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 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
Episode 43: [Album Autopsy] Garth Brooks in... The Life of Chris Gaines
Episode 42.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Pono Player
Episode 42: The Laki Eruption
Episode 41.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Third Wave Experiment
Episode 41: [Album Autopsy] Lulu
Episode 40.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Station Nightclub Fire
Episode 40: [Ruinous Rewind] Plague of Athens
Episode 39.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Norwegian Black Metal
Episode 39: The Peshtigo Firestorm
Episode 38.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Witchcraft Trial of Sarah Good
Episode 38: Darby Crash
Episode 37.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Jim Shooter's New Universe
Episode 37: The Great Tangshan Earthquake
Episode 36.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] British Airtours Flight 28M
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Episode 36: Climate Change, Part 2
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