Disaster Girls: A Podcast About Disaster Movies
Amanda Smith believes that not every disaster movie is a disaster. Whether it’s an A-List actor trying to outrun a lava flow, or a C-List actor punching a mutant shark in the face, Amanda will find something to love - or to laugh about. Join her every Wednesday as she breaks down the highs and lows of a beloved (or under appreciated) entry in the disaster movie canon.
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Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Break out your finest slip dress, it's time for a La Brea wedding - so, y'know, prepare for at least one murder.
A ruthless enemy holds the clearing captive, threatening to kill a beloved survivor if their demands for an unexpected item aren't met; Gavin and Sam lead the rescue attempt, aided by an old friend whose return holds more questions than answers. When the clearing and fort unite to celebrate the union of Ty and Paara, the invitation of a controversial guest threatens to upend the festivities; Lucas offers Veronica an unexpected strategy to unravel her captor's odd connection to 10,000 B.C.
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Saturday Feb 18, 2023
Saturday Feb 18, 2023
Nuclear Hurricane is the workplace buddy comedy we didn't know we needed! Join us for a journey through corporate negligence, AI apocalypses, and the importance of having that one coworker who makes your job tolerable.
A nuclear reactor's highly sophisticated computer system begins to malfunction as a tropical hurricane heads for the power plant. Employees at the plant work to prevent destruction as the reactor grows increasingly unstable and the storm gets closer.
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Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
La Brea is BACK and renewed for a third (and final) season! We're back in 10,000 BCE and moving through plot faster than a fish falling out of the sky. Plus! The big reveal of our Justice for Shelley Winters! collection on disastergirls.shopify.com!
The Harrises return to 10,000 B.C., determined to upload a virus that will stop all sinkholes, despite knowing that this will mean they will never get home again; an unlikely leader rallies the clearing to face an oncoming prehistoric threat. When a survivor is murdered, Lucas and Sam lead a contentious investigation to find the killer; Gavin embarks on a mission to save Eve from the fateful vision he's had of her death; Eve finds herself closer than ever to seeing it come true.
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Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thanks to some classic Tubi labeling, we're breaking from our usual genre with 2009's "Meltdown," an endearingly low-budget action thriller (with a lengthy digression into the Transformers series).
When a FBI agent goes deep undercover to bring down a crime syndicate his cover is soon blown and both the mob and FBI want him dead.
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Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
The Earth's core has reversed directions! Like all good Americans, we are looking for guidance in our most sacred texts ... which is why we're reissuing our episode on The Core.
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.
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Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Ice Spiders gave us a lot of giant spiders attacking skiers and really, what more can we ask for?
A team of young Winter Olympic hopefuls must slalom to safety when a hoard of giant mutated spiders spin their way out of a top secret laboratory.
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Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
We're taking an extra week off (blame the Screendrafts guys and travel plans) so we're re-releasing our episode with Dr. Samantha Montano and John Carr to talk disaster movies, disasterology, and more! We'll be back next week with a new episode on Ice Spiders.
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Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
We're taking the week off, but if you haven't heard our Ashfall ep yet, now's a great time! Find out why it's our favorite disaster movie/heist film/buddy road comedy.
Armed with the threat of imminent eruptions, a team of uniquely trained professionals from South and North Korea unite. Together, they must join forces and attempt to prevent a catastrophic disaster threatening the Korean Peninsula.
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Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Our demand is simple: make more Christmas disaster movies. Also, make sure you listen to the end of the episode for the shocking connection between Threads and a pod-favorite disaster movie.
A meteorologist discovers a massive storm system is about to strike Texas, causing devastation across the state. He fails to convince the authorities of his theory, and even his wife refuses to accept his warnings, leaving him struggling to get her and their children out of harm's way.
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Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
We're joined by (Phil Iscove to tackle Dante's Peak, the other best volcano disaster movie of 1997! Don't worry, we cover the grandma in the lake of acid within the first twenty minutes.
Volcanologist Harry Dalton (Pierce Brosnan) and Mayor Rachel Wando (Linda Hamilton), finally convince the unbelieving populace that the big one is about to hit and that they need to evacuate immediately, only to discover her two children have gone up the mountain to get their grandmother. With Earth's clock racing against them, they must rescue the kids and grandma before the volcano explodes in a fury of flame and ash a million times more powerful than an atomic bomb.
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