Disaster Archives - Sofa King Podcast https://sofakingpodcast.com/category/disaster/ Comedy, entertainment, pop culture, and topics we want to talk about. Wed, 11 Oct 2023 03:54:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/sofakingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SKLOGO-55ad8af4v1_site_icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Disaster Archives - Sofa King Podcast https://sofakingpodcast.com/category/disaster/ 32 32 Sofa King Podcast true episodic socialmedia@sofakingpodcast.com © Sofa King Podcast © Sofa King Podcast podcast Disaster Archives - Sofa King Podcast https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/SofaKingPodcastCoverArt.jpg https://sofakingpodcast.com/category/disaster/ TV-MA Weelky Join SK Ultra Join SK Ultra 120746233 Episode 735: Move Bombing: West Philadelphia Burned and Razed! https://sofakingpodcast.com/move-bombing-west-philadelphia-burned-and-razed/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:31:23 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10843 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we take a look an activist group called MOVE, and how they were eventually assaulted, murdered, and bombed by Philadelphia police via helicopter in the 80s. MOVE started out as a strange group that people considered one part Black Panthers and one part green-loving hippies. […]

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]]> full false 1:31:29 10843 Episode 710: Tunguska Event: 15 Megatons of Terror https://sofakingpodcast.com/tunguska-event-15-megatons-of-terror/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:31:10 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10620 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one of the most mysterious disasters of the modern world—The Tunguska Event. Early one morning in the summer of 1908, a massive explosion ripped through the heart of Russia. It was estimated to be around 15 megatons of explosive force that destroyed […]

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]]> full false 1:25:55 10620 Episode 708: Paris Attacks: A Night of Terror https://sofakingpodcast.com/paris-attacks-a-night-of-terror/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 09:30:12 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10606 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the terrorist attack on Paris in 2015. On the night of November 13th, a coordinated assault raged across the city. There were a host of suicide bombers at a soccer match, and there was a car doing some nasty drive-by shootings at […]

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]]> full false 10606 Episode 698: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: On Greed and Tragedy https://sofakingpodcast.com/triangle-shirtwaist-fire-on-greed-and-tragedy/ Wed, 04 Jan 2023 10:31:01 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10510 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about an American tragedy—the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. The date was March 25, 1911, and a sweatshop in the garment district of New York caught fire. At first, it was thought to be a cigarette in a scrap bin, but the tangle of […]

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]]> full false 1:19:21 10510 Episode 693: Noah’s Ark: From Searches to Science https://sofakingpodcast.com/noahs-ark-from-searches-to-science/ Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:31:49 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10464 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we discuss the myth, facts, science and searches for Noah’s Ark. This ancient myth tells of the global flood and Noah creating a boat that could carry all of life for 40 days and drop it safely ashore when the flood died down. Cool story, bro, but […]

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]]> full false 1:27:56 10464 A Sofa King Classic: City 40: Russia’s Nuclear Secret https://sofakingpodcast.com/a-sofa-king-classic-city-40-russias-nuclear-secret/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:55:33 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10339 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the little-known secret of “closed towns,” most notably Russia’s City 40. City 40 was the old code name for what is now known as Ozersk. This is the birthplace of the Soviet Nuclear weapons program after the end WWII, and to this day, nobody […]

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]]> full false 1:13:57 10339 Episode 672: Solar Flares: The Sun’s 11 Year Itch https://sofakingpodcast.com/solar-flares-the-suns-11-year-itch/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:31:53 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10286 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we turn our eyes to the heavens and talk about Solar Flares. These nasty little critters blast off of the sun in eleven year cycles and can wreak havoc with high tech equipment. In the past, people didn’t care much about this phenomenon. For one, they didn’t […]

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]]> full false 1:21:56 10286 Episode 663: The Kursk: Russia’s Epic Fail https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-kursk-russias-epic-fail/ Fri, 10 Jun 2022 09:31:03 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10200 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the sinking of The Kursk. The Kursk was a Russian nuclear sub and was declared “unsinkable.” However, a constantly declining military budget let their navy start to fall apart. On Aug 12, 2000, during a massive fleet-wide training exercise, the ship fell silent. Well, […]

