With the echoes of the Atomic Age fading, the USSR undertook an ambitious plan to build a huge number of massive reactors all along its western border. Viktor Brukhanov was tasked with building the first four reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear generating station, as well a city nearby called Pripyat. Instead of generations of clean energy, the Soviets served up the worst nuclear accident in human history. Shoddy construction, underqualified operators, and the Soviet mentality. Chernobyl, April 26, 1986: Hell on earth.
Norm's song pick:: New Noise by Refused
https://open.spotify.com/track/35iLpqqQg4KrfYAzbvN1vH
Leigh's song pick:: Killing Technology by Voivod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TuEAuCH6ng
Peter's song pick:: High Fells by Full Of Hell
https://fullofhell.bandcamp.com/track/high-fells
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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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