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
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Dec. 4, 2024
Concrete Waterfall: Hero Dogs
This week, Cody's future is uncertain, Melanie is more German than expected, Brianne doesn't want to stay the night, and we hear the stories of some good boys and girls. Content warnings: pet loss throughout episode, pets and humans in SAR situations, including 9/11.
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Oct. 17, 2024
Silence Equals Death: US Gay History 1979-Present
This week, Brianne is a reluctant snake advocate, the Reuben finally gets the exit it deserved all along, Melanie is bringing a delicious and trustworthy muffuletta, the US Military is roughly the size of a barge, Rock Lobster breaks down walls, and Subaru execs buy gay yachts. Content warnings: snakes, homophobia ranging from subtle to murderous, homophobic slurs, beating deaths, 35:00-41:25 and 50:20-52:30 have particularly graphic descriptions of violence and resulting injuries, 54:00-56:00
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 watch. Thank you for your patience with some uneven audio this week! Content warnings: comparisons between homosexuality and incest/rape, brief recap of topics covered in previous episodes, PTSD, military service, mention of sexual assault, forced psychiatric confinement,
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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's favorite but not a limo driver's, Kaitlyn has a funeral crasher, Brianne keeps a list of Melanie's enemies, Sarah pours one (Dr. Pepper) out for a lost loved one, Bea makes an unpleasant discovery, Melanie is employed by Philip Morris, Riley's grandmother can't avoid the
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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 old-timey lesbian nightclub supposedly funded by a ring of hot rich butches, bedroom chambers with rose-printed wallpaper, a Navy YMCA, and the White House. Content warnings: death of parent in front of child, brain bleed, racial and homophobic slurs, racism, police and mi
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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-era gay B&B, the chambers of a US president whose attempts at wooing several gentleman have failed, a Civil War hospital, and a romantic streetcar on a stormy night. Content warnings: brief mention of vomit, homophobic slurs, Native genocide/colonization, execution for homo
174
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 quantities of pterodactyl-sized bats, Melanie receives a permit to take liberties with the French language, we get interrupted by a very on-theme daddy short-legs, and scales on sheetrock make terrible white noise for bedtime. Content warnings: intense descriptions of infesta
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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 women with secrets. Content warnings: switched at birth, painful reunifications.
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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 games. Content warnings: alcohol, orphanage life, mild discussion of traumatic labor and delivery, surprising DNA test results.
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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 place to meet our ends together in Tennessee, and soon the Sleepytime Bear will crawl from the earth screaming, just like a cicada. Content warnings: drowning deaths and discussion during disaster relief about later term pregnancy loss and grief.
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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 well as its impact on family and friends, is the full content of the episode. This week is very difficult to listen to and we ask that you take extra care choosing whether to engage with this episode. If you need more specific content information to decide if this is safe for y
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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 well as its impact on family and friends, is the full content of the episode. This week is very difficult to listen to and we ask that you take extra care choosing whether to engage with this episode. If you need more specific content information to decide if this is safe for y
About the Hosts
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.
