The Alarmist

IS PARENTING IN THE 80s TO BLAME FOR ACTION PARK? This week, Rebecca is joined by Special Guest BJ Gallagher, Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund to figure out who is to blame for the the infamously dangerous New Jersey water park, ACTION PARK. On the board this week: Water Parks, Capitalism and New Jersey Labor Department. Call the Earios Hotline: 626-604-6262 We have merch! Join ou...

On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca is joined by Dr Colleen P. Ereen, author of Bernie Madoff and the Crisis.  Then, Producer Amanda stops in to discuss if Colleen's expert testimony should change their verdict. Call the Earios Hotline: 626-604-6262 We have merch! Join our Discord! Tell us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.com Email us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.com Follow...

Are SKYSCRAPERS to blame for the Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme with actor/comedian Bayne Gibby! Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund join as well as Guest Expert, Dr Colleen P. Ereen, author of Bernie Madoff and the Crisis.  On the board this week: 2008 Financial Crisis, Good...

This week, Rebecca speaks with Guest Expert Chief Jim Keiken of the Illinois Fire Service Institute about fire safety precautions and training that’s been put in to place as a result of the terrible Iroquois theater Fire. Then, she is joined by Fact Checker Chris Smith to discuss Chief Keiken's testimony and consider changing their verdict. Call the Earios Hotline: 626-604-6262 We have merch!...

WAS A BUILDING JINX TO BLAME FOR THE IROQUOIS THEATER FIRE? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) is joined by Special Guest Betsy Stover, Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund to discuss WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE IROQUOIS THEATER FIRE. On the board: Chicago Corruption, No Fire Escapes, and Greed. Call the Earios Hotline: 626-604-6262 We have merch! Join our Discord! Tell us wh...

Rebecca and Amanda read listener emails on this GIRLS ONLY mailbag. Subjects include: The Ever Given Cargo ship's phallic journey before getting stuck, a trigger-warning request, an update from Deputy Chris, and a very interesting note regarding the Emu Wars and why we should have been harder on COLONIALISM plus more! Check out the DICKNBALLS route here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/suez-canal-b...

WAS MISPLACED ANGER TO BLAME FOR THE GREAT EMU WAR? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for THE GREAT EMU WAR! She is joined by Special Guest Billy Billy Scafuri, Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund. On the board this week: Stuck in a Military Mindset, Lack of Predators and Australian Farmers. We have merch! Join our Discord! Tell us who you think...

This week Rebecca talks with Guest Expert Pete Fusco , a retired commercial pilot, journalist, and author of The Crowd Pleasers: A History of Airshow Misfortunes from 1910 to the Present about the history of Airshows. What he has to say might change her verdict! Also, Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund stop by to discuss and give an update on our goal to reach 100 new reviews by our...

WAS THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX TO BLAME FOR THE RAMSTEIN AIR SHOW DISASTER? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) is joined by Matt Donnelly and Paul Mattingly (hosts of Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social Podcast), Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund to decide who is to blame for the Air Show Disaster that left seventy people dead. On the board this week: Air...

On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Guest Expert, John Faragher - Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University specializing in Western and Frontier history. He’s also the author of Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles and the upcoming book California: A short history, coming out spring of 2022! What he says just might change Rebecca's verdict. Cal...

WAS VIGILANTE JUSTICE TO BLAME FOR THE CHINESE MASSACRE OF 1871!? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) is joined by Special Guest Margaret Cho, Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund to discuss one of the worst mass lynchings on American soil, The Chinese Massacre of 1871. On the board this week: Vigilante Justice, Saloon Culture and Racist Press. Listen to the new season of...

Today's Aftermath is as MASSIVE as the Ever Given cargo ship! First, Rebecca is joined by professor Sal Mercogliano (Associate Professor of History at Campbell University specializing in Maritime History) to talk about the recent Suez Canal drama. Then, Professor David S. Reynolds ( Author of Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times) stops in to teach us more about the assassination of Lincoln! Of course...

ARE GARDEN GNOMES TO BLAME FOR THE SHIP STUCK ON THE SUEZ CANAL!?  This week The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the recent Suez Canal Crisis. She is joined by Special Guest Renée Felice Smith (NCIS), Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund. On the board this week: Global Trade, Strong Winds and Capitalism. Check out Renée's book! https://www.barnesandno...

