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Ep 202: Ok Place, Totally Wrong Time - Not so Lucky Dragon #5
Episode 202
Let's talk about the unlucky crew of the Tuna Fishing ship Lucky Dragon #5. Thousands of miles from Japan, the crew was laying lines when the US test…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Ep 201: The Living Market - Organ Transplants Pt 2
Episode 201
Today we travel to the darker side of organ transplants - when demand is greater than supply, that creates a market, right? Well, yes, but also this …
10 months ago
Ep 200: Disaster on the Graveyard Shift - Chernobyl
Episode 200
Let's talk about the most expensive disaster of all time! The meltdown at Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. A safety test th…
10 months ago
Ep 199: Missed the "Mark" to Market Accounting - Enron
Episode 199
Sources -
Movie - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron:_The_Smartest_Guys_in_the_Room
Book - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smartest_Guys_in_the_Roo…
10 months, 1 week ago
Ep 198: I'll take one of those! - Organ Transplants pt 1
Episode 198
Today, in part 1 of Organ Donations, we talk about the history and the rules behind giving someone your organs. It does get a little gross when we le…
10 months, 1 week ago
Ep 197: Gotta Have High Hopes - The DeFeo Family
Episode 197
Today, we talk about the incident before the horror in Amityville, Long Island. 23-year-old Ronnie DeFeo murdered his entire family, parents, and fou…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 196: Table for 87? - The Donner Party
Episode 196
Consider, of course, the definition of 'doomed.' In 1846, several families left the Midwest in pursuit of the California Dream. Eventually, George Do…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
BONUS: Fun in the sun - Ghost Ships
Why not do a Friday Re-release!?! Let's take a break from the horrors IRL and talk about The Mary Celeste and the MV Joyita - two ships found driftin…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
BONUS: Queen of Hearts - Marie Antoinette
Grab your forks, friends - we're having cake! Today, we re-release Taylor's episode on our dear Marie Antoinette. Yes, we hold her dear - she was jus…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
BONUS: Re-Release - The 2008 Financial Crisis
It's a re-release! Let's revisit Episode 45, where we talked about the financial crisis of 2008—what do you remember? Taylor worked at a hedge fund, …
10 months, 3 weeks ago