The Alarmist

Is GIRL POWER to blame for the breakup of The Spice Girls? This week The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the breakup of The Spice Girls, that devastated tweens around the globe. She is joined by Returning Guests Anastasia Kousakis and Georgia Mischak, Alarmy General Clayton Early and Producer Amanda Lund. Guest Expert Lauren Bravo, journalist and author of What Would t...

On this week's Aftermath, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) is joined by Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund to answer Alarmy emails! We have merch ! Earios.net/shop Join our Discord! https://discord.com/invite/K6kwX3Z Buy tickets to The Alarmist LIVE ! Houseseats.live Tell us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.com Email us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Insta...

IS WISCONSIN TO BLAME FOR ED GEIN? Watch The Alarmist LIVE on Houseseats.live! (Up until 10/30). This week The Alarmist goes LIVE! Rebecca is joined by Special Guests Brea Grant and John Congleton, Fact Checker Chris, Producer Amanda, Alarmy General Clayton and Guest Expert Alyssa Smith, a doctoral candidate in history who specializes in the history of violence in pop culture at the University of...

This week The Alarmist is sharing an episode of Web Crawlers that's all about VAMPIRES! Most people associate vampires with Count Dracula, the blood-sucking subject of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, but the history of vampires goes back long before that. Where did they come from? Why are people obsessed with them? What are modern vampires up to these days? Is drinking blood a fetish? What happens when a v...

Was PERSONAL BRANDING to blame for Vlad the Impaler? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the REAL DRACULA...Vlad the Impaler. She is joined by Special Guest, Betsy "The Bad" Sodaro, Fact Checker Chris "Omelette Ruiner" Smith and Producer Amanda "Cat Lover" Lund. On the board this week: Location, Location, Location , The Ottomans, Brotherly Rivalry and Childh...

On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Guest Expert George Burgess, Ichthyologist and curator emeritus of the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville about the real life shark attack that inspired the movie, JAWS! What he has to say might change her verdict. We have merch !  Buy tickets to The Alarmist LIVE , Oct 23rd, 5pm PST. us who you...

Was TOXIC MASCULINITY to blame for the Great White killing spree that terrorized Amity Island in the movie JAWS? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for one of the scariest (fictional) shark murder sprees of ALL TIME….JAWS! She is joined by Jaws Enthusiast Paul F Tompkins, Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund. Then, Ichthyologist and curator emeritus of the Inte...

On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca talks with Guest Expert, Professor Ravi Rajan (Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz) about who he thinks is to blame for this terrible disaster and why we should brace ourselves for something like this to happen again. Then, she is joined by Producer Lund to discuss and possibly even change the verdict! We have merch ! Ear...

Was BRAIN DRAIN to blame for the deadly Bhopal Gas Leak?  This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the world’s worst Industrial disaster: The Bhopal Gas Leak. Rebecca is joined by Special Guest Nelson Franklin (Blackish), Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund. They also talk with Guest Expert, Professor Ravi Rajan Professor of Environmental Studies at the Uni...

Is the lost colony of Roanoke UNDERWATER? On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca theorizes on what might have happened to the Roanoke Colony with Internet Sleuth Melissa Stetten of Web Crawlers . Then, Rebecca and Producer Amanda read and respond to your Alarmy emails.  We have merch! Join our Discord ! Buy tickets to The Alarmist LIVE! Tell us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcas...

Was QUEEN ELIZABETH to blame for the Lost Colony of Roanoke? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the lost colony of Roanoke. She is joined by Comedian Dan Klein, Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund. They theorize about what might have led to the settlers mysterious disappearance and ponder if this mystery is a mystery after all.  On the board this week...

In a controversial move last episode, Rebecca ruled that Betty Broderick be sent to the Alarmist Jail for the Betty Broderick Murders. On today's episode, Guest Expert Alyssa Smith (a Twentieth Century U.S. Violence and crime researcher for the History Dept. at the University of Chicago) explains what makes this a "Spectator Crime," why the Supermom narrative is so dangerous and how shows like Law...

Are Gender Roles to blame for the Betty Broderick Murders? This week The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the Betty Broderick Murders. She is joined by Comedian Cass Bugge, Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund. Guest Expert   Alyssa Smith, a Twentieth Century U.S. Violence and crime researcher for the History Dept. at the University of Chicago, stops by to dis...

