DOOMSDAY: Recent Episodes
Wendy John
Crazy assed 'preppers' face off serious science for a pop-culture smack down with host Wendy John - a new mum who, since having a kid, now fears everything from asteroids to zombies. Winner of Nova Entertainment's Podquest 2017.
The ultimate question - do I have to learn to like Spam? - answered now; it's a Round Up of all the doomsday scenarios researched over the past year. Kick on in!
Doomsday by solar flare? Let's ask one of Australia’s most fabulous science communicators – Dr Alice Williamson - who also has intel on Switzerland's secret bunkers!
In the late 90s my friend Michelle and I sat in a darkened Brisbane cinema totally enthralled by disaster film Dante’s Peak. Apart from the glory of Pierce Brosnan the thought that mother nature could annihilate life on Earth by volcanic eruption was mesmerising.
No bees = DOOMSDAY. Should we bee worried? Bee prepared? Is there such thing as a Zombee?
Would a vegan survive the zombie apocalypse. Or would they just become a food source? It’s Vegan versus Prepper in the match of a lifetime.
Usually I’ll interview scientists or present academic research. But today well, you seriously couldn’t write what happened in this interview. So, I’m just going to let the story unfold and see if it changes your mind about what it means to be a Doomsday Prepper.
Today I’m doing a special for all my Mummy friend subscribers. Doomsday podcast presents ‘Prepping 101: A Mum’s guide to surviving the Zombie Apocalypse’. And to do it we put a call through to Arizona USA to someone who really knows his stuff.
"It was actually the first thing in the morning, about 8:00. I was making coffee and noticed an alert for a ballistic missile incoming to Hawaii."
Cy Nobriga - our guest this episode.
I’m testing the waters between North Korea and the USA and asking an expert ‘What are the chances of nuclear war?’
Armageddon by Cyberhacking? Let's talk to the same guy the US Congress interviewed about cyber security. And cross our fingers...
Now I love a good disaster film as much as the next girl - so Doomsday by Mother Nature? Let’s try to mythbust THAT!
Myth busting Doomsday by Tsunami. Well, trying to at least. With more than a billion people living within 20 metres of sea level you gotta wonder.
Our fabulous guests this episode:
Peter Baines OAM @peter_baines
http://peterbaines.com.au
Hands Across The Water @HATWAustralia
https://www.handsgroup.org.au
Professor James Goff, University of NSW @ProfJamesGoff
http://www.bees.unsw.edu.au/james-goff
18 million ‘Walking Dead’ fans know that the zombie apocalypse starts with a virus. So, I’m investigating the more likely Doomsday event of a super virus pandemic.
Our fabulous guests this episode:
Dr Maurizo Labbate @mlabbate75
i3Institute, University of Technology Sydney
https://www.uts.edu.au/staff/maurizio.labbate
Professor Adam Kamradt-Scott @adamkams
Mary Bashir Institute, University of Sydney
http://sydney.edu.au/arts/government_international_relations/staff/profiles/adam.kamradt-scott.php
Real Housewives of Sydney #RHOS star, Lisa Oldfield, was interesting to interview interview walked around her house, pet carpet snake draped around her neck, swearing like a trooper but with immaculate make-up. And yep, Lisa is a 'prepper'. If only she could remember the password to her bunker...