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• Stoned History: Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571

  To raise money for car repairs, Jennifer answers the question you've all been wondering - how well can she talk about a disaster while ... let's say "not sober." Please help Jennifer fix her car! It takes our esteemed cohost Professor on rides to go see cows and he therefore cannot live without it. Links below: GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/59bec8ad Paypal: [email protected] Cashapp: $disasterareapod Venmo: @disasterareapodcast  

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• Episode 252: The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire

  It was almost the end of a typical Tuesday for workers at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, South Carolina, in June of 2007, and several of them went out to the loading dock to smoke and kill a little time. One stray cigarette butt thrown too near the trash, and within an hour and a half nine firefighters would be dead. Videos: Charleston Fire Department’s recovery from deadly Sofa Super Store fire First hour of dispatch audio from the Sofa Super Store fire Charleston 9: The Ultimate Sacrifice Line-of-Duty Death and Injury Investigations - NIST Fire Modeling - The Charleston Investigation Articles and books: Newsweek: 'It looked like Hell was burning' Post and Courier: Sofa store owner tells his side Post and Courier: Trapped: The story of nine Charleston firefighters' deaths NIST Study on Charleston Furniture Store Fire Calls for National Safety Improvements Remembering the Charleston 9: 17 years after deadly Sofa Super Store fire The Sofa Super Store fire: The blaze that reshaped the Charleston Fire Department  

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• Episode 251: The 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision

  On a warm November evening in 1996, in the rural farmland not far from Delhi, the remains of two aircraft plummeted from the skies. The collision which caused them to fall is still the deadliest mid-air collision in history. Videos: Mayday/Air Crash Investigation episode on Charkhi Dadri collision Disaster Breakdown: The Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision Remains of Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision "Head On" Articles and books: Accident report Human error is blamed for crash At Least 349 Are Killed in Collision Indian Officials Gather Evidence on Midair Collision Haryana's Charkhi Dadri plans a memorial for 1996 mid-air collision victims

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• Episode 250: Cats (2019)

  Let us celebrate the 250th episode of the podcast by doing literally anything else but watching "Cats."  Videos: Cats: The Musical Cats (2019) The Late Late Show with James Corden: Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts with Chrissy Teigen "Cats" commercial for the Broadway show Articles and books: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, by T.S. Eliot What's a Jellicle, Anyway? Everything You Need to Know About Cats Before You See the Movie 21 Funny Reactions From Critics Who Thought The New “Cats” Movie Was A Catastrophe Cats review: a sinister, all-time disaster from which no one emerges unscathed 'Oh God, my eyes': The reviews for 'Cats' are hilarious and traumatic ‘It Became This Joke. But It Was the Most Spectacular Thing of Its Time.’ An oral history of Cats on Broadway, as told by its original cats. Cats (2019): Performance Editing the Buttholes Out of ‘Cats’ Was a Total Nightmare for VFX Crew The ‘Cats’ trailer dropped. We have 34 questions. Cats mistake revealed as Judi Dench's character spotted with human hand and wedding ring How Do Furries Feel About the New Cats Movie? RAZZIE AWARDS 2020 WINNERS: CATS DOMINATES 40TH GOLDEN RASPBERRY AWARDS Yes, The Songs in "Cats" Are Based on These Poems by T.S. Eliot  

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• I'm alive! + The wildfires in Los Angeles

  It turns out that I have not disappeared into a magical world to be romanced by a fae prince - more's the pity. Anyway, let's talk about the Los Angeles wildfire, misinformation, and knowing when you need to give yourself space so you can give others the help they need.

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