Ocean Disasters Episodes

Gruesome Contingencies: Cruise Ship Incidents Part 3
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March 30, 2022

Gruesome Contingencies: Cruise Ship Incidents Part 3

This week, Melanie curates a playlist, Brianne has cheese-based anxiety, Melanie is still on her normalization bullshit, we explore portals, Brianne is a connoisseur of victim blaming, and Melanie eats her pet. Content warnings: gambling, hypothetical damage to body in fall from cruise ship, drowning, decomposition, autopsy/visual identification of loved one, suicidal ideation/possible suicide from 47:00-1:03:34, depression, mental illness, pregnancy loss/hospitalization. Links: https://internat...
Other Things We Don't Need To Normalize: Cruise Ship Incidents Part 2
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March 16, 2022

Other Things We Don't Need To Normalize: Cruise Ship Incidents Part 2

This week, we strike a deal with listeners, Melanie gets stroked, Brianne is infuriated by the bracket match-up, Melanie wants to normalize wiener goo and makes it weird with an angel, Brianne appeases Big Shark, we wonder if good infestations exist, Melanie plans a crime, we determine whether Cody has to get dumped, the Coast Guard is dumb, some things are poppycock, you can delegate to us, and someone else earns butthole pics. Content warnings: sexual intercourse with unclear levels of consent...
The Pigeon to Uber Scale: Cruise Ship Incidents
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March 2, 2022

The Pigeon to Uber Scale: Cruise Ship Incidents

This week, Brianne establishes dominance, Melanie gains a superstition, a birthday party gets RSVPed with a hard yes, cats run wild, things go hinky, the sun might be inhabited, Brianne wants to be a wealthy fruit dealer, a different birthday party gets RSVPed with a hard no, women know how to find people, no one is having an affair of the genitals, and Brianne speaks ill of the dead. Content warnings: speculation about suicide for a little while around 27:00, murder, blood, very brief mention o...
You're Sorry and I'm Welcome: Titanic Extravaganza Part 3
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June 30, 2021

You're Sorry and I'm Welcome: Titanic Extravaganza Part 3

This week, Melanie records her last episode before maternity leave, TAG (The Audio Guy) chimes in, we ponder what a Florida Man baby would be like, the cryptid bracket comes to a close, Melanie identifies her strengths, the final Titanic episode sets sail, a staffing change sinks the Titanic, Violet Jessop becomes our WCW, James Cameron has a bad trip, we demand an apology from Leonardo DiCaprio, and Melanie has a lot to learn about beverages. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: difficult labor, infant...
Disaster Zoomies: Titanic Extravaganza Part 2
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June 23, 2021

Disaster Zoomies: Titanic Extravaganza Part 2

This week, Melanie's labor is a disaster, Brianne makes one of the most controversial cryptid hot takes yet, a Carpathia passenger is an unapologetic gossip, the pro-Cal lobby is just three Billy Zanes in a trench coat, dogs get zoomies on the Titanic, a cat sees the writing on the wall, and we unpack two Jack Dawson conspiracy theories. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: burial at sea, death from hypothermia and drowning, fictional revenge porn, deaths of companion animals, deaths of (fictional) chil...
This is Gonna Be Awkward, Let's Break the Ice: Titanic Extravaganza Part 1
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June 9, 2021

This is Gonna Be Awkward, Let's Break the Ice: Titanic Extravaganza Part 1

This week, Melanie is gonna have a baby and the southerners are unimpressed, The Audio Guy requests a specific head in a box, Chicago Mothman battles The Jersey Devil, we embark upon the maiden voyage of a Titanic extravaganza, women care for each other, someone dies standing up, and Brianne's inner 10 year old is having the best day of her life. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: death of an adolescent and teen from their mother's perspective, loss of various spouses, death of a child 1:01:00, body s...
The Limits of the Possible: Scuba Diving
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May 12, 2021

The Limits of the Possible: Scuba Diving

This week, discombobulation abounds, we start the hairdo pocket revolution, cryptid teeth arrive in the mail, Brianne does not want a head in the box, the wendigo and selkie face off, Melanie has an alarming conspiracy, we struggle to be mature, and a whole bunch of scuba diving disasters happen. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: brief reference to gore from last episode, sexual innuendo, brief mention of suicide in a legend at 34:03, drowning, death of adult child from parent's perspective, decompos...
Descending Into Worse Stuff: Saturation Diving
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May 5, 2021

Descending Into Worse Stuff: Saturation Diving

This week, Melanie and Brianne contemplate mortality, Melanie crosses her legs to keep Baby John Mellencamp in, a cryptid has an elaborate backstory, we're joined in the studio by fourteen badass ghosts drinking beers, Brianne loves atmospheric trains, we all learn about saturation diving together, YouTube crowns the most gruesome death imaginable, and Melanie has disaster-themed maternity photos. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: death/mortality, claustrophobia, drowning deaths, very vague mention o...
Let Your Kids Spread Their Wings at the Oceaneer Club: The Laroche Family
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Dec. 22, 2020

Let Your Kids Spread Their Wings at the Oceaneer Club: The Laroche Family

SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Racism, vaguely mentioned premature birth, specific children in theoretical peril, frostbite, loss of spouse, death by drowning (very vaguely mentioned), death by freezing (very vaguely mentioned), coma, blood loss, a quote containing a racial slur, general discussion of the impacts of PTSD, a disaster in which 59 children die but are not discussed specifically at all Links: Black passengers add another facet to Titanic story Black People and Titanic: The Reality Jos...
Get back on board, for F---’s sake: The Costa Concordia Disaster
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July 21, 2020

Get back on board, for F---’s sake: The Costa Concordia Disaster

This week, Brianne peaks in episode 11, we all get a villain to cathartically blame, a ship full of 13s is doomed from the start, an off-duty captain gets shit done, a guy with a punchable face gets his ass handed to him by a guy who looks like Ed Harris, and someone maybe uses cocaine as dry shampoo. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: sinking ship, kids in peril, older couple being separated in a particularly upsetting way 25:50 and again at 47:36, water rescue and body recovery, various deaths, refu...