Disaster Area
253 episodes - English - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★ - 723 ratingsA podcast about disasters throughout history - what caused them, how people survived, and how we've responded to keep those disasters from happening again.
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Episodes
Episode 2: The Hillsborough Disaster
January 20, 2016 05:58 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBOn April 15, 1989, thousands of British football fans flocked to Sheffield to see the F.A. Cup semi-final game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Ninety-six never made it home.
Episode 1: Hartford Circus Fire
January 08, 2016 06:24 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBOn July 6, 1944, thousands of people arrived at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, CT, to enjoy the festivities. Then the sidewall caught fire.
Disaster Area: An Introduction
December 31, 2015 01:58 - 8 minutes - 8.16 MBWelcome to the first episode of "Disaster Area," a podcast focusing on disasters throughout history. In this initial episode, host Jennifer Matarese introduces herself, shares what she will and won't be discussing in each episode, and gives some idea of which disasters will be analyzed in future episodes.