Can you recommend a Natural Disaster podcast?
From supervolcanoes to survival cannibalism, these episodes explore Earth at its most destructive.
🌋 Volcanoes
Ep 38: Volcanoes Pt 1 - Mt. Toba's Echo: Journey into Earth's Cataclysmic Past
A prehistoric eruption so massive it may have nearly wiped out humanity.
Ep 42: Volcanoes Pt 2 - Time Capsule of Tragedy: Exploring Pompeii's Frozen History
Mount Vesuvius destroys—and preserves—an entire Roman city in one day.
Ep 46: Volcanoes Pt 3 - The Silent Summer: Tambora's Echo in Time
An eruption in 1815 caused global famine and the “year without a summer.”
Ep 51: Volcanoes Pt 4 - Krakatoa: Exploring the Tectonic Plates Beneath the Cataclysmic Eruption
One of the loudest sounds in history, an eruption that reshaped the map—and the climate.
Ep 59: Volcanoes Pt 5 - Mud, Fire, and Ash: The Mt. Pelée Eruption
In 1902, a pyroclastic flow annihilated the city of Saint-Pierre in seconds.
Ep 66 - Volcanoes Part 6 - George Vancouver, this is it!: The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens
When the mountain blew in 1980, it was one of the most iconic eruptions of the 20th century.
Ep 71 - Volcanoes Part 7 - The End of the World - Yellowstone & Mass Extinctions
The mother of all volcanoes—and how super-eruptions may have ended worlds before.
🌍 Other Disasters
Ep 73: Disaster in the Desert: Saga of the Salton Sea
An accidental inland sea created by engineering mistakes. Still a toxic mess today.
Ep 74 - Get Your 'Blood's Worth': The Great Fire of London
1666: a bakery fire reduces London to ashes and reshapes the city.
Ep 77 - Cloudy with a Chance of Terror: Cumulonimbus
Towering thunderclouds that can shred planes and spark terror.
Ep 78 - Ditka's Inferno: The Great Chicago Fire
A cow, a lantern, or just bad luck—Chicago burns in 1871.
Ep 86 - Shake it like you mean it - The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
One of the deadliest quakes in U.S. history levels the city in seconds.
Ep 89 - Fire In the Rubble: The Great San Francisco Fire
If the quake didn’t get you, the fires afterward did.
Ep 95 - The Highest Graveyard on Earth: Mt. Everest
The world’s tallest mountain doubles as the world’s highest graveyard.
Ep 99 - Dying in the Deep: The Blue Hole
A diving paradise turned deadly trap in the Red Sea.
Ep 136 - Cave of Doom: John Jones & Nutty Putty Cave
A caver gets trapped in a narrow tunnel—rescue efforts turn into tragedy.
Ep 142 - Death Lurking in the Deep - Limnic Eruptions
Lakes that suddenly explode with COâ‚‚, suffocating entire villages.
Ep 163: Deep Blue Something - Tom & Eileen Lonergan
A couple left behind at sea after a scuba trip. Their disappearance haunts divers to this day.
Ep 164: Incarcerated & Fire Fighting - California's Conservation Camps
Incarcerated people fight wildfires for pennies on the dollar.
BONUS: Real Life Stories - Incarcerated Firefighting with Brett Crawford
Ep 196: Table for 87? - The Donner Party
Snowbound pioneers resort to cannibalism in one of America’s darkest survival stories.
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