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Disaster Area

Disaster Area

Written by: Jennifer Matarese
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A podcast about disasters throughout history - what caused them, how people survived, and how we've responded to keep those disasters from happening again. Social Sciences World
Episodes
  • Episode 261: The SS Sultana disaster - Part Two
    Jan 8 2026

    On a cold April night in 1865, the calm across the waters of the Mississippi River was shattered by a sudden explosion - one which destroyed a steamboat and most of the Confederate POWs crowded on its decks.

    Videos:

    • Remember the Sultana
    • The History Channel: The Sultana
    • Part-Time Explorer: America's Worst Shipwreck

    Articles and books:

    • Sultana: Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History, by Alan Huffman
    • Knoxville, TN: S.S. Sultana Memorial
    • Appomattox Court House: The Surrender Meeting
    • American Battlefield Trust: The Sultana Disaster
    • The Sultana Disaster Museum
    • Toledo Blade: The Sinking of the Sultana
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    53 mins
  • Episode 260: The SS Sultana disaster - Part One
    Jan 1 2026

    On a cold April night in 1865, the calm across the waters of the Mississippi River was shattered by a sudden explosion - one which destroyed a steamboat and most of the Confederate POWs crowded on its decks.

    Videos:

    • Remember the Sultana
    • The History Channel: The Sultana
    • Part-Time Explorer: America's Worst Shipwreck

    Articles and books:

    • Sultana: Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History, by Alan Huffman
    • Knoxville, TN: S.S. Sultana Memorial
    • Appomattox Court House: The Surrender Meeting
    • American Battlefield Trust: The Sultana Disaster
    • The Sultana Disaster Museum
    • Toledo Blade: The Sinking of the Sultana

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    39 mins
  • Happy birthday!/Plans for the New Year
    Jan 1 2026

    It's the podcast's tenth birthday! Also, where we've been and where we're going.

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    6 mins
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