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Wenbin Fang's Podcast PlaylistMeet the Man Who’s Making Supersonic Flight Possible Again | Blake Scholl Podcast: Grit (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Meet the Man Who’s Making Supersonic Flight Possible Again | Blake SchollPub date: 2025-03-10Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationGuest: Blake Scholl, Founder & CEO of Boom Supersonic“Passion and drive trumps knowledge and experience,” says Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl. Long before he was running Boom — which earlier this year successfully tested the world’s first privately-developed supersonic jet — he was enabling “the world’s most obnoxious spam cannon” at Groupon, or designing a barcode-s...2025-06-071h 28
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GritMeet the Man Who’s Making Supersonic Flight Possible Again | Blake SchollGuest: Blake Scholl, Founder & CEO of Boom Supersonic“Passion and drive trumps knowledge and experience,” says Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl. Long before he was running Boom — which earlier this year successfully tested the world’s first privately-developed supersonic jet — he was enabling “the world’s most obnoxious spam cannon” at Groupon, or designing a barcode-scanning game for retail shoppers.But eventually, Blake found the courage to be more audacious and do something closer to his lifelong love of aviation. He began educating himself about things he had never thought to learn, and tapping his LinkedIn network...2025-03-101h 28
GASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 29 "End of the Line" / End NotesWe conclude the two-book series with a reflection and look forward from Lucinda Hodges, followed by some end notes. To see the books GASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train Derailment, along with photos, illustrations and video links, visit Amazon.com. Thanks for listening.
Pictured: The Lothrop Pine near Alberton, Montana (RL Scholl)
2025-01-0114 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 27 "Settling" / Chapter 28 "Testimony"Under pressure from the failure to find Montana Rail Link negligent in court, most of the remaining Alberton chlorine spill cases settle, including Lucinda Hodges’ family. Looking back over the past five long years, Hodges shares the chronic health impacts of her family’s exposure.
2024-12-3036 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 26 "Rough Spot"We consider all of the evidence and information surrounding the Alberton derailment, and the obstruction of the EPA and other government agencies and responders in the immediate days following the derailment, to offer a reasoned explanation for the Montana Rail Link derailment and the obstruction.
Pictured: Le Schutter giving tearful testimony about his son, MRL train engineer Billy Schutter, at the National EPA Ombudsman hearing on the Alberton case in Missoula in 2000.
2024-12-2529 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 25 "Insiders"Insiders at Montana Rail Link reflect on the railroad’s operations after they have been found not negligent for the Alberton derailment and chlorine spill.
2024-12-2319 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 23 "Endgame" / Chapter 24 "Verdict"Prior to his closing argument, plaintiff attorney Ted Lyon ruminates on the Alberton chlorine spill litigation. When the verdict is announced, one side celebrates while the other is angry, and the jury foreman feels duped by the process.
2024-12-2031 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 22 "Austin v. MRL"The only case to try MRL for liability over the Alberton derailment and chemical spill, pits plaintiff Sam Austin vs MRL and BN. At stake is also MRL’s negligence, and potential punitive damages. The outcome will likely affect all remaining lawsuits.
2024-12-1533 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 19 "Theories" / Chapter 20 "Preemption" / Chapter 21 "Tort and Punishment"We consider competing theories for why the Alberton derailment and chemical spill occurred, and how federal preemption threatens to derail plaintiffs’ argument. We also examine the burden of proving liability or negligence against MRL for the derailment and any injuries, and of seeking punitive damages.
2024-12-1239 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 17 "A-Rail" / Chapter 18 "Stress"We consider how A-rail might have contributed to the failed rail that caused the Alberton chemical spill, and how various stresses, in combination with rail wear, played a role.
Pictured: diagram of making steel rail
2024-12-0924 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 16 "Rail Wear"We take a close look at Montana Rail Link's rail wear standards, and how rail wear might have contributed to the Alberton derailment and toxic chemical spill.
Pictured: new rail and rail wear measurement diagram
2024-12-0728 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 14 "Alberton Fallout" / Chapter 16 "Split Heads"Following the disastrous Alberton derailment and chemical spill, along with other recent derailments on the Montana Rail Link line, the FRA conducts a special investigation. We also take a closer look at a VSH—a vertical split head—and how they form in a rail and cause failure.
