Some disasters reverberate throughout history. Santorini wasn't always a ring of islands... there was a time it was the beautiful peak of a mountain island called Thera. The archeological site at Akrotiri is our main portal into what exactly happened to the Minoan civilization on Crete and Thera... but the effects of Thera's eruption were felt thousands of kilometers away, and may have even shaped the course of history. The Exodus, the parting of the red (reed?) sea, ancient Egyptian plagues, and the lost city of Atlantis.
Leigh's song pick:: Parish of Tama (Ossuary Dub) by Painkiller
https://open.spotify.com/track/15N3c26rKcFMMaJWFWHwdR
Peter's song pick:: Pompeii by ES Posthumus
https://open.spotify.com/track/0OQqwcp91YgRBpjtyCWdEQ
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Episode 14.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Cerebus the Aardvark
Episode 14: The Black Death - Part 2
Episode 13.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Apollo One
Episode 13: The Black Death - Part 1
Episode 12.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Satanic Panic and the PMRC
Episode 12: Egyptian Famine
Episode 11.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Oxford Comma
Episode 11: Cosmic Terror (at the End of the Universe)
Episode 10.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Wish You Weren't Here
Episode 10: Teignmouth Electron - Part 2
Episode 9.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Hindenburg Disaster
Episode 9: Teignmouth Electron - Part 1
Episode 8.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Factory Records
Episode 8: Fury of St Helens
Episode 7.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Mount Everest Mayhem
Episode 7: Woodstock '99
Episode 6.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Replacements Play SNL
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