The Port Chicago Disaster
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
On July 17, 1944, over 300 people died in a massive explosion. These weren't soldiers fighting overseas -- they were sailors and civilians near the pier, where hurried loading operations inevitably went wrong. To this day, no one knows what triggered the explosion -- but, in a terrible way, this was only the beginning of the story.
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| 0:00.0 | On the new podcast, The Turning, Room of Mirrors, we look beneath the delicate veneer of American ballet |
| 0:06.3 | and the culture formed by its most influential figure, George Balonstein. |
| 0:11.0 | He used to say, |
| 0:11.9 | What are you looking at, dear? You can't see you only I can see you. |
| 0:16.8 | What you're doing is larger than yourself, almost like a religion. |
| 0:20.3 | Like, he was a god. |
| 0:21.7 | Listen to The Turning, Room of Mirrors on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:28.7 | The war on drugs is the excuse our government uses to get away with absolutely insane stuff. |
| 0:35.7 | Stuff that'll piss you off. |
| 0:36.7 | The cops, why are they just like, looting? |
| 0:39.7 | They're just like pillaging. |
| 0:40.7 | They just have way better names for what they call, like what we would call a jack move or being robbed. |
| 0:47.7 | They call it civil acid work. |
| 0:52.7 | Be sure to listen to The War on Drugs on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:01.7 | What's up? This is Ryan Hollins, 10-year NBA vet and current analyst for the Houston Rockets. |
| 1:06.7 | And I've got a new podcast called NBA Rookie Life, giving you weekly news, analysis, and an inside look into the 2022 draft class. |
| 1:14.7 | This working class is really something. |
| 1:16.7 | Every week I'll be breaking down the best rookie performances, as well as getting behind the scene stories and welcome to the league moments that make NBA Rookie Life so crazy. |
| 1:27.7 | Listen to NBA Rookie Life with Ryan Hollins on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:35.7 | From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events. |
| 1:42.7 | You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 1:47.7 | A production of I Heart Radio. |
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