Pictured: diagram of a vertical split head in a rail
2024-12-0316 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 12 "MRL History" / Chapter 13 "Curve 155"Plaintiffs build the case that Montana Rail Link has run an unsafe railroad for many years, culminating in increased accidents and failed rail leading up to the Alberton spill. MRL dismisses the accusations as a ‘junk railroad conspiracy theory.’ We also consider the recent history of Curve 155 inspections.
2024-11-2933 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 11 "Discovery Wars"As litigation heats up between Montana Rail Link and spill victims, a judge sanctions MRL for withholding documents about rail wear on their line. Meanwhile, critical pieces of the failed rail are never found, and some that were found go missing.
2024-11-2728 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 9 "Bookends" / Chapter 10 "Liability"We briefly look at the three cases that go to trial over the Alberton spill, and then consider the issue of liability for the derailment, which Montana Rail Link vigorously denies.
Pictured: Map showing worst areas of chlorine damage (bronzing) to conifers.
2024-11-2619 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 8 "Brain Damage"The final piece in the medical case for Alberton spill victims considers the evidence for neurological, or brain, damage from chlorine.
Pictured: Dr. Kaye Kilburn at the EPA Ombudsman hearing on the Alberton spill (video frame grab by RL Scholl)
2024-11-2433 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 7 "Sensitive Conclusions"We examine how health officials and health agencies approached issues around chemical sensitivity, and how their conclusions impacted spill victims.
Pictured: Ellen Leahy, director of the Missoula City-County Health Department
2024-11-2122 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 6 "Doctors and Patients"We examine the relationship between Alberton chemical spill victims and the doctors who treated them--or served as witnesses against them in litigation.
Pictured: Dr. Fredrick Mote of Superior, Montana
2024-11-1828 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 4 "The Literature" / Chapter 5 "MCS"We consider what was known about exposure to chlorine gases at the time of the Alberton spill, and understood about multiple chemical sensitivity.
2024-11-1638 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 2 "Claims" part 2 / Chapter 3 "Toxic Tort"We continue the chapter on Claims, as Alberton spill victims recount their experiences with Montana Rail Link claims agents. We also look at the case to be made for exposure to chlorine and other chemicals in the Alberton spill.
2024-11-1237 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 6 Chapter 1 "Give and Take" / Chapter 2 "Claims"We begin the final part of GASSED, Part 6, The Last Train, which examines the only remaining avenue for justice for the Alberton spill victims--litigation.
Pictured: may of Cyr to Frenchtown
2024-11-1030 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 5 Chapter 4 "Truth, Justice and Democracy" / Chapter 5 "Closed Case"We conclude Part 5, as Robert Martin resigns as EPA Ombudsman rather than accept the restructuring of his office, which would vastly weaken its function. With Martin no longer on the Alberton case, the EPA Office of Inspector General issues a final report on the Alberton spill.
2024-11-0534 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 5 Chapter 1 "The Muzzle" / Ch. 2 "Alberton Retested" / Ch. 3 "The EPA Strikes Back!"We begin Part V-Derailed. The EPA releases its blueprint to muzzle EPA Ombudsman Bob Martin, threatening to derail all of his cases, including Alberton. Meanwhile, the EPA finally retests the Alberton spill site.
2024-11-0323 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 4 Chapter 10 "The Hearing"Over 4-1/2 years after the Alberton train derailment and chemical spill, Alberton spill victims finally get a public hearing—which includes a startling revelation.
Pictured: Le Schutter with John Zeimet at the EPA Ombudsman Hearing on the Alberton Spill (2000)
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syndae Podcastsyndae - episode 739Quite a week this was, especially job wise packed with tasks. Also, the coming weekends are packed with nice music events, while the bigger ones seem to have run well in the past weeks. Some of you might know that I curate a list of coming events in the European area over at empulsiv.de, just in case you are interested. One bigger one is ahead tomorrow with Awakenings all dayer, but then some fine ones are up as well, like Bernd Scholl, featured tonight, Pyramid Peak with Ron Boots, Der Spyra and TaboTago on Flux and Pulse, Frank Tischer...2024-11-0100 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 4 Chapter 8 "War" part 2 / Chapter 9 "Tests"We conclude "War," as EPA Ombudsman Bob Martin continues his Alberton investigation, while dealing with EPA attempts to control his office. Meanwhile, Dr. Cynthia Lewis-Younger releases the results of her clinical evaluation, and the EPA makes plans to retest the environment around Alberton.
