March 15, 2026

EARLY EPISODE: Project Habakkuk ft. Josh Boerman

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Josh Boerman, of the Worst of All Possible Worlds and Ill Conceived, joins Joe in the studio to talk about the time that an absolute madman attempted to build the largest aircraft carrier in the world out of ice.

sources:

Perutz, M. F. "A Description of the Iceberg Aircraft Carrier and the Bearing of the Mechanical Properties of Frozen Wood Pulp upon Some Problems of Glacier Flow". The Journal of Glaciology.

Lutz, Stephen. Project Habakkuk’s Iceberg Aircraft Carrier. WWII History. Vol 10, No. 8

Hemming, Henry. Churchill's Iceman: The True Story of Geoffrey Pyke: Genius, Fugitive, Spy.

Gold, L W. The Canadian Habbakuk Project: a Project of the National Research Council of Canada. Cambridge, UK

Cross, L D. Habbakuk: A Secret Ship Made of Ice.

Comments (33)

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Thad · March 26, 2026

VIIEEEERR!!!

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sasquatch6197 · March 19, 2026

Highly recommend the Dungeon Crawler Carl series as an audiobook

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Erin Sietstra · March 17, 2026

Why did no one tell me about turning into a block of cheese? My 35th was last September and I haven't made it to Friesland yet

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Erin Sietstra · March 17, 2026

Also I will not be moving back to my Dutch themed home town ( Orange City Iowa).

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pie · March 17, 2026

WWOW ITS JOSH

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Erin newman · March 17, 2026

The Michigan talk corner of this episode warmed my heart, even if I was yelling ‘It’s the Peanut Shop, Josh!’ to myself on the way to work this morning.

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Steven Eddy · March 24, 2026

Loving the shoutouts to my University and home region. Go Broncos!

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T Bike Guy · March 16, 2026

GO BRONCO'S FUCK THE CHIPS

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Alisha Downs · March 16, 2026

I’m pretty sure that’s why you haven’t done market garden 😂 it’s job security as we wait

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Derek W · March 16, 2026

Oooh shit E33 episode incoming.

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Poor-basil · March 16, 2026

Ok but that chocolate shop in holland Michigan is the only thing I remember from my one and only trip there, so it must be good

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P.A.L. · March 16, 2026

Well the episodes aren't up yet Josh, but I am very much looking forward to it

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James Cézanne-Taipale · March 16, 2026

I feel like if this ship had been made then over a short period of time it would end up getting sculpted into a 40k style ship.

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saint · March 16, 2026

In 1976 the CURV-III was used to survey the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald in the Great Lakes region. CURV-III was the fourth generation of the US Navy Cable-controlled Undersea Recovery Vehicle.

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Concorde · March 16, 2026

Western Michigan mentioned! 🐎🐎🐎

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big meg · March 16, 2026

The Edmund Fitzgerald was found on the bottom of the lake using a US navy P-3 with it's MAD detectors if your looking for your military connection.

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Nickthekiwi · March 16, 2026

I reckon we can convince Trump to make his stupid battleship 1000x bigger and out of pyekrete.

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Josh Karpoff · March 16, 2026

In high school I once came home drunk and we'll past curfew, only to find Thomas Dolby and his wife, actress Kathleen Beller, hanging out with my parents in my parents living room. My parents were high school friends with Beller, whose parents and sister still lived in town (her dad played piano to accompany silent films shown at the local library). I had been all worried about getting in trouble, but for once my parents didn't really care. I did get yelled at for loudly yelling "Science!" as I walked out of the living room on my way to face plant into my bed.

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Sam Blackman · March 16, 2026

wild

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Karl Childers · March 16, 2026

i think it's fine for a michigan team to call themselves the wolverines; it's just a cool animal, you don't need anyone's permission to make a cool animal your mascot

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NowhereMan661 · March 15, 2026

I'm now calling for a Well There's Your Problem episode about the Edmund Fitzgerald with all Michigan guests and also Tom.

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Al · March 15, 2026

Please sir, I want the Second Boer War.

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jackson karwoski · March 15, 2026

The Grand Rapids area is the only good part of West Michigan. Kalamazoo is also alright as long as you keep your head on a swivel lol

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Queue · March 30, 2026

I haven't been back there since probably '08, which last I heard was about when it went to hell. Makes me sad-- I've got a soft spot for that place.

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Noblese Oblahaj · March 15, 2026

Oh, this thing. If you're on a navy kick Joe I can send some shit your way at some point. There's an endless supply of them.

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Cat Mara · March 15, 2026

JD Bernal mentioned, Tom’s Law of Random Irish Guy Shows Up For No Reason remains unbroken

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Graham · March 15, 2026

https://www.albertaunderwatercouncil.com/single-post/2016/10/10/diving-jaspers-habbakuk-wreck It’s always cool to hear stuff about this obscure project. We dive in Jasper regularly and were going to dive the wreck last year but it did not happen. If anyone if curious of what is left of it this is a video a friend took the last time he dove it.

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Matt · March 15, 2026

I would go watch a concert put on by Jeffrey Epstein and The Power Of Friendship.

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Doug King · March 15, 2026

Yes! I have been waiting for Joe to cover this since I started listening to the pod. I found out about this idiotic idea from Mythbusters.

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I_like_planes_and_cities · March 15, 2026

Man I’m from Colorado Springs and “Focus On The Family” was something I wasn’t expecting to hear about in LLBD episodes. I’m glad it is shutting down in Michigan. Now if we can get the mega church shut down here that would be great.

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The Worst of All Possible Worlds · March 15, 2026

our show has a special relationship with FOTF because we’ve covered hundreds of episodes of their terrible christian children’s radio drama. we also recorded our 150th episode live in colorado springs

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NowhereMan661 · March 15, 2026

Yay, Josh!

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Bossbear · March 15, 2026

The boerman's whirlwind tour of the eu last episode