The Alarmist

by Earios · · ·

Who is to blame for history's greatest tragedies? The Plague. The sinking of The Titanic. The break-up of the Beatles. Writer/Comedian Rebecca Delgado- Smith, along with a special guest, scrutinizes history’s greatest disasters to figure out what went wrong, and most importantly, who’s to blame. This comedy podcast is the perfect remedy to our everyday anxiety! They say history repeats itself, not on The Alarmist's watch! Thrillist called The Alarmist one of the best new podcasts of 2019 saying, "It's hilarious, informative and addictive." Maria Claire named The Alarmist one of the best new podcasts of 2020. Tell us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.com Email us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @thealarmistpodcast Follow us on Twitter @alarmistThe Call the Earios hotline! 626-604-6262 Support this show at http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist

Was BRAIN DRAIN to blame for the deadly Bhopal Gas Leak? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the world’s worst Industrial disaster: The Bhopal Gas Leak. Rebecca is joined by Special Guest Nelson Frankli...
Is the lost colony of Roanoke UNDERWATER? On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca theorizes on what might have happened to the Roanoke Colony with Internet Sleuth Melissa Stetten of Web Crawlers. Then, Rebecca and Producer Amanda read and respond to your Ala...
Was QUEEN ELIZABETH to blame for the Lost Colony of Roanoke? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the lost colony of Roanoke. She is joined by Comedian Dan Klein, Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund. They theor...
In a controversial move last episode, Rebecca ruled that Betty Broderick be sent to the Alarmist Jail for the Betty Broderick Murders. On today's episode, Guest Expert Alyssa Smith (a Twentieth Century U.S. Violence and crime researcher for the Hi...
Are Gender Roles to blame for the Betty Broderick Murders? This week The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the Betty Broderick Murders. She is joined by Comedian Cass Bugge, Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund. Guest Expert ...
On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca talks with Professor of English and director of the graduate program in gender and cultural studies at Simmons University and author of Wife, Inc.: The Business of Marriage in the Twenty-First Century, Suzanne Leo...
Are low-rise slacks to blame for the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky Sex Scandal? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who it to blame for the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky Sex Scandal that rocked the nation. She is joined by...
On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca, Chris and Amanda lament how history DOES repeat itself. Is The Alarmy somehow to blame for yet another Gender Reveal Disaster!? Listen to our OG Gender Reveal Disaster episode here. Also, we hear from a listener ...
This week, The Alarmist goes LIVE to discuss Prohibition! Rebecca is joined by Special Guest Matt Gourley, Fact Checker Chris Smith, Producer Amanda Lund and Alarmy General Clayton Early. Also, THE ALARMY themselves chime in with their opinions on who ...
Rebecca speaks with Guest Expert Dr. Benjamin Radd (UCLA lecturer and expert on Government and Politics in the Middle East, particularly Iran) about who he thinks is to blame for the Iranian Hostage Crisis. Spoiler: It's not paper shredders. Mi...
Bonus! Passport to Iran Sept. 2, 2020
This week, The Alarmist brings you a special bonus episode! Remember Neil Innes and Andrés Bartos from the Che Guevara episode? They have an amazing podcast called Passport and we thought you would love their recent episode on Iran. Subscribe to Passpo...
This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the Iranian Hostage Crisis that lasted 444 days and left a stain on the presidency of former peanut farmer, Jimmy Carter. She is joined by actress Aimee Carrero, Fact-Checker C...
On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca Delgado Smith, speaks with Professor of History and Classics at the University of Notre Dame's Rome Global Gateway, Dr. Ingrid Rowland, about the Ancient Roman’s “science” and why they decided to live so close to ...
This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. She is joined by Special Guest/Greek and Roman Mythology Expert, Liv Albert (host of Let’s Talk About Myths Baby), Fact Checker Chris Smith and Pr...
On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca talks with Guest Expert Ken Cuthbertson - Author of The Halifax Explosion: Canada’s Worst Disaster- about who he thinks is to blame for the Halifax explosion. It turns out, we may have got this one wrong! Ken expl...
The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) tackles our most requested Canadian disaster: The Halifax Explosion. On December 6th 1917, two ships collided in the Narrows of Halifax Harbor. What resulted was one of the deadliest explosions in history. Rebecca i...
On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca Delgado Smith speaks with music manager Noah Chernin about the genesis of the Taylor/Kanye feud, why this sort of publicity can boost the profile of up and coming talent and why Taylor and Kanye might be more simi...
This week The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the Taylor Swift/Kanye West Feud! She is joined by pop culture efficianados and hosts of the Watch Less Podcast, Khal Davenport and Frazier Tharpe, Fact Checker Chris Smith and ...
On this week’s The Aftermath, Rebecca talks with Guest Expert Dr. Kathleen Belew (Assistant Professor of History at Chicago University and author of Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America) about who she thinks is to blame...
This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for the Oklahoma City Bombing. She is joined by History of the 90s host, Kathy Kenzora, Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund. They discuss the connections between the ...