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Doomsday: History's Most Dangerous Podcast

Brad Choma

The PG&E Toxic Fire Disasters of 1996-2023 | Episode 65

FEB 2, 202453 MIN
Doomsday: History's Most Dangerous Podcast

The PG&E Toxic Fire Disasters of 1996-2023 | Episode 65

FEB 2, 202453 MIN

Description

What I’m about to tell you in this episode will sound like nonsense – shocking, highly flammable nonsense – unless you’re from California.<br /><br />On this episode: we’ll learn all about what it’s like to work at what I’m hoping is the worst utility company anywhere in the Americas, we’ll take a look at some of the most backwards and evil business accounting of all time, and we’ll learn what happens when a sidewalk explodes beneath your feet.<br /><br />There is so much to be frustrated about while listening to today’s episode My heart goes out to the simple tax payers of California, whose backs must bear the lashes of being reliant on one of America’s very worst companies for their life-sustaining electricity – without whom this episode could not be possible.<br /><br />Celebrity guests include: gas pipe bomber Monserrate Shirley, lightbulb dunce Thomas Edison, groundwater crusader Erin Brockovich, not-Santa, and King Henry the First of England.<br /><br />And if you had been listening on Patreon, you would have enjoyed an additional 10 minutes where we discussed:<br /><br />• the incredible medical weaponry known as the electric eel<br /><br />• how a fruit company ruled entire countries with an iron fist <br /><br />• the unlikely corporate-destroying legal Vunderkind Erin Brokovich <br /><br />• an explanation on why you’re worth more to your employer dead than alive <br /><br />• we debate the ethics of working on the Death Star <br /><br />• and we also climbed into a Hellmouth<br /><br />If the idea of getting episodes a little early and ad-free with ridiculously interesting extra material strikes you as a good thing, you can find out more at:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.patreon.com/funeralkazoo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.patreon.com/funeralkazoo</a> <br /><br />All older episodes can be found on any of your favorite channels<br /><br />Apple : <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5fnbumdw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/5fnbumdw</a><br />Spotify : <a href="https://tinyurl.com/73tb3uuw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/73tb3uuw</a><br />IHeartRadio : <a href="https://tinyurl.com/vwczpv5j" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/vwczpv5j</a><br />Podchaser : <a href="https://tinyurl.com/263kda6w" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/263kda6w</a><br />Stitcher : <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mcyxt6vw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/mcyxt6vw</a><br />Google : <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3fjfxatt" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/3fjfxatt</a><br />Spreaker : <a href="https://tinyurl.com/fm5y22su" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/fm5y22su</a><br />Podchaser : <a href="https://tinyurl.com/263kda6w" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/263kda6w</a><br />RadioPublic : <a href="https://tinyurl.com/w67b4kec" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/w67b4kec</a><br />PocketCasts. : <a href="https://pca.st/ef1165v3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://pca.st/ef1165v3</a><br />CastBox : <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4xjpptdr" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/4xjpptdr</a><br />Breaker. : <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4cbpfayt" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/4cbpfayt</a><br />Deezer. : <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5nmexvwt" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/5nmexvwt</a> <br /><br />Follow us on the socials for more<br /><br />Facebook : <a href="http://www.facebook.com/doomsdaypodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.facebook.com/doomsdaypodcast</a> <br />Instagram : <a href="http://www.instagram.com/doomsdaypodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.instagram.com/doomsdaypodcast</a> <br />Twitter/X : <a href="http://www.twitter.com/doomsdaypodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.twitter.com/doomsdaypodcast</a> <br /><br />If you like the idea of your podcast hosts wearing more than duct tape and bits of old Halloween costumes for clothes and can spare a buck or two, you can now buy me a coffee at <a href="http://www.buymeacoffee.com/doomsday" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.buymeacoffee.com/doomsday</a> or join the patreon at <a href="http://www.funeralkazoo.com/doomsday" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.funeralkazoo.com/doomsday</a>