2024-10-2838 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 4 Chapter 7 "Phase 2" / Chapter 8 "War" part 1ATSDR releases the results of its Phase 2 study, which, despite its limitations, documents chronic injury in Alberton spill victims. Meanwhile, the EPA declares war on the EPA National Ombudsman, Robert Martin, threatening his Alberton case.
Pictured: Lucinda Hodges testifies at the EPA National Ombudsman hearing in Denver, 2000.
2024-10-2627 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 4 Chapter 5 "Chalmers" / Chapter 6 "Battles"While Roger Chalmers pursues his personal investigation into the Alberton chemical spill, EPA Ombudsman Robert Martin shares with ACCEH how his recent victory in the Denver Shattuck case can help with the Alberton case. But the Denver battle is only part of a larger war Martin faces with the EPA itself.
2024-10-2330 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 4 Chapter 3 "Evaluations" / Chapter 4 "Mothers in Arms"In the summer of 1999, Dr. Kaye Kilburn releases the results of his follow-up neurological testing, and ATSDR sponsors a one-time clinical evaluation for Alberton spill victims. That summer, three Alberton area mothers finally get a meeting with a Sen. Max Baucus aide in Missoula, and while beseeching the senator’s help, vent their anger and frustration.
2024-10-1935 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 4 Chapter 1 "The Watchdog" / Chapter 2 "Needs"We begin Part 4, Light at the End of the Tunnel. Suffering from chronic illness and convinced the Alberton area is still contaminated, spill victims appeal to the EPA’s National Ombusdsman, who agrees to take on their case. Meanwhile, the CAG release their overdue Needs Assessment.
Pictured: National EPA Ombudsman Robert Martin 2000 (video frame grab, RL Scholl)
2024-10-1731 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 3 Chapter 9 "Phase 1" / Chapter 10 "Summer of Love & Hate"Over two years after the Alberton chemical spill, ATSDR releases the results from their initial health survey. Later that summer, in conjunction with a fundraiser for ACCEH, Hodges releases public information about safety problems on MRL’s rail line. Within weeks, her husband is brutally attacked.
Pictured: health data from the ATSDR Phase 1 Survey
2024-10-1428 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 3 "The CAG"ATSDR sets up a Community Advisory Group for Alberton spill victims, and a power struggle quickly develops between ACCEH and the new Mineral County Sanitarian, who becomes head of the CAG.
2024-10-1220 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 3 Chapter 7 "The Black Hole"Advocates for Alberton spill victims, Lisa Mosca and Hope Sieck take their video camera to the state capital of Helena, Montana, to interview Tom Ellerhoff, administrative officer for MT Department of Environmental Quality, who has oversight on the Alberton spill site remediation. The encounter leaves them in awe.
Pictured: Tom Ellerhoff, MT DEQ (Lisa Mosca video screen grab)
2024-10-1022 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 3 Chapter 6 "Runaway"Nineteen months after the Alberton derailment and toxic chemical spill, a Montana Rail Link runaway train running full speed downriver, threatens to derail near or in Missoula, and emergency authorities have no idea what cargo the train carries.
Pictured: the pileup aftermath of MRL's Runaway Train. (screenshot from Lisa Mosca video footage)
2024-10-0720 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 3 Chapter 5 "ATSDR"A year and a half after the spill, Alberton spill victims get their first meeting with ATSDR, and their first chance to vent complaints at a public meeting since their return home. But Lucinda Hodges and others are shocked to find that ATSDR has already planned an upcoming follow-up health study, without input from the residents.
Pictured: Wayne Wasser speaks up at the ATSDR public meeting
2024-10-0433 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 3 Chapter 4 "Anniversary"On the first anniversary of the spill, the spring thaw awakens toxic odors, and many Alberton-area residents experience a resurgence in their illness. Before some families give up and leave their homes, they attempt a protest against Montana Rail Link, in hopes of gaining publicity and awareness.
Pictured: an Alberton spill protester (screen shot from Lisa Mosca)
2024-10-0239 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 3 Chapter 2 "Sleuths" / Chapter 3 "Meltdown"As documents regarding the Alberton spill become available, Lucinda Hodges, Debra Griffin and Roger Chalmers scrutinize them for information to explain why they are still ill. Then in March of 1997, Hodges flees her Alberton home forever, as the spring thaw releases spill odors into the environment.
