Marked Safe: A Disaster Podcast

Marked Safe: A Disaster Podcast

Are you Marked Safe? Join friends Brianne and Melanie as they explore the world's darkest calamities & delve into the fallout from them

Recent Episodes

Sept. 9, 2024

Go Fight Your Own Damn War: US Gay History 1937-1978

This week, the US military's anti-gay methods always backfire, a researcher wants a do-over, lead paint poisoned papaws are too emboldened, Alfred Kinsey and Joe Exotic appear in the same sentence, and the government loves to...

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Aug. 26, 2024

This Won't Hurt a Bit: Funeral Potluck

This week, Oprah is wrong, Brianne drives the horse, Madison's grandma loves Jurassic Park, Lisa delivers the funeral kidnapping tea, Meagan's Grammy has a tramp stamp, Taylor has the best wedding gift, Serena is her granddad...

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July 12, 2024

We Love a Hot Saint: US Gay History 1895-1936

This week, we're concerned this episode may curse you, Cody does it wild, Melanie is committed to the bit, Brianne twirls her mustache, and we continue our magical journey through Supreme Court hearings, an inventor's lab, an...

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June 21, 2024

The Biggest Sort of Friends: US Gay History 1600-1894

This week, Melanie settles for a blowie, Cody delivers a merely passable Tijuana hot dog, and we time travel to Colonial America, a Revolutionary War battlefield getting Queer Eyed by a Virgo, a gay shame parade, a Gold Rush-...

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June 6, 2024

Eat Windex, Ya Dirty Food Swipers: Infestations

This week, Melanie gets all of you naked for an announcement, we may have found the ultimate meeting spot, Brianne and Abby don't really want to dive in, we compromise on haunted dolls, Brianne is unperturbed by horrifying qu...

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May 24, 2024

Bald Headed Babies: Switched at Birth Part 2

This week, we hear from Captain Steeeve, Mel Anie doesn't get it, Brianne implores you to consider a radish, we raw dog the sandwich bracket, petting zoo rules come into play, and prankster papaws pair perfectly with old wome...

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May 8, 2024

Bodies, Legs, Eyelashes, Noses: Switched at Birth Part 1

This week, Melanie curates a perfectly-Melanie date night experience, Brianne threatens the integrity of the bracket, Fuckboy Frederick sees an opening, a tall flower cannot be denounced, and DNA is just like one of many game...

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April 27, 2024

The Sleepytime Bear: The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

This week, Brianne offers a substitute hot take, birds do not respond to polite requests, hitting record has detrimental consequences, we manifest sexy spreadsheets, the truth comes out about Melanie’s dad, we look for a fun ...

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April 17, 2024

A Foregone Conclusion: The Life & Death of Christine Chubbuck, Part 2

Content warnings: very extensive discussion of depression, bipolar disorder, and suicidal ideation that culminates in death by suicide. Discussion of the emotional state and inner reasoning leading to death by suicide, as wel...

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April 12, 2024

I See You Now: The Life & Death of Christine Chubbuck, Part 1

Content warnings: very extensive discussion of depression, bipolar disorder, and suicidal ideation that culminates in death by suicide. Discussion of the emotional state and inner reasoning leading to death by suicide, as wel...

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April 4, 2024

No Time to Do Anything: Fireman's Wedding

This week, Brianne blames it on space, Melanie introduces the neighborhood kids to gambling, Brianne loses her nerve at the laundromat, Melanie is a classic 90s cigarette mom, what amounts to an old timey disaster drag show g...

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March 20, 2024

Cold Laws of Aerodynamics: Japan Airlines Flight 123

This week, vegemite belongs toward the back end, Brianne has a grilled cheese plug, Melanie’s thirst is quenched, a plane has surgery, Brianne is rapidly aging, and we want the best for the makers of Cosmic Yoga. Content warn...

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About the Hosts

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Brianne Garrett

Co-host

Titanic aficionado and compilation queen Brianne is slinging disasters and hot takes on anything from blobfish to wendigos. She is always seeking out rollercoaster doom, plane crashes, and sinking ships.

Having successfully angled for the perfect cohost, Brianne is dedicated to spinning you disaster narratives from 1912 to today.

In her “free” time Brianne is an avid Fortnite player, dabbler in watercolors, and reader. She’s a mother of two and nurse’s wife. She spends her days attempting to stay marked safe and her nights telling tales of peril.

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Melanie Kruse

Co-host

Melanie is a mother of five and aviation wife who fancies an odd disaster, loves Vienna Sausages, and a has a penchant for turning anything into a dirty joke.