Did you know that June 30th is International Asteroid Day? Possibly because of a massive explosion in Siberia on that day in 1908. While Russia was revolting (the first time), the Tungusic people of Eastern Siberia watched as the sky was torn in half by a column of fire. Celestial police, this history of asteroid spotting, meteors on their way to meet us, and a nuclear solution.
Leigh's song pick:: The Last Act of Defiance by Exodus
https://open.spotify.com/track/0T4d6Pn20ar2JB1jI4MVKs
Peter's song pick:: SacrotecH by Substep Infrabass
https://open.spotify.com/track/0CiaYBwLKjjACQ8aoYqdSK
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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
[Announcement] End of the First Era
Episode 43.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Curious Case of Adolphe Sax and his Saxophone
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