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]]> full false 1:39:05 10200 Episode 653: Bhopal: Poison Clouds and Contemptable Corporations https://sofakingpodcast.com/bhopal-poison-clouds-and-contemptable-corporations/ Fri, 22 Apr 2022 09:31:25 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10090 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at one of the worst environmental catastrophes of the modern era, the Bhopal Disaster. The Indian city of Bhopal was home to a Union Carbide Corporation chemical company. They made pesticides using a very lethal substance called MIC gas. On December 2nd, 1984, 40 tons […]

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]]> full false 1:33:42 10090 Episode 645: Exxon Valdez: Nuts! https://sofakingpodcast.com/exxon-valdez-nuts/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 10:31:42 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10014 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at one of the worst ecological disasters of all time, the wreck of the Exxon Valdez. In March of 1989, the massive ship struck Bligh Reef in Alaska, and over 11 Million gallons of crude oil dumped into the once-pristine Prince William Sound. […]

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]]> full false 1:43:20 10014 Episode 632: The Blitz: London’s Darkest Days https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-blitz-londons-darkest-days/ Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:31:31 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9907 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we back in time to World War Two and talk about the horror and honor that defined the London Blitz. In September of 1940, Hitler had lost the Battle of Britain, which was battle for air superiority over England. As a result, he decided to use bombing […]

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]]> full false 1:41:50 9907 Episode 606: Hindenburg Disaster: The Hubris and The Humanity https://sofakingpodcast.com/hindenburg-disaster-the-hubris-and-the-humanity/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 09:31:54 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9681 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we discuss the fiery crash of the Hindenburg. Its last moments were made famous by the grainy black and white footage and the scream, “Oh the humanity!” The ship was very interesting before that, however. It was built in Germany and was almost immediately commandeered for Nazi […]

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]]> full false 1:41:40 9681 Chernobyl: A Sofa King Classic https://sofakingpodcast.com/chernobyl-a-sofa-king-classic/ Fri, 28 May 2021 11:00:21 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9349   Dave is gone for 8 days so here is a Sofa King Classic from the archives Quotable moments from radioactive grandmas to Cesium queefs… you wont want to miss this one. On this episode, we discuss the accident at the Chernobyl power plant as only the Sofa King Podcast can. The Chernobyl power plant […]

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]]> full false 1:32:59 9349 Project Azorian: Patreon Vault Release https://sofakingpodcast.com/project-azorian-patreon-vault-release/ Thu, 27 May 2021 11:00:27 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9345 On this bonus episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we cover a real world conspiracy theory that turns out to be true: Project Azorian. What was Project Azorian? Well, it was a little plan concocted by the CIA. In 1968, a Soviet nuclear sub sank, and the Russian didn’t know where it was. The US […]

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]]> full false 49:59 9345 Episode 581: Mt Everest: A Struggle to the Summit https://sofakingpodcast.com/mt-everest-a-struggle-to-the-summit/ Fri, 21 May 2021 09:31:43 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9313 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we climb to the top of the podcasting world and talk about Mt. Everest. This peak is the highest on earth, and to many people, reaching its summit is the height of human performance. Named after a British surveyor (who didn’t even want it named after him), […]

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]]> full false 1:40:38 9313 Episode 567: Mao Tse-tung: Starvation, Sex, and Slaughter https://sofakingpodcast.com/mao-tse-tung-starvation-sex-and-slaughter/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 09:31:40 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9029 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at the man who most historians call the worst tyrant of all time, Mao Tse-tung. Was he worse than Hitler? Yes. Was he worse than Stalin or Kim Jung Il or Saddam Hussein? Way worse. How? Well, his horrible Great Leap Forward killed […]

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]]> full false 1:40:46 9029 Episode 557: Mount St. Helens: Horror in the Northwest https://sofakingpodcast.com/mount-st-helens-horror-in-the-northwest/ Fri, 12 Feb 2021 10:31:09 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=8836 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we take a look at the largest volcanic eruption in the modern history of the United States, the eruption of Mount St. Helens. This volcano started grumbling and causing a superstring of earthquakes in March of 1980, but on May 18, the volcano erupted. Two hundred and […]

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]]> full false 1:27:05 8836 Episode 537: Indian Ocean Tsunami: Quarter Million Dead in a Day https://sofakingpodcast.com/indian-ocean-tsunami-quarter-million-dead-in-a-day/ Thu, 26 Nov 2020 10:31:12 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=8223 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at one of the worst natural disasters of our lifetimes, the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. Responsible for the death of at least 230,000 people, this massive wave gave no warning in most areas, and the level of destruction was unprecedented. Some native peoples […]

