Disaster Area

Great and informative podcast about various disasters throughout history. There are a lot of cases covered on this one that other podcasts haven’t touched. Jennifer does a good job presenting the background and details of every case. She does go off on side tangents here and there, which I don’t mind because it shows her personality and is a reminder that there is a human being behind the microphone with their own thoughts, feelings, and experiences. I appreciate the casual nature of her delivery rather than the flat, stoic, monotone narration that a lot of podcasters use for this type of subject matter. She does the research and is VERY thorough while also being respectful of the subject matter.

I used to LOVE this podcast and I still enjoy listening to it. I think it’s well-researched and well- written! It’s very solid content wise. However, the personal commentary provided by the creator can get off track even from the podcast subject. It seems like part of the podcast is historical based and research driven and then the other half is for the creator to vent all her feelings. For years I have supported the podcast as a Patreon follower but after her very out of line defense of the Germanwings pilot in a recent episode I decided to pull my financial support.

It is very clear she does a ton of research, and is very passionate about educating others. That’s awesome! But I was only able to get through about 20 min of a 1+ HR episode. The tongue sucking and lip smacks were making me so uncomfortable I had to turn it off. A few sessions with a vocal coach could help and since she’s been doing this so long it could be worth considering. Actors and voice actors do this all the time. Over all, deeply researched podcast but it wasn’t for me in its current form.

Too much lip smacking.