{"podcast":{"title":"Doomsday: History's Most Dangerous Podcast","slug":"doomsday-history-s-most-dangerous-podcast-450236","podcast_index_feed_id":450236,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4866335/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/doomsday-historys-most-dangerous-podcast","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b7688bfd9156e005fb094004e569d656.jpg","author":"Brad Choma","episode_count":127,"summary":"Doomsday is a history lesson that easily disguises itself as a horror story. We explore the most traumatic, bizarre and most awe-inspiring but largely unheard-of disasters from throughout human history and around the world including the science behind every disturbing detail. If you like shipwrecks, decapitations, things that melt, living blankets of insects and people screaming for their lives, Doomsday is the podcast for you. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/doomsday-history-s-most-dangerous-podcast--4866335/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T06:18:46.362293+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomsday-history-s-most-dangerous-podcast-450236"},"episode":{"title":"The Black Saturday Bushfires of 2009 | Episode 104","slug":"the-black-saturday-bushfires-of-2009-episode-104","published_at":"2026-03-13T04:00:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomsday-history-s-most-dangerous-podcast-450236/the-black-saturday-bushfires-of-2009-episode-104","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomsday-history-s-most-dangerous-podcast-450236","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-black-saturday-bushfires-of-2009-episode-104--70601482","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70601482/the_black_saturday_bushfires_of_2009_spreaker.mp3","summary":"There is a strong anthropological argument that controlled fire is humanity’s first invention. Among the many gifts it bestows upon us, being able to survive colder climates is one of them. As you will soon see, in today’s episode, that will not be an issue. On today’s episode: you’ll hear about one of the deadliest and most destructive forces on the planet can play a kind of peekaboo and then grow 300 feet tall and make you foul yourself; you will learn what the actual deadliest animals in Australia are (and number one will surprise you); and you’ll learn how one species of tree evolved in a way that makes it want to die as dramatically as possible. And if you were listening on Patreon … you would hear the story of how living dinosaurs defeated one of the world’s most experienced and battle-hardened armies; you would have a chance to meet the tallest and least flammable living thing on earth; and you would learn why arsonists are the stupidest, most selfish, and potentially even racist people you may ever meet, and how to disable one if you ever do. I wasn’t lying when I say I have a soft spot in my heart for Australia. In an alternate timeline, you are listening to this podcast with a slightly adopted Australian accent because I live there happily – and avoiding bushfires seemingly semi-annually. Today, Australians make up a big chunk of my listenership and I want to send more love your way. Step one was this love letter to their kiln-dried country. As a Canadian, we enjoy the fear in foreigner’s eyes when confronted face-to-face with a Canadian Goose, so as a fellow Commonwealth country, Australia feels like it’s wallpapered in people’s eight-legged, claw and toothed, venom spitting fears from airport to autopsy. It is my honour and delight to introduce non-native l…","meta_description":"There is a strong anthropological argument that controlled fire is humanity’s first invention. Among the many gifts it bestows upon us, being able to surv…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3377,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/doomsday-history-s-most-dangerous-podcast-450236/episodes/the-black-saturday-bushfires-of-2009-episode-104/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomsday-history-s-most-dangerous-podcast-450236/the-black-saturday-bushfires-of-2009-episode-104.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}