The Day's Dumpster Fire
In this podcast, Kara and Ed regale history's greatest mess ups. They do not celebrate humanity's successes but its most fantastic failures! This show is not dedicated to those who have accomplished incredible things, but to those who have accomplished incredible things and how they royally screwed things up in the process.
You might ask why they are doing this podcast: it's because you've botched up the best laid plans and you know what? THAT'S OKAY!
Let this show help you navigate the mishaps that you have come across where there is no clear answer available.
So sit back, relax, and listen about people who messed up way more than what you could of possibly imagine.
Episodes
63 episodes
Prohibition Part 2. - Episode 60
In this episode, Kara expands on Prohibition and how it started to affect society and all the different ways people tried to skirt around the 18th Amendment. She dives into how the Federal government tried to crack down on the sale and consumpt...
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1:45:01
Prohibition Fire Part 1. - Episode 59
In this episode, Kara dives into the beginnings of one of the greatest dumpster fires in American history. What started off as a noble movement to make men better men and to eliminate a societal toxin, turned into a decade of insanity, crime, a...
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1:24:46
King William's Botched Funeral And Exploding Whales Fire - Episode 58
After a bit of a break, Kara and Ed are back on the mic with a real "banger" of an episode so to speak. Our hosts are trying something different where they both put in their own contributions to the idea of how things go bad even after death.&n...
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1:16:30
The Hindenburg Fire - Oh the HUMANITY! - Episode 57
Ed and Kara are back this week with a beast of an episode for you. It's been a long time coming, but Ed has finally dug into one of the worst air disasters of the 20th century, the Hindenburg fire! The Hindenburg was the largest dir...
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2:25:24
1904 Olympics and Chicanery - Episode 56
In 1904, the city of St. Louis won the bid to house one of the new Olympic games. In this episode, Kara is diving into the wild and whacky events that took place in these games including women racing to win a pound of tea and marathon runners b...
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1:32:56
New Theme! Movie Busts: Waterworld Fire - Episode 55
In this episode, Ed is going back to his childhood from the 90's to talk about one of his favorite movies: Kevin Reynolds' and Kevin Costner's epic fill Waterworld.Waterworld came out in 1995 and was touted as the most ...
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1:47:33
Donner, Party of 90! Fire Part 3 - Episode 54
Today is the day that you get to hear the thrilling end to one of the craziest and depressing moments in American history up to the 1850: The tragedy of the Donner Party. Check out Episode 52 and Episode 54 for the background that feeds into th...
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1:30:58
Donner, Party of 90! Fire Part 2 - Episode 53
Check it out! Kara, Deja, and Ed got the second part of Donner, Party of 90! published for the world to listen to. In this episode, Kara continues the discussion into the famous (and very... taboo) Donner Party where 90 men, women, and children...
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1:14:48
Donner, Party of 90 Fire Part 1 - Episode 52
Have you ever tried taking a shortcut or was given the directions involving a shortcut, only to find out that it tripled the amount of time it would have taken if you just stuck to the normal path? Human beings LOVE shortcuts, but most of the t...
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1:11:02
The Panama Canal Fire - Episode 51
Have you ever been lucky enough (or unlucky enough) to take on a project from a coworker or fellow student who single handedly ran the entire thing into the ground? Did this person do such a terrible job that it cost them their job? Moreo...
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1:36:46
Deja's BAAACK And Celebrating 50 Episodes Fire - Episode 50
Nobody thought it possible that Ed could edit 50 episode of The Day's Dumpster Fire... especially Ed. But here it is in all it's glory. More importantly Deja is back so Kara needs to mediate and work overtime in keeping them in check because th...
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1:07:12
Charlotte's Story of the Holocaust and Survival- Episode 49
Hey there!We got a very different episode for you. We'd even prefer not to call it an episode, but rather an interview with a remarkable woman: Charlotte Adelman. In conjunction with the Arizona Jewish Historical Society, lin...
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1:04:33
American Dust Bowl Fire - Episode 48
In today's episode, Kara is going to ask you if you have ever had "buyer's remorse" and if you have ever had a business venture fail due to factors outside your control. Most of us have either experienced one or the other and many o...
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1:39:37
Willem Barentsz VS. The Polar Bears Fire - Episode 47
Hey all, It's a bit late, but Ed and Kara out Episode 47 out on thedaysdumpsterfire.com which involves the crazy stuff that goes on in the waters around the North Pole like lots and lots of tricky to deal with polar bears. In mid to...
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1:49:59
The Byford Dolphin Incident Fire - Episode 46
In this episode, Ed takes you into the world of saturation diving where you'll learn how the human body can adapt to absorb extreme conditions only found at the bottom of the ocean. When we go swimming at the pool, we take it for gr...
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2:02:10
Roanoke: I left it right HERE Fire - Episode 45
Welcome back to The Day's Dumpster Fire where we don't celebrate humanity's successes but its most fantastic failures. On today's episode, Kara explores one of America's earliest mysteries dating back to the olden days when America...
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1:34:00
Thalidomide: Morning Sickness and Nazis Fire - Episode 44
Have you or someone you love every had the misfortune of being pregnant and having to deal with morning sickness? Some women are lucky and they never get it. Some women get it mildly in their first trimesters. Other women are unlucky to have a ...
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1:40:57
Titanic Sinking With Students Fire - Episode 43
In this episode, Kara and Ed did something they normally don't do and that is to record an episode of the show live in their classroom. They also brought on students to talk about one of the largest oceanic disasters of all time, the sinking of...
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1:45:47
Vietnam War Fire Part 2 - Episode 42
In this episode, Kara follows up on her exploration into the dumpster fire that is the Vietnam War. She left off in the Vietnam War Part I right at the height of 1969. So if you haven't checked out that episode, it is strongly recommended that ...
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1:33:57
Vietnam War Fire Part 1 - Episode 41
Boy oh boy does Kara have an episode for you. In one of the biggest dumpster fires in American history, Kara dives into the first half of the Vietnam War. Yes! technically it's a "police action" but let's face it... it's an actual war when we l...
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1:57:27
Marv's Big Bulldozer of Destruction - Episode 40
In this episode, Ed and Kara have a "pallet cleanser." Instead of massive wars with hundreds of thousands of people dying, in this episode no one dies (thankfully) but some buildings, both personal and city owned, don't get off so easily. Marvi...
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2:08:23
Napoleon Bonaparte's Greatest Blunder Fire Part 2 - Episode 39
If you're seeing this episode in your pod catcher and you haven't listened to Episode 38. Napoleon Bonaparte's Greatest Blunder Fire Part 1, be sure to do that before listening to this. While this episode is where we get to fully embrace the le...
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1:44:18
Napoleon Bonaparte's Greatest Blunder Fire Part 1 - Episode 38
In this episode, Ed opens the book on one of history's most iconic military leaders, Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon is most famous for his wars that were so uniquely titled that they became known as the "Napoleonic Wars." For most of his reign, i...
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