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 15: Roanoke: The Lost Colony
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
Episode 6: Smallpox in Mexico
Episode 5.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Lituya Bay Megatsunami
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