THE LONDON BEER FLOOD OF 1814: WHO IS TO BLAME?

The Alarmist

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Who’s to blame for the London Beer Flood of 1814?

This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) speaks with author, writer and comedian Evan Waite about the bizarre tragedy of a brewery turned lethal beer flood in the crowded streets of St. Giles, London circa 1814. Was this really an “Act of God” as the city eventually claimed or was there a little bit of Big Vat Energy going on at the time? And why was the city named after Saint Giles in the first place? Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early join the conversation.

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0:00.0	Before we get going with this episode check out what's going on over at Patreon
0:04.1	Here's a preview of guest alarmist where I step aside and let a guest walk us through a personal tragedy and together we figure out who's to blame.
0:14.0	And how is your dance career today?
0:17.0	Oh, I don't dance.
0:19.0	I continue to dance.
0:23.0	I love combo.
0:25.0	Okay, good.
0:27.0	You don't do
0:30.0	do combos.
0:31.0	No, you eat combos.
0:32.0	Yeah, yeah, no combos. No 5, 6, 7, 8, just cheddar and treads.
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0:43.2	Now on to our episode.
0:45.4	I was born with a special gift.
0:48.0	The ability to mentally transform any situation
0:51.6	into the worst case scenario in my own brain.
0:58.7	My therapist calls my gift catastrophizing. And that's why I'm uniquely qualified to
1:05.0	scrutinize and analyze history's greatest disasters and find out who's to
1:12.0	blame. They say history Who's to blame?
1:14.2	They say history repeats itself.
1:16.8	Not on my watch.
1:18.2	My name is Rebecca Delgado Smith and I am the Alarmist.
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