Pictured: Lucinda Hodges at her Missoula trailer home. (Screen shot from Lisa Mosca video)
2024-09-2932 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 3 Chapter 1 "ACCEH"We begin Part III The Long Haul. As Lucinda Hodges and others try to live in a town that makes them sick, she reconstitutes ACE into ACCEH—the Alberton Community Coalition for Environmental Health—and begins a letter-writing campaign to government agencies to seek help.
Pictured: ACCEH ad in the Missoulian at Christmas 1996.
2024-09-2722 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 2 Chapter 6 "Hold Outs"Despite removal of the contaminated soil, Lucinda Hodges and other spill victims are unable to tolerate returning to their Alberton area homes. Meanwhile, Dr. Kaye Kilburn plans a neurological study on the Alberton spill victims.
Pictured: the Hodges' family home on Railroad Street in Alberton.
2024-09-2629 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 2 Chapter 5 "Cleanup"Three weeks after residents are allowed back to Alberton, the contaminated soil is finally removed, and many people report being re-exposed during the removal. Meanwhile, some residents continue to stay away, afraid of returning home.
Pictured: the potassium cresylate tank, staged in Missoula.
2024-09-2421 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 2 Chapter 3 "Disbelief" / Chapter 4 "Bronzed"While many residents complain of chemical exposures that make them ill upon returning home, health officials show no concern, claiming the area is safe. We also look at modeling withheld from residents, which shows how severely the Alberton area was exposed to chlorine during the spill.
Pictured: map of 'bronzed' areas due to chlorine.
2024-09-2136 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 2 Chapter 2 "Being Home" part 2Many residents returning home after the Alberton area is declared safe for reentry continue to report odors and illness.
Pictured: map of the Alberton area
2024-09-2028 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 2 Chapter 1 "Reentry" / Chapter 2 "Being Home" part 1Many residents return to an environment and homes that make them ill, and begin to understand that chronic chemical sensitivity will follow them wherever they go.
Pictured: the staged contaminated soil.
2024-09-1730 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 28 "Going Home" part 2After 17 days, Alberton is 'open for business', but many residents remain wary of returning to a home they fear is contaminated and threatens their health.
Pictured: Tank Car 3, battered and finally empty.
2024-09-1529 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 27 "One Stinkin' Tank" / Chapter 28 "Going Home" part 1While officials still struggle with Tank Car 3 of liquid chlorine, they move forward with allowing residents to return home, despite a promise that the car would be completely empty.
Pictured: aerial view of the wreck site
2024-09-1335 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 26 "Halfway Home"Officials declare two of the four criteria to allow reentry satisfied, with a 100% certainty that no chlorinated compounds migrated offsite, and the claim that the white dust was not harmful, even though officials say they cannot find any white dust to test.
Pictured: Workers in SCBA near Tank 3 of chlorine.
2024-09-1135 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 25 "ACE"Untrusting of official reassurances for long-term health and for the safety of the Alberton area, and angry with attempts to shut down public questions at meetings, some residents band together to form ACE, the Alberton Community Evacuees.
Pictured: the infamous white dust on the Kryszko family VCR, a dust Olympus claimed they couldn't find to sample.
2024-09-0839 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 23 "The Patch" / Chapter 24 "Questions"The Techs struggle again and again to patch the leaking chlorine car, even as a big spike causes Forward Ops to evacuate. Meanwhile, officials at the evacuee meetings hold a vote on whether to allow public questions.
Pictured: Evacuees vote NO on allowing public questions.
2024-09-0644 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 22 "Criteria"Health officials consider the criteria for allowing eventual reentry for residents, and decide that hypersensitivity is not a concern.
Pictured: the leaking chlorine tank and its leaky patch.
2024-09-0239 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 20 "Reactions" part 2 / Chapter 21 "The Leaker"Following the news that chlorinated chemicals were created in the mixing of chlorine and the potassium cresylate, over a week after the spill, the techs begin to tackle how to patch Car three, which continues to leak deadly chlorine gas.
Pictured: Glen Giles gives her testimony at an evacuee meeting, as Lucinda Hodges looks on.
2024-08-3024 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 20 "Reactions" part 1Chemist Garon Smith and health officials determine the nature of chlorinated chemicals created in the mixing of chlorine and the potassium cresylate. This unwelcome news adds a new layer of concern for spill victims worried about their health and safety.
