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Ep 257: A Tragedy on the Ground - The Collapse of Terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle Airport
Episode 257
We checked, and the bars at Charles de Gaulle open around 7am - which means the people who were killed in the collapse of Terminal 2E on May 23, 2004…
1 day ago
Ep 256: Don't Breathe - The Great Smog of London
Episode 256
In the not-so-distant past, 1952 to be exact, London experienced several days of pea-soup colored, deadly fog. The combination of coal, diesel engine…
1 week, 1 day ago
Ep 255: A week in hell - Memorial Medical
Episode 255
Post the initial storm of Hurricane Katrina the power went out at Memorial Medical Hospital. Doctors faced the near impossible question of - do we le…
2 weeks ago
Ep 254: We absolutely want this to succeed - The Women's Pro Baseball League
Episode 254
Wooo sports! The Women's Pro Baseball League starts up on Aug 1 - and the four official teams are named after four incredible women! Let's learn abou…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Ep 253: Don't trust anyone - Dr. Christopher Duntsch
Episode 253
Seriously - some doctors got C's and they still get to be doctors! Today, we'll talk about Dr. Christopher Duntsch, who is a liar and a fraud and hur…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Ep 252: Things Could Be Worse! - 536 CE
Episode 252
Let's talk about the 'worst year to be alive,' it's not this one - it's 536 CE! Of course, that's just a guess, but it's an educated guess because we…
1 month ago
Ep 251: They're Out There - Lost Cosmonauts
Episode 251
How far do you think humanity went during the Space Race? Do you think that we (and really, we mean humanity) let people go out to space and just lef…
1 month, 1 week ago
Ep 250: Taylor's Goriest Episode - The Halifax Explosion
Episode 250
Let's talk about the 3rd biggest man-made explosion ever (only eclipsed by the nuclear bombs). In 1917, ships were zooming back and forth between Nor…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ep 249: An Almost Disaster - The Citigroup Center
Episode 249
Let's talk about the almost-disaster of The Citigroup Center - 601 Lexington Ave in NYC. This building was built on a lot that wasn't empty when they…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ep 248: MOVE - The Bombing of Philadelphia
Episode 248
So! It's 1985, and we're in Philadelphia, PA. A group called MOVE has moved into the neighborhood - and they are a little annoying. They have a bullh…
2 months ago