The Alarmist

Was Dodo Complacency to blame for the extinction of the Dodo Bird? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) figures out who is to blame for the extinction of the Dodo Bird. She is joined by Special Guest Mark McConville, Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund. Also, Guest Expert   Dr. Julian Hume. Avian Paleontologist and Artist specializing in reconstruction of extinct spec...

On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Guest Expert Professor Susan M. Reverby (Historian of American health care, women, race, and public health with a focus is on equality and ethics, as well as the author of  Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy ). Then, she is joined by Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund to discuss changing their verdict. We...

This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the Tuskegee Experiment. She is joined by Filmmaker Marina Michelson, Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund. Guest Expert Professor Susan M. Reverby (Historian of American health care, women, race, and public health with a focus is on equality and ethics, as well as the author of  Examining Tuskegee: The I...

On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca talks with Official Alarmy Royals Expert, Kristen Meinzer ( Movie Therapy Podcast ) to discuss Princess Diana's unique relationship with the Queen, the Paparazzi and Prince Charles. They also discuss why Diana was the "People's Princess" and Kristen weighs in on who she thinks is to blame for her tragic death. Then, Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lun...

This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the untimely death of the Princess Diana. She is joined by Special Guest Janie Haddad Tompkin ( Stay at Homekins Pod ), Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund. Also, Official Alarmy Royals Expert, Kristen Meinzer ( Movie Therapy Podcast ) stops in to discuss Diana's complicated relationship to the paparazzi. On the board thi...

On this week's Aftermath, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) and Producer Amanda Lund discuss a few more circus train wrecks and also figure out the safest place to sit on a train. Then, they reveal the winner of the Alarmist march contest! 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 us on Ins...

Are HEAVY MEALS to blame for the Hammond Circus Train Wreck? This week The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the deadliest circus train wreck in history. She is joined by Actor and host of Spanish Aqui Presents Podcast , Oscar Montoya, Producer Amanda Lund and Fact Checker Chris Smith. On the board: Train Trail, Blindspots, Circus Curse, Capitalism, WWI and Oil Lamps.&nb...

On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Guest Expert Dr. Adam Pratt, History Professor at University of Scranton specializing in the Age of Andrew Jackson & Native American History and Author of Toward Cherokee Removal: Land, Violence and the White Man’s Chance. They discuss who Dr. Pratt thinks is to blame for the Trail of Tears and his verdict SHOCKS Rebecca. Then, Fact Checker Smith a...

Were the Founding Fathers to blame for the Trail of Tears? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the Trail of Tears. She is joined by Special Guest Tess Paras, Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund. On the board this week: The Founding Big Boys, President Andrew Jackson, The American Revolution and Entitled White Settlers.  We have merch! Join our Discord!...

This week Rebecca talk with Guest Expert Lauren Bravo, journalist and author of What Would the Spice Girls Do? How the Girl Power Generation Grew Up , about why the Spice Girls message of Girl Power was so important and who she ultimately thinks was to blame for their untimely demise. Then, Rebecca and Producer Amanda decide if Lauren's testimony will change their verdict. We have merch! Join our...

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...