statler Brothers
https://open.spotify.com/track/3uG4ygD1bIP3YspJm9N4KO?si=0ynWmexNQsSI1JJe3mSGxw

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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com
55 min
July 28, 2020 Episode 33.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Woodstock 50
In 1969, the Woodstock festival became the stuff of legends. In 1999, the Woodstock festival became infamous. In 2019, the Woodstock festival became... nothing. With fifty years of colossal brand recognition, how could Woodstock 50 NOT be a massive success? A master class in not paying your bills, and not getting the permit...

Leigh's song pick:: The Ground Below by Run The Jewels
https://open.spotify.com/track/4MHwb2IwcCmVP2QuFXrcXs

Peter's song pick:: Smile Like You Mean It by The Killers
https://open.spotify.com/track/1jUT2mNIfOYH1m5KLV2UbY

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46 min
July 24, 2020 [Freebie] Patreon-exclusive Micro Disaster: A Nazi Flush
What's so cool about Patreon anyway? Here's a free bonus episode from our series of micro disasters that come out every two weeks!

What's the worst thing that has ever happened as a consequence of you flushing a toilet? Peter brings you something to think about next time you think you're having a crappy day.

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Music by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com
10 min
July 22, 2020 Episode 33: The Franklin Expedition
There's gotta be a better way to go east than going east, or at least that's what Franklin thought when he set sail for the fabled Northwest Passage. Maybe if you're going to risk life and limb on an expedition, don't take a ship called "The Terror" along for the ride. Erebus, The Terror, Lord Franklin, silk slippers, hundreds of kilometers over ice and snow, and not a whole lot of hope... The Franklin Expedition.

The Mummified Remains of John Hartnell of the Erebus
https://www.macleans.ca/society/face-to-face-with-a-franklin-crew-member-140-years-later/#gallery/franklin-crew-photographs-by-brian-spenceley/slide-3

Craig's song pick:: Don't Eat the Yellow Snow by Frank Zappa
https://open.spotify.com/track/1QY4TdhuNIOX2SHLdElzd5?si=TvVIxBAnS72zsFlbL6mZJg

Leigh's song pick:: I Made My Sacrifice Accordingly by They Grieve
https://theygrieve.bandcamp.com/album/i-made-my-sacrifice-accordingly

Peter's song pick:: Father by Hunter, Gatherer
https://huntergathererblackmetal.bandcamp.com/track/father

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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com
50 min
July 14, 2020 Episode 32.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Texas City Explosion(s)
We're not going to get into the specifics, but if you combine ammonium nitrate and some other nasty things on a repurposed warship, you've got a floating time bomb. Nobody told the spectators in the Port of Texas City on April 16th, 1947 though... Munitions, flying anchors, the mob, the Texas City Disaster.

Peter's song pick:: Summer Wind by Frank Sinatra
https://open.spotify.com/track/5ZXHIeyneAhJHjR1JQ2cYs?si=ELA6BCD7ThOkcXVTrQAb8Q

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29 min
July 08, 2020 Episode 32: Daikatana
John Romero went from arcade wizard, to programming prodigy, to visionary responsible in large part for classic games like Doom, Doom 2, and Quake. Unfortunately, there's only really one way to go when you're at the top... id Software, an Ion Storm, a Deus Ex, a too-expensive-and-impractical office, and one big sword. Daikatana.

Masters of Doom by David Kushner
https://www.amazon.ca/Masters-Doom-Created-Transformed-Culture/dp/0812972155

Andy's song pick:: Self-Obsessed and Sexxee by Sonic Youth
https://open.spotify.com/track/06PgAfrRjbjtybZjT6257o?si=7DOKqYfuT3Kme37P5LHhYA

Leigh's song pick:: 747 by Blind Idiot God

Peter's song pick:: Adios by KMFDM
https://open.spotify.com/track/3fvw80ajmq6CbF0xXFM3ZG?si=yrNrgN5CTESbwXFvj3UqNw

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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com
1 hr 34 min
June 30, 2020 Episode 31.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Death of Marvin Gaye
Let's get it on: Marvin Gaye was a landmark soul and R&B artists, but his life didn't mirror the carefree coolness of his music. The perils of drug use, living in destructive environments, and arming your aggressor... even if it's your father. Sexual healing, bringing your mouth to a gunfight, and why exercise is better than cocaine.

Leigh's song pick:: Nightshift by The Commodores
https://open.spotify.com/track/5stHnMIM1zwRS24mH6dAzS?si=kbO5lMKLQxmZUwbAQfuBWg

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28 min