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]]> full false 1:29:42 8223 Episode 529: Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis: Death in the Cheap Seats https://sofakingpodcast.com/moscow-theater-hostage-crisis-death-in-the-cheap-seats/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:31:53 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=8079 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at the infamous Moscow theater hostage crisis. Also known as the Nord-Ost Siege, this horrible event saw a Russian rescue attempt become far more lethal than the terrorist hostage-takers. The terrorists were Chechnyan and were there to get Russia to cease hostilities in […]

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]]> full false 1:25:33 8079 Episode 521: The Great Chinese Famine: Mao Murders Millions! https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-great-chinese-famine-mao-murders-millions/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 09:31:00 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7954 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time and examine the largest famine in human history, The Great Chinese Famine. Known to the Chinese government as “Three Years of Difficulties,” this famine is unique since it is blamed almost entirely on human governance, not on nature. How bad […]

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]]> full false 1:31:28 7954 Episode 515: Uruguayan Flight 571: Tragedy, Cannibalism, and Survival https://sofakingpodcast.com/uruguayan-flight-751-tragedy-cannibalism-and-survival/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 09:31:04 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7859 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we take a look at an infamous case of Cannibalism, the crash of Uruguayan Flight 751. In October of 1972, a plane crashed carrying 40 passengers and 5 crew. As the plane bounced off the side of the mountain, it lost its wing, then it’s tail, then […]

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]]> full false 1:42:37 7859 Episode 510: The Batavia: Maritime Mutiny and Mass Murder https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-batavia-maritime-mutiny-and-mass-murder/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:31:10 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7812 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at one of the greatest maritime disasters in history, the wreck of the Batavia. I know what you’re thinking. It’s like the Titanic but back in time. No, not at all. This one involved mutiny, hanging a young girl off the side of the boat, […]

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]]> full false 1:24:52 7812 Episode 509: Haitian Earthquake: Devastation, Death, Deceit https://sofakingpodcast.com/haitian-earthquake-devastation-death-deceit/ Fri, 21 Aug 2020 09:31:24 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7797 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the devastation, death, deceit, and clean up surrounding the Haiti Earthquake from 2010. On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, and the results were epic. Estimates are that 250,000 lives were lost and 1.5 million people were displaced. 80% of schools, 60% […]

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]]> full false 1:31:02 7797 Episode 503: Apollo 13: Explosions, Starvation, and Duct Tape https://sofakingpodcast.com/apollo-13-explosions-starvation-and-duct-tape/ Fri, 31 Jul 2020 09:31:42 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7726 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the infamous flight of NASA’s Apollo 13. Made famous for a new generation by the film of the same name, this was one of the most important moments in all of space flight. A critical error on the way to the moon led to […]

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]]> full 7726 Episode 499: Polio: The Paralytic Pandemic https://sofakingpodcast.com/polio-the-paralytic-pandemic/ Fri, 17 Jul 2020 09:31:32 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7685 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we get all pandemic on you and talk about Polio. Famous for causing paralysis and death through the first half the century (most notably in the US and UK), this disease goes back to ancient Egypt. Two doctors created different vaccines for the disease in […]

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]]> full 1:33:46 7685 Episode 479: Cursed Bread: The CIA, LSD, and Mass Hysteria https://sofakingpodcast.com/cursed-bread-the-cia-lsd-and-mass-hysteria/ Fri, 08 May 2020 09:31:09 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7392 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we explore a little known mass hallucination event in a small town in France. It was August 15, 1951, in the small town of Pont-Saint-Esprit in southern France. Roughly 300 people fell ill, including 50 people sent to insane asylums and 7 deaths. Theories range from ergot […]

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]]> full 7392 Episode 463: Irish Potato Famine: Great Hunger or Genocide? https://sofakingpodcast.com/irish-potato-famine-great-hunger-or-genocide/ Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:31:03 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7216 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time to the 1840s and look at the Irish Potato Famine. Known as the Great Hunger, this was a period of years where a horrible blight caused the failure of the single most important crop in the nation—potatoes. But the problem […]

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]]> full 7216 Episode 459: The MV Wilhelm Gustloff: Hitler’s Titanic https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-mv-wilhelm-gustloff-hitlers-titanic/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:31:06 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7172 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time to look at the worst maritime disaster of all time, the sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff. It was a ship with an interesting history that was being used by the Nazis to evacuate Germans from the oncoming Red Army in Operation […]

