Young boys get stranded on an island, and anyone who's read the book knows the rest of the story... or do they? A group of Tongan teenagers in the 1960s acted as a real-world experiment to see whether humanity is more "Lord of the Flies" or "The Coral Island". Polynesia, 'Ata, shipwreck in the Pacific, and humanity exposed.
Peter's song pick:: In My Mind At Least by PS I Love You
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Episode 55: The Almonte Train Disaster
Episode 54: Def Leppard
Episode 53: (Sex, Lies, and Nuclear Meltdowns) The SL-1 Disaster
Episode 52: The Bull Island Music Festival
[Update] This continues to be a disaster!
Episode 51: The 1979 Fastnet Race
Episode 50.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Byford Dolphin Incident
Episode 50: Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy
Episode 49.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] 1904 Olympic Marathon
Episode 49 - Duke Nukem Forever
Episode 48.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Death in Space
Episode 48 - Edmonton Tornado, 1987
Episode 47.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] One Hungry Juror
Episode 47: Phil Spector
Episode 46.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Yellow Fleet
Episode 46: Kowloon, City of Darkness
Episode 45.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The WOOZ, Less Than A-MAZE-ing
Episode 45: Apollo 13
Episode 44.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] TIDAL
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