75. The Explosion (Port of Beirut disaster)
A massive explosion in Lebanon's capital city is revealed to be a symptom of a corrupt system.
Prelude: A fertilizer plant explosion destroys the small town of West, Texas.
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279 Sources listed on the website for this!! GOOD LORD!! I read two things at the top of google and I consider myself "well researched". The time it takes to put a podcast of this caliber is wild. I'd pay $20 a month for 6 episodes a year. Keep it up young blood!
Great episode, at first I thought the fertilizer plant story was succumbing to a species of maudlinity so was pleased to find otherwise.
About TFG: "One of the world's biggest producers of hot air." My favorite line in this episode. LOVE ACC's dry wit and deadpan delivery! Always so spot on!!
Loved this episode soooooo much!!!
“One of the world’s largest producers of hot air” …🤣
My favorite line in the entire episode, and soooo spot on!
see yall next year. one of the best of the year if not the best to go out on.
I can't stop thinking about that video of the bride in Beirut who inadvertently caught the blast on film while posing for what was meant to be the happiest day of her life.
I know what you mean -- I looked up the video from the West, Texas fertilizer plant and it is horrifying -- even knowing what was coming and bracing for it, I jumped a mile.
Thanks for a great year of content! Excited for next season!
Thank you for shedding light on this.
Thanks for another great season! Catch ya in 2022!
My god is this a late Halloween episode because this shook me to my core! So scary. The lady playing the piano was heartbreaking.
Remarkably good podcast. Remarkably sad stories.
Enjoy your break and Happy New Year 😘🍾🥂🥁🎆🎇
what a totally messed up world this is. and we humans did it. and continue to do it. SHAME ON US. as if anyone is thinking about "money" or their "job security" on their death beds. we're the worst mammals on the planet. GET A GRIP PEOPLE!!!
That's what I call going out with a bang! sorry, too soon.
That was like 2 episodes in one! 🤯🧨💥
Holy smokes. Best intro story yet
Time off? Really CC? How dare you take time off! lol jk, luv your podcast 100%.