Floodlines, Strange Country, Heyer Today

Welcome to another week of podcasts, where Nick didn't get the memo that Liz and Zane decided to feature listener submissions. Oh wait, he did get the memo, he just decided to ignore it. He looks back at the factors at play in the Hurricane Katrina disaster with Floodlines; Liz sits us all down for stories of the weird and wonderful with Strange Country; and Zane takes a look at a regency romance novelist that has more novels than Jane Austen but somehow remains mostly unknown with Heyer Today. Then you know what time it is? It's time for the reviews from last week's offerings!

Liz Recommends - Strange Country

https://www.strangecountrypodcast.com/

"Sometimes you need to have a glass of wine, cuppa whatever and listen to a good old weird story.

"Welcome to Strange Country, a podcast devoted to bizarre, surreal and extraordinary stories that make America the weird place it is. Co-hosts Kelly and Beth are former newspaper reporters turned school librarians who have always had a soft spot for a good story--the stranger the better. Discover the first woman to survive a barrel ride over Niagara Falls and the man who invented “complex marriage” in one of the most successful utopian experiments. Things get weird pretty quickly around here."

A weekly release podcast that feels like an MFM style chatty sit down with friends to talk about weird shit.

For both: I liked the weird-ass ep where they talk about human tissue jelly falling from the sky but, you know, whatever works for the boys.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strange-country/id1272774380

Nick Recommends - Floodlines

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/floodlines/

Some call it Hurricane Katrina. Some call it the Federal Flood. Others call it the day the levees broke. On August 29, 2005, the city of New Orleans was submerged. That story of hubris, incompetence, and nature's wrath is now etched into the national consciousness. But the people who lived through the flood and its aftermath have a different story to tell. A story of rumors, betrayal, and one of the most misunderstood events in American history.

For both: From the start

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1501433969

Zane Recommends - Heyer Today

https://heyertoday.libsyn.com/

Heyer Today takes a deep dive into the life and work of Georgette Heyer, plus a book club, a cinematic investigation and amazing guests like Stephen Fry, Joanne Harris, Mary Jo Putney and more.

For Both: Start at the beginning

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fable-gazers-season-2-heyer-today

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