A podcast about disasters throughout history - what caused them, how people survived, and how we've responded to keep those disasters from happening again.
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Signup to Generate a PitchA podcast about disasters throughout history - what caused them, how people survived, and how we've responded to keep those disasters from happening again.
Disaster Area is hosted by Jennifer Matarese. The show has published 290 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 271: The Sampoong department store collapse" (24 September 2026, 61 minutes), "Episode 270: The Nika riots" (16 September 2026, 52 minutes), and "Episode 269: The 1972 Black Hills flood" (2 September 2026, 75 minutes).
Disaster Area publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 53 minutes across 290 episodes.
Booking probability for Disaster Area is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Disaster Area requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Disaster Area's contact route on record: verified email.
Jennifer Matarese hosts Disaster Area, a history podcast with 290 episodes published.
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It might have felt like just a bad day at work - cracks in the walls, the merchandise shaking on the shelves, the air conditioning needing to be turned off. But the Sampoong department store wasn't just falling apart...
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In 6th century Constantinople, Emperor Justinian would lead the Byzantine empire into conquering other lands, constructing impressive architecture, and instituting a new legal code that still influences nations today...
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We all know what a good strong summer thunderstorm looks like, and we know just how much rain one of them can douse us in. But on a warm Friday night in 1972, the eastern foothills of the Black Hills -- and in...
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It was a beautiful Monday morning in San Diego on September 25, 1978 - sunny and hot with not a cloud in the sky. There was no reason whatsoever to think the day would be ruined by anything, but especially not by two...
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When we think of deadly peacetime maritime disasters, Titanic is the first ship to come to mind. But there is a far deadlier disaster which holds the record for the worst in terms of loss of life ... when a loaded oil...
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Or where have I been the past three months? (Alas, it's not as interesting as the title makes it sound.)
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<p >It should have just been a regular Saturday night dancing to rock music and having a good time at the relatively new dance hall outside of Saint-Laurent, France. But in the early morning hours of November 1st, 1970...
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<p>It would start with a headache, a fever, maybe a funny tummy. But soon enough your knee would give out, or your arm would hang limp, or you would struggle to breathe. You'd be taken to the hospital, where you'd get...
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<p>It would start with a headache, a fever, maybe a funny tummy. But soon enough your knee would give out, or your arm would hang limp, or you would struggle to breathe. You'd be taken to the hospital, where you'd get...
<p>NOTE: This was released in May of 2025, but due to life being what it is, I didn't get to finish the final two parts of the episode. So I am rereleasing this episode this week, and the next two weeks I will release...
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<p>2001 was not the only year in which something tragic occurred on September 11th. On that day in 1974, eighty-two people would board a plane from Charleston, South Carolina, to Charlotte, North Carolina. Only ten...
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<p>King Henry I of England had grand plans for the future of his sole legitimate male heir, William Aetheling. None of those plans would come to pass.</p> <p></p> <p>Articles and books:</p> <p></p> The Sinking Of The...
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<p>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.</p>...
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<p>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.</p>...
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<p>It's the podcast's tenth birthday! Also, where we've been and where we're going.</p>
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<p >In the early morning hours of September 22nd, 1993, a cross-country train departed from Mobile, Alabama, on its way to Miami. As it headed up along the train tracks out of the city, the train didn't know one...
<p >On a sunny Sunday morning in 2017, a man in an SUV pulled up outside a small white church in Sutherland Springs, TX. The people inside would become the targets of the weapons he carried. But when he sped away about...
<p >On a sunny Sunday morning in 2017, a man in an SUV pulled up outside a small white church in Sutherland Springs, TX. The people inside would become the targets of the weapons he carried. But when he sped away about...
<p >On a sunny Sunday morning in 2017, a man in an SUV pulled up outside a small white church in Sutherland Springs, TX. The people inside would become the targets of the weapons he carried. But when he sped away about...
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<p>A week ago, the Guadalupe River in Texas overflowed its banks and swept away dozens of campers. It turns out that this is not the first time it's done so - and not the first time some of those campers didn't...
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