THE DONNER PARTY: WHO IS TO BLAME?
The Alarmist
The Alarmist
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2019
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
The Alarmist, Rebecca Delgado Smith, wants to know who is to blame for the cannibalistic misadventures of The Donner Party. She and friend, Clayton Early (Harvard Sailing Team), scrutinize each player in this great tragedy. Was westward expansion to blame? Or was this a human foible? Why do women have a greater chance of surviving in harsh conditions? One thing's for sure: The Donner's would have arrived safely if Rebecca and Clayton were leading the charge.
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| 0:00.0 | May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
| 0:08.0 | 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the brain again. |
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| 0:25.0 | I was born with a special gift. |
| 0:29.0 | The ability to mentally transform any situation |
| 0:32.0 | into the worst case scenario in my own brain. |
| 0:40.0 | My therapist calls my gift catastrophizing. |
| 0:43.8 | And that's why I'm uniquely qualified |
| 0:46.0 | to scrutinize and analyze history's greatest disasters |
| 0:50.2 | and find out who's to blame. |
| 0:55.0 | They say history repeats itself. |
| 0:57.5 | Not on my watch. |
| 0:59.0 | My name is Rebecca Delgado Smith, |
| 1:01.5 | and I am the Alarmist. |
| 1:05.0 | Hey guys, thanks for tuning in. |
| 1:12.0 | Man, we've got a super Hey guys, thanks for tuning in. |
| 1:12.8 | Man, we've got a super intense tragedy today, |
| 1:17.2 | the Donner Party. |
| 1:19.2 | Now, I've been camping twice in my life. |
| 1:22.4 | And both times, I've been camping twice in my life and both times I've always thought how long could I survive in the wilderness before I had to eat my husband and my friends? |
| 1:31.6 | It's a legit question that some people have had to ask themselves, |
| 1:35.2 | including the Donner Party. |
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