7 episodes
Cataclysm Ruben Swart
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- History
Along with your host Ruben Swart, you can go back in time to explore history’s most monumental catastrophes. From hurricanes to wars, tsunamis to assassinations, plagues to rebellions. This is Cataclysm!
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
A crucial notification about the future of this podcast, from your host Ruben Swart.
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The Burning Sky
The date of June 30th, 1908 will go down in history as a very remarkable day. In the middle of the Russian taiga a blast flattened around 80 million trees, it was the largest impact event that our species has ever seen. And we’re still not sure what really happened…
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The Assassination of John Lennon - Part 2
Now that we’ve look at John Lennon’s life, we’ll look at his killer: Mark David Chapman. As well as how he killed Lennon.
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The Assassination of John Lennon - Part 1
In the first episode of this two-part series, we’ll look at the life, music, and controversy of this revolutionary musician - John Lennon. And how a few words can change (or end) your life...
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The Blast In the Desert
On May 4th 1988, the PEPCON plant erupted in flames, 10 minutes later it would completely blow up. How did it get to this? Let’s find out...
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The Bug Army of 12 Trillion
Farmers in Midwestern USA didn’t exactly have it easy by June, 1874. But they sure didn’t expect 12 trillion ( with a dozen zeros ) locusts to devour their future in front of their own eyes...