Calamity Janes
Mayhem enthusiasts, best friends, and sisters Bailey Brown and Madison Wendt have spent their lives pouring over stories of disaster and catastrophe while their family looked on in abject horror. Combining their love of comedy podcasts and long, late-night discussions of calamity, Bailey and Madison decided to create a podcast where they can talk about all things catastrophic without enduring their loved one's side-eye. Calamity Janes is a weekly podcast wherein hosts Bailey and Madison discuss all sorts of terrifying disasters. Engrossed by engineering failings? Titillated by tales of tornadoes and volcanoes? Searching for horror stories of spaceflight? We’ve got ya covered! Tune in each week to hear Madison tell Bailey about a different disastrous debacle.
Episodes
51 episodes
America's Hidden Fault Line is a Time Bomb
This episode will scare the pants off of you if you hate earthquakes, spontaneous quicksand, and meandering diary entries. Listen up to learn about the New Madrid earthquakes. Sources:
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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30:56
The Devastating Tri-State Tornado
We're baaaaaaack.Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.comResources used in this episode:
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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46:21
A Mud Dauber Wasp Crashed a Plane
In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about a deadly plane crash caused by a surprisingly lethal insect. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: ...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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31:59
The Dancing Plague of 1518
In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about an earthquake that led to a mine collapse, and a harrowing rescue mission. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or ...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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27:26
A free drink on Madison
No episode today folks! Madison's household has fallen to illness, and Bailey is in the middle of the Great Dallas Monsoon. Please send all beverage requests* and disaster suggestions to calamityjanespod@gmail.com.*Madison will not buy ...
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0:44
The Beaconsfield Mine Collapse
In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about an earthquake that led to a mine collapse, and a harrowing rescue mission. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster storie...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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25:38
The Great Molasses Flood
In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about The Great Molasses Flood of 1919. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com<...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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34:32
The Deadliest Airshow Disaster In History
In this episode, Bailey tells Madison about the Flugtag '88 airshow disaster -- one of the most deadly in history. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, o...
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24:25
The Mystery of The Eiger
In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the Eiger -- a mysterious mountain with a history of catastrophe. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say ...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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31:36
Double Trouble: A Mid-Air Collision & Nuclear Disaster
In this episode, Bailey tells Madison about the Tybee Island Mid-Air Collision. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gm...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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22:54
The Disasters You Can't Escape: Lightning Strikes
In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about some epic lightning strikes, and all of the catastrophes they've created. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories,...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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34:52
Can you trust your bridges?
In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the collapse of the I35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis, MN! Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: c...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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26:08
Wild Fires, Plane Crashes, and Pipe Bombs: Gender Reveals Gone Wrong
In this episode, Bailey tells Madison about all sorts of gender reveals gone wrong.Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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41:03
We've been hiding something...
This week, Madison shares some news along with her own personal disaster. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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17:05
Sinkholes: Are you about to fall into one NOW?!
Watch where you step! In this episode, Bailey tells Madison about all sorts of sinkholes. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespo...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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38:27
When Two Jumbo Jets Collide
In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the Tenerife Airport Disaster. Listen to find out what happens when two 747s collide... Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your ...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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28:33
See you next week!
Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories, or just say hey: calamityjanespod@gmail.com
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3:34
The Yellowstone Supervolcano: Double Bubble Trouble
In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the hypothetical explosion of the supervolcano sitting in the heart of North America. This cataclysmic event would mean big things for basically the whole world. Subscribe wherever you list...
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32:19
Deadly exploding lakes
In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about Lake Nyos -- an African lake that released deadly amounts of carbon dioxide, killing everyone and everything near it. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submi...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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34:13
Nuclear danger in surprising places...
In this episode, Madison tells Bailey all about the Goiania incident -- a lesson in properly disposing of radioactive medical waste. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaste...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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25:29
Rising Water and Nowhere to Go
In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about a tragic caving disaster that reminds us how quickly adventure can turn deadly. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ideas, share your disaster stories...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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32:28
It's taller than Sear's Tower...and it FELL
In this episode, we celebrate some big news, and Bailey tells Madison about the hometown disaster that likely set the course for her obsession with calamity. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!Submit your disaster ...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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23:12
The Gimli Glider
In this episode, Bailey tells Madison all about the air disaster with a twist you won't see coming. This story has everything: planes, race cars, Canadians, the metric system, and more! Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!<...
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36:38
A most chaotic Olympic marathon...
In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about one heckuva Olympics. The marathon of 1904 was...chaotic, to say the least. Listen in to hear about theft, cheating, naps, rat poison, and more!Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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33:53
When you're not even safe as a spectator...
In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about a devastating motorsports disaster that shut down the world of racing. It will make you think twice before you ever sit in the stands of a high-speed race.... Subscribe wherever you listen ...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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51:48