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Washington, DC, was in the grips of a historic snowstorm on January 13, 1982 that gridlocked the city when Air Florida 90 crashes into a bridge jammed with traffic and plunges into the iced-over Potomac River. 6 people survive the crash, clinging to wreckage in the icy river as a Park Police helicopter risks a daring rescue in nearly whiteout conditions. As the rescue is taking place, DC’s Metro system suffers its first fatal derailment nearby, with dozens injured.

The story they have chosen to tell is wrong. It is time to tell a better story. Thus begins Keith Richotte's playful, unconventional look at Native American and Supreme Court history. When the Supreme Court first embraced plenary power in the 1880s, it did not bother to seek any legal justification for the decision—it was simply rooted in racist ideas about tribal nations. By the 21st century, however, the Supreme Court was telling a different story, with opinions crediting the U.S. Constitution as the explicit source of federal plenary power.

This gripping story of courage and achievement is the account of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cherry-Garrard, whom Scott lauded as a tough, efficient member of the team, tells of the journey from England to South Africa and southward to the ice floes. From there began the unforgettable polar journey across a forbidding and inhospitable region.

The Worst Is Yet To Come is a captivating podcast that delves deep into the realms of History, Politics, Philosophy, Christianity, and an array of other intriguing topics. Join us on a thought-provoking journey as we explore the stories, ideas, and lessons that have shaped human civilization and continue to influence our world today.

From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks—how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us. Written in the...

An encyclopaedia of heroic failure Join Ben Van der Velde, Barry McStay and their guests as they brandish their wooden spoons of destiny and celebrate the losers, heroic failures and spectacular mis-steps that pockmark human endeavour. If you ever want to feel better about your progress in life, take a listen and enjoy a lovely schadenfreude bubble bath. Music by Max Perryment (www.maxperryment.co.uk) Donate to us via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

Celebrities are always talking about their bests. Now hear them at their worst.Join award-winning filmmaker and noted curmudgeon Alan Zweig for refreshingly honest conversations with “notable people” about the worst things in life.Alan has no interest in best-selling books or Hollywood triumphs, and doesn’t know (or care) much about his guests. He’s looking for real conversations that dig deep and get to the worst things: nagging fears, embarrassing secrets and haunting regrets. And he’ll no doubt share a few of his own along the way.Photo credit: Naomi Harris Hosted on Acast. See ...

There is little more terrifying than those who hunt, stalk, and snatch their prey under the cloak of darkness. These hunters search not for animals, but for the touch, taste, and empowerment of human flesh. They are cannibals, vampires, and monsters, and they walk among us. These serial killers are not mythical beasts with horns and shaggy hair. They are people living among society, going about their day-to-day activities until nightfall. They are the Dennis Rader's, the fathers, husbands, church-going members of the community.

A mixture of true crime, random useless facts, some comedy and gotta throw in some good old happy endings…that doesnt sound right, but, you know what I mean. 

Are you curiuos about history? Do you like to ponder on the greatest achievements of mankind or the darkest evils of our past? Are you tired of waiting for Dan Carlin to come out with another episode?If so, then this may be your podcast. Join me, Ryan Golding, as I ramble about history for a while and sometimes come up with something profound. Whether I'm talking about Shakespeare, Alexander the Great, or Plato I've got something stupid to say. So sit back, and let a fairly smart person say something dumb at ya.

History’s Worst Paychecks – The jobs were awful, the pay was worse, and somehow, people still did them. From plague doctors and gong farmers to human alarm clocks, we uncover the most disgusting, dangerous, and bizarre jobs in history. How much did they make? What were the risks? And would you survive doing it? Subscribe now for a mix of history, humor, and jaw-dropping facts—because no matter how bad your job is, it could always be worse.

We take you behind police lines. Former FBI profiler Jim Clemente & former FBI special agent Maureen O'Connell get unparalleled access to law enforcement officers, looking back at their most memorable cases – for better or for worse.

From real-life mysteries and bizarre history, to paranormal encounters and ghastly horrors, Best Worst-Case Scenario podcast will take you somewhere unexpected. For lovers of dramatized storytelling, of dark humor and mystery—you are cordially invited to join us on our quest to explore the past, the unknown, and everything in between.

A podcast I'm currently working on started by me about people and what they go through working they're daily jobs, who they are, and what happens to them outside of work. Maybe this can unite and help create compassion for the person on the other side of the counter. Have you ever wondered what the underpaid, over worked teacher feels like at the end of the day, or the nurse working all hours of the night, in the crazy E.R. shifts. If you work for a narcissistic boss, if you work with toxic people, I invite you to take this journey and grow a deeper understanding of what the rat race is like ...

Humanity's Thundering Brainstorms Turned Blundering Brain Farts They are priceless, multifaceted jewels of misjudgment. Masterworks of the moronic. Steroid-juiced stupidity wearing a size 9XX dunce cap embroidered with one simple word: "Duh." They are the colossally, cringingly, often laughably bad notions that have leapt from the short-circuiting synapses of some of the world's brightest (and dimmest) brains, now faithfully retold here as "100 of the Worst Ideas in History, The Podcast." Based on the hot-selling book of the same name -- with stories hailing from the worlds of politics, ...

The story of the 96 lives lost to Australia’s worst mining disaster.Inspired by the words of those who were there.Act 1, opens on the morning of the 31st July 1902, as the tiny South Coast town of Mt Kembla awakens unaware their lives are about to change for ever. A Podcast Play by Karen Cobban. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Picking America's best presidents is easy. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt usually lead the list. But choosing the nation's worst presidents requires more thought. In Star-Spangled Men, respected presidential biographer Nathan Miller puts on display those leaders who were abject failures as chief executive. With pointed humor and a deft hand, he presents a rogues' gallery of the men who dropped the presidential ball, and sometimes their pants as well.

We're drawn to villains in a way we'll never quite be drawn to heroes. Behind the Bastards: The Worst Leaders in Historygoes beyond the familiar horror show and gets weird — because the truth about history's worst people is always stranger than you'd expect. These are the stories nobody put in the textbook.

It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History is a history of heartbreak-replete with beheadings, uprisings, creepy sex dolls, and celebrity gossip-and its disastrously bad consequences throughout time Spanning eras and cultures from ancient Rome to medieval England to 1950s...

In what is indicative of the strained and even desperate times in which we live, comes a tragic story about the death of 19 people, the final hours of their incredible ordeal, and the network of individuals (and countries) who profit from what is considered by many nothing less than modern-day...