Marked Safe: A Disaster Podcast

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Off-air Jul 05, 2023

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A YOLO Scenario: The Melanie Episode Jun 27, 2023

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This week, TimBits lead to a courtroom, Lawrence feels a lot of different emotions, people are unsafe in orchards, Melanie brazenly robs Lowes, Transylvania Little League Safety Officer is a real job title, Brianne calls for a little circumspection around haunted dolls, Natasha puts on her heelies, and we get a cameo from a chaotic dad.
Content warnings: graphic description of accidental amputation, fire, helicopter crash, deaths of babies in the context of a ghost story, ableism, vomit

Bad Times In New York City: '77 NY Blackout Jun 22, 2023

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This week, we would like you to have some empathy, Melanie is a sour bitch, the bracket box doesn't age well, New York has a rough summer, a loose-locking nut causes problems, selective decisions are made to drop loads, a disaster leads to Christmas music in July, everybody gets high, and Melanie white-knights for God.
Content warnings: lightning strikes, power outage, looting related violence, labor and delivery under dangerous conditions, brief but upsetting mention of a baby who may have died at 46:15, fires, murder, gun violence.
Links:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/82367208/?terms=New%20York%20Blackout&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/145765089/?terms=New%20York%20Blackout&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371885078/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/139803976/?terms=New%20York%20Blackout&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/119584243/?terms=New%20York%20Blackout&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/417204206/?terms=New%20York%20Blackout&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/31117100/?terms=New%20York%20Blackout&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/825034797/?terms=New%20York%20Blackout&match=1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977
https://medium.com/new-york-voice/the-real-story-of-the-new-york-city-blackout-of-1977-9fb8628e4e92
https://nypost.com/2017/06/03/the-mystery-behind-the-only-murder-during-the-1977-nyc-blackout/
https://time.com/3949986/1977-blackout-new-york-history/
https://nypost.com/2007/07/09/lights-out-for-suffering-city/
https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,915331-1,00.html
https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/nycdata/disasters/blackouts-night_of_terror.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DMBOsOfR4s&t=3040s
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/night-new-yorks-lights-went-out/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/07/13/the-1977-blackout-led-to-new-york-citys-tough-on-crime-politics/
https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/july-13-1977-nyc-blackout-adjourns-mets-cubs-game-for-two-months/#_edn9
https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/the-superman-cinematographer-thought-he-was-responsible-for-the-blackout-of-1977
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/07/25/urban-league-chief-criticizes-carter/abbc2499-1654-481f-85dd-7a2318173acb/
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/twins-born-during-1977-nyc-blackout-look-back-at-history
https://allthatsinteresting.com/new-york-blackout-1977
https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/13/nyregion/10-years-after-new-york-blackout-lessons-learned.html
https://nypost.com/2017/07/13/horror-stories-from-the-blackout-that-turned-brooklyn-into-a-battleground/
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/11/nyregion/court-attributes-blackout-of-77-to-negligence.html

#BossBoars: Listener Dreams with REMelations! Jun 14, 2023

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This week, some of us are snack sized, a dinosaur interrupts Tooty Bubbles shopping, Riley earns a first responder discount at Carrabba's, a wedding goes sideways (and into the water), a giant evil hedgehog crashes the musical party, we conceptualize a wild boar in a robe, we need to clarify that we don’t technically condone violence as a way to move on from your ex, we have a spirited debate about fecal loops, and Dr. Dre is really hard to impress.

Content warnings: very brief mention of suicide, slightly implied sexual assault in a dream

Cave of Wonders: Union Park Flood with REMelations! Jun 07, 2023

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This week, we make friends with alternate reality versions of ourselves, we try to make it right with Big Shark, Brianne is changed by the Hat Man, Melanie pulls a shot out of her gills, the Virgo apology tour never ends, electricity is a hard sell, Mindy and Brooke learn about the power of nope, Melanie is dicks-lexic, there’s vodka and VD behind the carousel, it’s a jerky ride in the cave of wonders, dinosaur measurements return, we have an established tragedy to dick joke ratio, and we look for (and find) the naked helpers.

Content warnings: flood, deaths of children with sometimes intense descriptions from 27:30 on.
Links:
https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php/UNION_PARK
http://dbqunionpark.blogspot.com/2010/
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/tri-state/article_cc8eeb36-281e-5750-8d91-c7cc7e8af7c5.html/
https://www.skytourszipline.com/
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=aEyKTaVlRPYC&dat=19190710&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Moving_Picture_World/ygEpAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22union+park+theater%22+dubuque+architect&pg=PA370&printsec=frontcover
http://dbqunionpark.blogspot.com/2010/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDxz2ypuatU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KFV2cIBVko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpuc3KPm9vE
http://publications.iowa.gov/36782/1/Iowa_Weather_Crop_Service_1919_.pdf

The Nature of the Game: IndyCar Disasters Pt. 2 Jun 03, 2023

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This week, Melanie provides no context, traffic gets avoided, Brianne is willing to deploy anti-bird measures, Melanie finally regrets googling something, and we plan a petty obituary.
Content warnings: kitchen accident leading to blood loss and partially severed fingertip, alcoholism, stabbing, plane crash, intense descriptions of car accident deaths, survivor's guilt, and PTSD.

Off-air May 24, 2023

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Death Has Waved the Checkered Flag: IndyCar Disasters May 17, 2023

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This week, Ann has a tool to survive the grief blender, Brianne has the hottest bracket take so far, Melanie plans racecar drivers' cute birthday parties, Brianne goes to hospitals with the stars, there is an important distinction between bfs and bffs, and we pour some strong racing tea.
Content warnings: dry drowning, burn injuries, decapitation, broken bones, intense descriptions of car accident deaths, description of gore 57:30-59:00.

A Home for Every Kind of Villain and Misfit: London Beer Flood May 10, 2023

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This week, the next bracket begins, Melanie loves to talk about butts, Brianne is plagued by artificial intelligence, human complexities make an appearance, and beer is canceled.
Content warnings: crushing/drowning deaths, funeral for toddler, deaths of children in the 1800s, anti-immigrant sentiment.
Links:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/392086750/?terms=Meux%27s%20Brewery&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/795265274/?terms=Meux%27s%20Brewery&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/393221600/?terms=Meux%27s%20Brewery&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/393221715/?terms=Meux%27s%20Brewery&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/393221748/?terms=Meux%27s%20Brewery
https://www.newspapers.com/image/787237587/?terms=Meux%27s%20Brewery&match=1
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1814-beer-flood-killed-eight-people-180964256/
https://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/st-giles/#:~:text=The%20area%20just%20east%20of,once%20London's%20most%20notorious%20neighbourhood
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2020/07/01/london-beer-flood/?chrome=1
https://zythophile.co.uk/2010/10/17/so-what-really-happened-on-october-17-1814/
https://www.history.com/news/london-beer-flood
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/what-really-happened-in-the-london-beer-flood-200-years-ago-9796096.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_brewery_cask_units#:~:text=amounts%20of%20alcohol.-,Butt%20(Imperial),US%20gal%3B%20491.0%20L).
https://allthatsinteresting.com/london-beer-flood
https://www.ranker.com/list/london-beer-flood/kellie-kreiss

Inches Away from Catastrophe!: IZOD IndyCar World Championship May 03, 2023

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This week, the smell bracket comes to a close, Melanie wants pure pandemonium, Brianne is going to receive Melanie's box, Randy didn't get here through charm, wolves do not go to the track, we have opinions on the Randy to NASCAR pipeline, and we're gestating but not a baby.
Content warnings: racing accidents, loss of legs in car accident, intense descriptions of someone's experience with her husband's death

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