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The Aftermath: Tangiwai Train Disaster

The Alarmist

The Alarmist

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with guest expert Janine Krippner about the Tangiwai Train Disaster. A Physical Volcanologist from New Zealand, Janine hosts the podcast Popular Volcanics and worked as a Contract Scientist for the Smithsonian Institutions Volcanologist Program. Needless to say, she has a wealth of knowledge to share about Volcanoes. Not to mention the newest natural phenomenon that’s soared straight to the top of The Alarmists list of major anxieties: Lahars! Producer Clayton Early and Fact Checker Chris Smith stop by to debrief. 

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0:00.0

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0:03.6

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0:06.4

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0:09.6

sketch-a-slip-ins. There's nothing stopping my foot from just going in.

0:13.2

I just step in and I'm done, with no bending down to touch my shoes.

0:17.1

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0:21.0

so my foot slides into place. Then the hill pillow technology keeps my foot comfy and secure.

0:26.5

Find sketch-a-slip-ins at a sketch-a-store or sketches.co.uk

0:32.8

And here we go, original.

0:35.9

Each week, we decide who's to blame for historical tragedy.

0:40.1

And each week, you tell us if we got it right.

0:44.3

My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith and this is the Aftermath.

0:50.8

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in to this episode of the Aftermath.

0:54.1

Today we're speaking with guest expert Jeanine Krypner.

0:57.4

Jeanine Krypner is a physical volcanologist from New Zealand.

1:01.2

After earning her PhD in 2017, Krypner worked as a contract scientist for the Smithsonian

1:07.4

institutions, global volcanologist program, and served as the editor of the journal Volcanica.

1:15.0

She is the host of the popular Volcanics podcast and regularly tweets about volcano eruptions

1:21.1

in real time. You can follow her on Twitter at Jeanine Krypner.

1:26.0

Let's hear what she has to say about the Tongue-Y trained disaster.

1:31.7

Hi Jeanine, we're so excited to have you on the show today.

1:34.8

Thank you so much. It's always fun to talk about these volcanic topics with new people.

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