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The Alarmist

The Aftermath: The Love Parade Disaster

The Alarmist

The Alarmist

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca revisits the Love Parade Disaster in Duisburg, Germany with crowd safety expert Professor Keith Still. Keith played a key role in investigating the crowd crush at the Love Parade Festival and shares some invaluable information and perspective on the science of crowd safety and public assembly. Afterward, Patreon subscribers can join Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early as they revisit the board and reassess who really belongs in The Alarmist Jail. Not on Patreon yet? Join us below! 

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0:22.6

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0:26.6

My name is Rebecca Delgado Smith, and this is The Aftermath.

0:31.6

The Aftermath.

0:33.6

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning to this episode of The Aftermath. Today we're speaking with

0:39.1

guest expert, Professor Keith Still. Professor Still is a visiting professor at the University

0:45.0

of Suffolk and also teaches at Brayda University of Applied Science. He is a crowd safety expert

0:51.6

with over 30 years of consulting experience and played a key role

0:56.2

in investigating the 2010 love parade disaster in Dewsburg, Germany.

1:01.1

His books, Introduction to Crowd Science, and Applied Crowd Science,

1:07.2

outline the principles of crowd safety for major events and places of public assembly.

1:12.7

Let's hear what he has to say about the love parade disaster.

1:17.0

Hi, Keith. Thank you so much for joining us today.

1:20.1

Thank you for having me on the show. I listened to one of your programs earlier. It's really an amusing take on things, yeah.

1:27.3

Well, we were hoping that you could

1:29.2

start off by telling us more about your experience as a crowd safety expert. What are some of the

1:36.8

events that you've helped organize? And what are some of the standard things that you take into

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