Pictured: chlorinated compounds found by Smith.
2024-08-2833 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 19 "Two Fronts" part 2Officials continue to try and control the leaking tank of chlorine gas as well as open questions during the evacuee meetings.
Pictured: the revealed breach in the chlorine tank, the largest in US railroad history.
2024-08-2635 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart i Chapter 18 "Spikes" / Chapter 19 "Two Fronts" part 1As the techs work on transferring chlorine, a rain bomb releases a fresh cloud of gas, sending the western roadblock scrambling to safety. Meanwhile, officials try to control open questions during the public evacuee meetings.
Pictured: a lethal spike measured at over 1400 ppm
2024-08-2438 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 17 "Complaints" part 2Residents continue to question assurances of safety, concerned about their long-term health and the chemical smells in the Alberton area during visits.
Pictured: decon station near the spill site (EPA photo)
2024-08-2100 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 17 "Complaints" part 1More residents push back against assurances of safety, increasingly concerned about their long-term health and the chemical smells in the Alberton area during visits.
Pictured: Frenchtown Fire Station 5 near Petty Creek (Paul Manson photo)
2024-08-1827 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 16 "Reassurance"As the Techs consider how to tackle the remaining 60,000lbs of liquid chlorine in Car 3, health officials try to allay residents’ growing concerns about their health.
Pictured: schematic for chlorine offloading.
2024-08-1725 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 15 "Discoveries" part 2One last discovery is made three days after the spill: an entire neighborhood has been left behind in the Exclusion Zone.
Pictured: Sawmill Gulch/Cyr to the Spill
2024-08-1525 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 15 "Discoveries" part 1On Day 4 of the spill, the EPA finally has access to the spill site, in what becomes a day of disturbing discoveries.
Pictured: the EPA at the spill site, investigating potassium cresylate in the ditch.
2024-08-1326 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 14 "The Feds"In the early days of the Alberton chlorine spill, the Environmental Protection Agency is denied access to the spill site by incident command and Montana officials. But why?
Pictured: Tim Murphy (MT SERC) and Jim Greene (MT DES)
2024-08-1133 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 13 "Broken Contract"Residents visit the Exclusion Zone to feed or rescue animals left behind, with some reporting that the visit makes them ill.
Pictured: Horses left behind in the Hot Zone, attended by responders.
2024-08-0830 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 12 "Containment"The night after the spill, people in the west end of the Evacuation zone complain of smells and symptoms, but they remain not evacuated. And while responders prepare for a long evacuation, residents grow concerned over animals left behind.
Pictured: schematic of tank cars
2024-08-0641 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 11 "Assessment"In the aftermath of the toxic crisis of April 11, responders take a breath to assess the day, and we take pause to evaluate the response.
Pictured: Map of the Exclusion Zone
2024-08-0424 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 9 "Entry" / Chapter 10 "Drift"The Missoula Hazmat team finally enters the spill site, along with a team from MRL, who have already been there. Meanwhile, the gas still drifts, causing more late evacuations.
Pictured: site illustration of tank cars
2024-08-0120 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 "Expansion" Chapter 7 "Recon" / Chapter 8 "Expansion"The Missoula Hazmat team conducts a recon to find the spill site, still not knowing its location; meanwhile, the gas continues to expand to the east, prompting more evacuations.
Pictured: gas cloud near Alberton, Montana.
2024-07-2937 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 6 "Gassed" part 2The conclusion of the initial evacuation of the Alberton area from a toxic chlorine gas release.
Pictured: Cyr to Frenchtown
2024-07-2842 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 6 "Gassed" part 1A cloud of toxic gas overcomes the town of Alberton, Montana.
Pictured: Spill to Petty Creek
2024-07-2544 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 5 "Alarm"In the first hour of the spill, 911 is overwhelmed and emergency responders are sent to the wrong location.
Pictured: Petty Creek to Huson
2024-07-2238 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 3 "Back to Nature" / Chapter 4 "Worst-Case Scenario"We take a brief pause for some backstory. First, we drop in on a resident of Alberton, Lucinda Hodges, who has found a life for her family amid the history and beauty of western Montana—a life abruptly threatened by a chlorine gas cloud. We also examine how well responders are prepared for a worst-case scenario.
