Natural Disasters Episodes

This week, we explore human complexities, a Cody-centric blooper gets left in, yet another governor victim-blames, and Melanie fantasizes about toad vengeance. Content warnings: flood, landslide, volcanic eruption, implied death of horses, death of family including children 22:10, extended wait for search and rescue, difficult body identification, various non-graphic references to dead wildlife and pets. Links: Surviving the Mount St. Helens Disaster. (2020). broadcast. Thompson, D. (2000). Vo...

This week, Australians are pesky, Brianne hates it all, Melanie points her victim blaming in an unusual direction, Brianne wants an upper limit, Buzzfeed chooses violence, Stanley doesn't believe in earthquakes, a governor gets excited, we get a classic chaotic man, and a massive bulge grows at a rapid rate. Content warnings: earthquakes, fatal plane crash, non-graphic mention of vomit and diarrhea around 32:40, non-fatal ferris wheel accident involving child, head injury. Links: Surviving the...

SHOW NOTES Melanie isn't nervous but Brianne has stage fright, Melanie doesn't want her sex tape released, Brianne has her most controversial hot take of all time and most upsetting episode of all time, we learn about the Fujita scale together and acknowledge that the world needs thrill-seeking bubbas. Content warnings: tornadoes, missing spouse, severe injuries, brain injury/memory loss, very sad death of mother in front of child at 44:15, injured/imperiled baby who survives, infant death 47:...

This week, Tiktok changes the game, Brianne leaves the podcast a bad review, an army of turtles defeats everyone, Melanie takes it all, Brianne will flash anyone, Arby's delivers disaster concierge service, Melanie is the trashy neighbor, we court a Waffle House sponsorship, and Melanie conceals a mohawk. Content warnings: hurricane aftermath, alligator attack, loss of spouse, sinkhole, serious injuries after accident, cow in peril, near drowning of adult and child. Links: A Louisiana man is p...

This week, we have bones to pick with each other, a man goes to extreme lengths to fight for his right to party, the "show me" state shows 'em, a dumpster isn't a dumpster, and the dead crash the party. Content warnings: unusual meats, turtle murder, fleeting mention of cannibalism, home break-in, gross earwax discussion, flooding, alcoholism, continuous and graphic discussion of corpses and decomposition, grief, cancer, graphic discussion of infant death 45:50. Links: Buried Secrets, S1 E1 Gr...

Audio disclaimer: For my birthday this year, Melanie wanted to make sure I shone for this episode and recorded with the wrong microphone. The Audio Guy did what he could, but her parts don't sound quite as good as usual. We're sorry, it won't happen again! (Until my next birthday.) SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Extreme and graphic descriptions of racism throughout, often violent. A few joking references to adult toys, primary sources that use racist language, flooding, weather-related animal ne...

Content warnings: Having COVID-19, endangered animals, brief reference to children dying in a fire in previous episode, very brief mentions of miscarriage and infertility, being an orphan, forced medication, orphanages, tragic implications of poverty, violence against Native Americans, yellow fever, foster care, building fire with children in peril who survive, Catholicism, hurricane, large-scale death of children as an unavoidable part of the episode, drowning, decomposing bodies, mass casualti...