The Goiânia Accident: Nathan and Katy on The Alarmist

Queens Podcast

History, Comedy

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Not all that shimmers is gold. Sometimes it's radioactive waste and it could kill like a lot of people. Have you ever heard of the Goiania Accident of 1987? It was an absolute disaster that our friends over on The Almarist told us all about in December 2024. Join Katy and Nathan as we sit down with Rebecca Delgado Smith and the rest of the Alarmist crew to learn more and decide who's to blame. Time stamps: 00:00 Introduction and Episode Overview 00:46 Meet the Hosts and Special Guests 02:03 The Goiana Accident: A Historical Tragedy 04:46 The Fallout and Cleanup Efforts 09:20 Analyzing the Causes and Blame 12:40 The Role of Radioactive Materials 30:02 The Dangers of Radioactive Waste 40:55 Who is to blame? Check out the Alarmist on Patreon and Apple Podcasts Queens podcast is part of Airwave Media podcast network. Please get in touch with [email protected] if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Want more Queens? Head to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠, check out our⁠⁠⁠⁠ merch store⁠⁠⁠⁠, and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.7	There are days when you're hungry for McDonald's.
0:08.3	Then there are days when you're Big Arch hungry for McDonald's.
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0:24.8	Hey, everyone. This is Katie, just letting you know that I think y'all are going to really love
0:30.8	this episode that we did with our friends over on The Alarmist. If you'd never listen to The Alarmist
0:37.3	before, they talk about disasters and history, and who
0:41.1	is to blame.
0:43.0	Nathan and I went on early this year.
0:45.9	We had so much fun.
0:47.3	This case is so interesting.
0:49.6	I just know y'all are going to love it.
0:51.5	So enjoy.
0:53.2	And hey, if this is your first time visiting Queens
0:55.9	podcast, we say the F word and every other word quite a lot. So if you don't like some spicy
1:05.1	language with your history, this is not going to be the one for you. All right, cheers. Enjoy.
1:11.3	Hi, this is Katie.
1:12.4	And this is Nathan.
1:13.9	And you're listening to Queens Podcast, the show about women in history.
1:46.0	I'm going to. I was born with a special gift, the ability to mentally transform any situation into the worst case scenario in my own brain.
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