2024-07-2020 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart 1 Chapter 2 "Flash"The chemistry of liquid chlorine converting to a gas dictates how the gas spreads, and drivers on the highway are among the first to encounter the toxic cloud.
Pictured: Jack Rabbit II test. Photograph courtesy Andrew Byrnes, Utah Valley University, 2016.
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White Rose HistoriesChapter 10, part 1: Black Tea and ChampagneI am making all three segments of Chapter 10 free to all readers. I want you to get a good glimpse of the humanity of these students, how they could have fun together, their dynamics in a group setting, simply their silly, serious selves.July 19 - July 22, 1942.Summary:Willi Graf decides that Oscar Baez is all right, though he still worries about his sister’s nuptials. He heads back to Munich, relieved that he was wrong about Ossy.On the overnight train ride, he reads Richard Benz’s Lösung und B...2024-07-1810 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentPart I Chapter 1 "Dark Territory"When their freight train crashes outside Alberton, Montana, two Montana Rail Link engineers, as well as transients on the train, struggle for their lives in the face of a massive cloud of chlorine gas.
Pictured: Spill to Petty Creek
2024-07-1527 minGASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentIntroduction to GASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train DerailmentA short intro to the podcast of my two-book series GASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train Derailment, which documents the 1996 Alberton, Montana, USA, train derailment and chemical spill. The catastrophe resulted in the largest release of chlorine gas in US railroad history, and injured hundreds, both acutely and chronically.
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The Damage Report with John IadarolaFire The House LiarThe ultra-conservative appeals court begins the hearing on abortion pill access. Jamaal Bowman and Marjorie Greene get into a shouting match over George Santos. Dianne Feinstein returns to the Senate but raises more questions over her fitness for office. Ron Desantis is planning to announce his presidential run as early as next week. Montana becomes the first state to ban TikTok. Host: John Iadarola (@johniadarola)Co-Host: Miranda Scholl (@badgamerwyatt)SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE: ☞ https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1TIKTOK ☞ https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en2023-05-1951 min
Montana UntamedCoors Light and chlorine: Two Montana train derailments, a close call and a catastropheFreight train derailments in the U.S. have come under increasing scrutiny since a train carrying hazardous materials derailed and burned in East Palestine, Ohio, in early February.
Montana is no stranger to freight train derailments. In 1996, a train derailed near Alberton and released chlorine. Some residents still live with health problems from chemical exposure. And, just this past Sunday, April 2, a freight train derailed near Paradise, spilling thousands of beers into the Clark Fork River.
With me today is Joshua Murdock, a reporter at the Missoulian. He reports on outdoor recreation, natural resources and th...2023-04-0637 min
Sequences MagazineSequences Master No 223 Extendedit’s time to say goodbye to another year with our final edition of 2022.
From the team, Mick, Mike, Andy & Karan, big thanks to all the musicians & labels for their support throughout the year and our worldwide listeners. Have a Happy Christmas & New Year.
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Sequences MagazineSequences Podcast No 213 (extended)This will be the only edition this month due to other projects.
Luke Schneider represents a radical new approach to the versatile sounds of the steel guitar, a total reinvention of an iconic instrument. SUSS are the architects of ambient country, with their unique combination of classic Americana instrumentation, with loops and synthesizers, and the unearthly tones of Harry Bertoia sculptures, cluster of thin metal rods with small weights on top, Bertoia coined the term "sonambient".
Manikin Records, celebrating its 30th year with a CD titled Third Decade 2012 to 2022, unreleased recordings from musicians who have released albums in that period.
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Swan DiveDennis Scholl - Philanthropic Flow - Documentary Filmmaker & Miami Arts LeaderMiami entrepreneur, art collector and philanthropist, Dennis Scholl, made his first documentary film at age 50. Fifteen years and thirty films later, this former attorney and CPA now has thirteen regional Emmys to show for his humble excellence as an artist. Films celebrating creative titans Tracy Emin, Theaster Gates, Wynton Marsalis and Frank Gehry have been featured at festivals worldwide, including SXSW and Sundance. His current films include “The Last Resort,” now on Netflix, “Singular” about 3x Grammy winning jazz vocalist, Cecile Mclorin Salvant, and “Lifeline”, about 50’s Abstract Expressionist painter, Clyfford Still. As a former VP of the Knight Foundation, Sc...2020-11-1745 min