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]]> full 7172 Episode 451: Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Disaster at Sea https://sofakingpodcast.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch-disaster-at-sea/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:31:12 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=6956 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at one of the worst industrial catastrophes of the modern age, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This so-called island of trash is not an island at all. It is actually quite worse. The gyres in the ocean move every single bit of plastic, […]

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]]> full 6956 Episode 449: The Black Death: Disease and Disaster https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-black-death-disease-and-disaster/ Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:31:30 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=6925 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time and look at one of the worst disasters in the history of human civilization, The Black Death. The Black Death is commonly thought to be a horrible epidemic of the Bubonic Plague, though some doctors think it was a different […]

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]]> full 6925 Episode 431: The Dust Bowl: Oklahoma’s Epic Fail https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-dust-bowl-oklahomas-epic-fail/ Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:31:06 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=6699 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at one of the biggest natural disasters in American history—The Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl was a period of ten years where the perfect mixture of events combined to destroy all of agriculture in Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, and Kansas. It led to millions […]

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]]> full 1:20:05 6699 Episode 404: Great Quake of 1906: San Francisco’s Deadliest Days https://sofakingpodcast.com/great-quake-of-1906-san-franciscos-deadliest-days/ Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:31:44 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=5199 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we feel the earth move under our feet and look back at the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. It is considered by many to the worst natural disaster in American history, killing 3000 people and destroying 80% of what was then the 9th largest […]

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]]> full 1:26:38 5199 Episode 392: The Spanish Flu: The Ultimate Pandemic https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-spanish-flu-the-ultimate-pandemic/ Fri, 07 Jun 2019 11:31:00 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=5114 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time and look at the Spanish Flu of 1918. This 15 month pandemic was the worst in history. It killed more people than the Black Plague and AIDS. It killed more people than every war in the 20th century combined—in just […]

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]]> full 5114 Episode 390: Flint Water Crisis: From Poverty to Poison https://sofakingpodcast.com/flint-water-crisis-from-poverty-to-poison/ Fri, 31 May 2019 11:31:21 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=4907 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at the ongoing water crisis of what is perhaps the most troubled city in America, Flint, Michigan. Flint has a productive history as the headquarters of GM. It was once called Vehicle City and was part of the boom in automobiles that made […]

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]]> full 4907 Episode 389: Deepwater Horizon: Tragedy and Incompetence https://sofakingpodcast.com/deepwater-horizon-tragedy-and-incompetence/ Tue, 28 May 2019 11:31:46 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=4904 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the largest maritime oil spill in human history, the tragedy and incompetence of the Deepwater Horizon. The Deepwater Horizon was a deep-sea oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, about forty miles from the coast of Louisiana. On April 20, 2010, an […]

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]]> full 4904 Episode 290: Three Mile Island: America’s Nuclear Warning https://sofakingpodcast.com/three-mile-island-americas-nuclear-warning/ Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:31:54 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3377 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the worst nuclear disaster on American soil, the incident at Three Mile Island. In March of 1979, there was a perfect storm of mechanical failure and human error that led to a partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. […]

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]]> full 1:19:04 3377 Episode 250: TWA Flight 800: Mishap or Missile? https://sofakingpodcast.com/twa-flight-800-mishap-missile/ Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:31:49 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=2890 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one of the most controversial airline crashes (and conspiracy theories) to date: the crash of TWA Flight 800. This ill-fated plane went down in Long Island, New York. It was July 17, 1996, at about 8:30 p.m., just a few minutes after takeoff from […]

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]]> full 1:17:27 2890 Episode 128: Fukushima: Waves of Disaster https://sofakingpodcast.com/fukushima-waves-of-disaster/ Tue, 20 Sep 2016 11:31:37 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1167 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daichi power plant in Japan. At 5:46 AM on Friday, March 11th of 2011, the fourth largest recorded earthquake known on the planet earth occurred. It was a 9.0, centered on the ocean floor 43 […]

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]]> full 1:29:17 1167 Episode 94: Chernobyl: Fallout, Death, and Heroism https://sofakingpodcast.com/chernobyl-fallout-death-heroism/ Tue, 24 May 2016 11:31:47 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=984 On this episode, we discuss the accident at the Chernobyl power plant as only the Sofa King Podcast can. The Chernobyl power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine suffered a ten day nuclear fire starting on April 26, 1986. This was one of only two Level 7 nuclear disasters in the history of nuclear power, and the […]

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