On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca talks with Professor of English and director of the graduate program in gender and cultural studies at Simmons University and author of Wife, Inc.: The Business of Marriage in the Twenty-First Century , Suzanne Leonard. Then, Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund join the conversation to deliberate wether American Prudism (not a word) should replace Dirty Politics...

Are low-rise slacks to blame for the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky Sex Scandal?  This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who it to blame for the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky Sex Scandal that rocked the nation. She is joined by host of Pantsuit Politics podcast, Sarah Holland, Fact Checker Smith and Producer Amanda Lund. They discuss how MeToo colors this political disaster and...

On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca, Chris and Amanda lament how history DOES repeat itself. Is The Alarmy somehow to blame for yet another Gender Reveal Disaster!? Listen to our OG Gender Reveal Disaster episode here . Also, we hear from a listener who brought The Alarmist into the classroom, discussing WHO IS TO BLAME FOR HISTORY CLASS BEING BORING! We have a listener voicemail people! Alarmy Memb...

This week, The Alarmist goes LIVE to discuss Prohibition! Rebecca is joined by Special Guest Matt Gourley, Fact Checker Chris Smith, Producer Amanda Lund and Alarmy General Clayton Early. Also, THE ALARMY themselves chime in with their opinions on who is to blame. Guest Expert, Dr. Mark Lawrence Schrad, associate professor of political science at Villanova University and the author of the forthcom...

Rebecca speaks with Guest Expert Dr. Benjamin Radd (UCLA lecturer and expert on Government and Politics in the Middle East, particularly Iran) about who he thinks is to blame for the Iranian Hostage Crisis. Spoiler: It's not paper shredders. Missed The Alarmist Live? It's still available to watch at houseseats.live! Tell us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.com Email us at the...

This week, The Alarmist brings you a special bonus episode! Remember Neil Innes and Andrés Bartos from the Che Guevara episode? They have an amazing podcast called Passport and we thought you would love their recent episode on Iran. Subscribe to Passport wherever you get your podcasts! Iran: MisInfoNation  - Down with America, Garlic Shampoo and the Incredible Hulk  Get ready to have you...

This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the Iranian Hostage Crisis that lasted 444 days and left a stain on the presidency of former peanut farmer, Jimmy Carter. She is joined by actress Aimee Carrero, Fact-Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund. Guest Expert Dr. Benjamin Radd (UCLA lecturer and expert on Government and Politics in the Middle East, particu...

On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca Delgado Smith, speaks with Professor of History and Classics at the University of Notre Dame's Rome Global Gateway , Dr. Ingrid Rowland, about the Ancient Roman’s “science” and why they decided to live so close to what she calls a “Bad Volcano.”  Then, Rebecca is joined by Producer Amanda and Fact Checker Chris to reassess their verdict. Will they set Roman H...

This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. She is joined by Special Guest/Greek and Roman Mythology Expert, Liv Albert (host of Let’s Talk About Myths Baby ), Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund. They dive deep into the Roman mythology behind Mt. Vesuvius. Did you know there were Giants living under the mountain? They als...

On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca talks with Guest Expert Ken Cuthbertson - Author of The Halifax Explosion: Canada’s Worst Disaster - about who he thinks is to blame for the Halifax explosion. It turns out, we may have got this one wrong! Ken explains the involvement of the Harbor Master, Commander Wyatt, in the events as well as the captain of the Imo, Captain Fromme. Rebecca also learns how to...

The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) tackles our most requested Canadian disaster: The Halifax Explosion. On December 6th 1917, two ships collided in the Narrows of Halifax Harbor. What resulted was one of the deadliest explosions in history. Rebecca is joined by Comedian (and Canadian) Sophie Buddle, Fact Checker Clayton Early and Producer Amanda Lund to find out what went wrong and who is to bla...

On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca Delgado Smith speaks with music manager Noah Chernin about the genesis of the Taylor/Kanye feud, why this sort of publicity can boost the profile of up and coming talent and why Taylor and Kanye might be more similar than we think. Then, Producer Amanda and Fact Checker Chris join to make an exciting announcement! The Alarmist is doing a LIVE virtual show! Get you...