What do the Assassination of Lincoln, the Sinking of the Titanic, the Hillsborough Stadium Disaster, Columbine, Boston Marathon Bombing and Ruby Ridge have in common???? They all happened around APRIL 15th! On this deep dive, Rebecca, Chris and Amanda get to the bottom of this. Who is to blame? On the board: Spring Fever, Tax Day and Senioritis. Then, listener emails!  We have merch! Join our...

WAS PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S LOVE OF THEATRE TO BLAME FOR HIS ASSASSINATION? This week The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the Assassination of President Lincoln! With Special Guest Jon Gabrus, Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund. On the board this week: John Wilkes Booth, White Supremacy and Lincoln's Love of Theatre.  We have merch! Join our Discord! Te...

This week Rebecca reads Alarmy emails! We hear tips on water safety from a Detroit resident. Alarmy member, Miranda, writes in to defend her grandmother's role in Y2K (she was a programmer at the time!) Also, a correction: MALLS AREN'T SAFE FOR WOMEN! And of course, Deputy Chris chimes in with some suggestions for Fact Checker Chris' high rise pants. Call the Earios hotline: 626-604-6262  We...

ARE BORED, RICH, WHITE PEOPLE TO BLAME FOR THE MURDER OF CECIL THE LION? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the MURDER OF THE BELOVED LION, CECIL. She is joined by Special Guest (writer/comedian) Lucas Kavner, Alarmy General Clayton Early and Producer Amanda Lund. On the board this week: Bragging Rights, Taxidermy and Lack of Government Policy. Call the Ear...

On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca talks to Professor Camilla Townsend (Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers university specializing in Indigenous Peoples of the Americas and author of Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma). You may remember Professor Townsend from the Aztec Empire (she blamed SEEDS!) And on this episode, she blows our minds again! Then, Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund...

 IS WHITE SAVIOR COMPLEX TO BLAME FOR THE TRAGIC STORY OF POCAHONTAS? This week The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for for the tragic life and untimely death of Pocahontas! She is joined by actor, Chloe Wepper, Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund. Professor Camilla Townsend stops by to speak on the theory that Pocahontas might have been a double agent!...

Were we too hard on Biden? On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with a guest expert who attended the infamous hearings. Jill Abramson is a journalist, author and creative writing professor at Harvard, and she has some opinions on who is to blame that could very well shift Rebecca's verdict. Then, Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund stop by to discuss. We have merch! Join our Discord! Tell us...

Is PROM to blame for Carrie's meltdown? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the 1976 horror classic, CARRIE. She is joined by Special Guest Chelsea Frei, Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund. On the board this week: Religious Abuse, Teenage Girls and Obsession with Periods! Check out Fact Checker Chris and Chelsea on this season of The Moody's p...

This week, Rebecca reads Alarmy emails. We hear from an Alarmy member who sheds light on why Disco Demolition Night was so racially fueled and a listener explains the origins of Rebecca's favorite saying, shit trickles down! Also, a listener points out a glaring flaw in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that has Shakespeare rolling over in his tomb! Call the Earios hotline! 626-606-6262 We have merch...

WAS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO BLAME FOR THE ANITA HILL HEARINGS? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) is joined by Special Guest Kulap Vilaysack to decide who is to blame for the ANITA HILL HEARINGS. Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund join in to discuss the mistreatment of Anita Hill and the lack of sexual harassment laws in place at the time. On the board this week: Misogyn...

On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca talks with Professor Catriona Seth (Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature at Oxford University about the French propensity for gossip and how Marie Antoinette’s final days have influenced her legacy. Then, Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund chime in and discuss changing the verdict. Call the Earios hotline 626-604-6262 We have merch! Join our Discord! Tell...

Was the FRENCH COURT to blame for the Beheading of Marie Antoinette? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the beheading of Marie Antoinette. She is joined by Chelsea Devantez (host of Celebrity Book Club Podcast), Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund. On the board this week: The French Revolution, Wake Up Ceremonies, and Porno Pamphlets. We have...