All Bad Things

Episode 127: The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Part One 09.12.2019 1:14:28 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the devastation caused by the earthquake and resulting tsunami on December 26, 2004.

Episode 126: The Iroquois Theatre Fire 02.12.2019 1:05:48 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the tragic fire that remains the deadliest building fire in United States history.

Episode 125: The Great Peruvian Earthquake and the Huascarán-Ancash Avalanche 25.11.2019 57:09 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the devastation caused by an earthquake and its resulting avalanche in Peru.

Episode 124: Itai-Itai Disease 18.11.2019 1:20:10 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the first of the "Big Four Pollution Diseases" of 20th-century Japan.

Episode 123: Los Alfaques 11.11.2019 1:34:02 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the truly horrific explosion that devastated the Los Alfaques campsite in 1978.

Episode 122 (Miraclesode): The Miracle on the Hudson 04.11.2019 1:33:21 ↓

David and Rachel tell the tale of the near miss aboard US Airways Flight 1549 and its unscheduled landing in the Hudson River.

Episode 121: The Grenfell Tower Fire, Part Three 28.10.2019 1:28:38 ↓

David and Rachel finish the series on the Grenfell Tower fire with the depressing aftermath and ongoing investigation into the tragedy.

Episode 120: The Grenfell Tower Fire, Part Two 21.10.2019 1:09:44 ↓

David and Rachel do their best not to break down while discussing the horrible circumstances of the actual fire at Grenfell Tower.

Episode 119: The Grenfell Tower Fire, Part One 14.10.2019 1:17:55 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the background of the construction and renovation of Grenfell Tower, leading up to the horrible tragedy of the 2017 fire.

Episode 118: The Ronan Point Explosion 07.10.2019 1:26:15 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the systemic issues behind the dangerous Ronan Point building collapse. (Apologies for the second-half audio. We are not sound engineers, but still hope it doesn't put you off the topic.)

Episode 117: Gulf War Syndrome 30.09.2019 1:26:50 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the devastating neurological illness Gulf War Syndrome, which affects up to 250,000 US Gulf War veterans.

Episode 116 - The 1996 Everest Disaster 23.09.2019 1:53:12 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the complications surrounding summiting Mt. Everest and the particular tragedy that befell the parties conquering the peak in May 1996.

Episode 115: The Charkhi Dadri Mid-Air Collision 16.09.2019 1:16:26 ↓

David and Rachel tell the incredibly depressing and horrifying tale of the doomed Flight 763 and Flight 1907 that collided mid-air.

Episode 114: The War on Drugs, Part Two - Nixon to Obama 09.09.2019 1:51:26 ↓

David and Rachel wrap up with the modern era of the ill-conceived and horribly-executed War on Drugs.

Episode 113: The War on Drugs, Part One - Prohibition and Harry J. Anslinger 02.09.2019 1:17:58 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the early days of demonizing drugs and its indelible links to racism and revenue.

Episode 112: Rungholt and the Saint Marcellus' Floods 26.08.2019 1:04:40 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the ancient drowning of the parish of Rungholt in two catastrophic floods hundreds of years apart.

Episode 111: The Airship Italia 19.08.2019 1:22:20 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the ill-fated journey of the airship Italia and its dramatic search and rescue.

Episode 110: Building the Hoover Dam 12.08.2019 1:33:34 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the feat of human engineering that is the Hoover Dam and the lives it took.

Episode 109: The Johnstown Flood 05.08.2019 1:18:43 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the flood of 1889 that devastated Johnstown, Pennsylvania and its surrounding area.

Episode 108: The Jacson 4 (Midsummer Miraclesode) 29.07.2019 1:27:59 ↓

David and Rachel Discuss the tragedy of the Jacson 4 tugboat and the miraculous survival of Harrison Okene.

Episode 107: The Loveparade Disaster 22.07.2019 2:01:21 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the horrible tragedy at the 2010 Loveparade.

Episode 106: The Marshall University Plane Crash 15.07.2019 1:30:38 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the tragedy that befell the 1970-season Marshall University football team, and the Hollywood-worthy rebuilding of the team the following year.

Episode 105: The Pythons of the Florida Everglades 08.07.2019 1:13:44 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the devastation of the ecology of the Everglades caused by the invasion of Burmese pythons.

Episode 104: The Kyshtym Disaster 01.07.2019 1:06:39 ↓

David and Rachel discuss one of the earliest nuclear disasters in history.

Episode 103: The Shiloh Baptist Church Stampede 24.06.2019 56:33 ↓

David and Rachel discuss the tragic 1902 stampede at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.