120. The Descent (OceanGate)
Added 2024-11-25 21:14:20 +0000 UTCAn experimental deep-sea submersible disappears during an expedition to the Titanic shipwreck.
Prelude: Legendary explorer Steve Fossett disappears during a casual plane ride.
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I’ve taken a long break from Swindled because…life, and this is my first listen since coming back. I remembered waiting for this episode when this all happened. It’s good to be back!
Nae
2025-01-13 18:13:55 +0000 UTCWhen is the Idiot Musk episode dropping?
Stephanie Q DeMon
2025-01-10 21:35:36 +0000 UTCHow absolutely terrifying. Thank you for another amazing episode, ACC! Hope you have a great Holiday/New Year’s!
Amie Redman
2024-12-22 20:27:02 +0000 UTCWhen this happened, I thought to myself, "Well that's a Swindled episode in the making!" And here we are! As usual, a tragedy that could have been prevented had this man not put his pride and greed ahead of basic respect for human life ...smh. Great episode, ACC!
Courtney Johnson
2024-12-20 02:07:28 +0000 UTCThe hubris is simply astonishing. I listened with my mouth open in shock.
Pete Milan
2024-12-07 17:25:51 +0000 UTCFirst one to take out two billionaires in one sitting, but perhaps not the last after the events this week? Crazy times. Amazing episode and couldn't have come out at a more appropriate moment.
Anastasia Martin
2024-12-06 17:43:52 +0000 UTCunrelated to the bulk of the episode but i love how you can hear a laugh in ACC'S voice when he takes the piss out of elon musk
Hershel
2024-12-05 19:11:26 +0000 UTCFun fact: a friend of mine was on this very sub a year before the disaster. I haven't listened to the ep yet, but my friend described the sub as basically a big bathtub powered by two desk fans and a game controller. Which all sounds like a nightmare. He, however, said it was all very calm and peaceful, and that he even took a nap on the way down. Guess the roulette wheel of Rush assuming money and arrogance (excuse me, I mean "innovation") can overcome basic engineering problems didn't come up on his number.
Matt Scott
2024-12-05 01:20:13 +0000 UTCI do need something to wear to the bottom of the ocean! How thoughtful of you ACC! Just in time for Christmas too
Katie W
2024-12-03 05:08:39 +0000 UTCThis was so good! I just wish Rush could have been made to stand trail. What an egomaniac.
Elin Stenqvist
2024-12-02 07:25:23 +0000 UTCA very intriguing, very well crafted episode! What a great instinctive true-life story teller our ACC is.
Swunkie
2024-12-01 01:19:51 +0000 UTCHope you got that walk in Martin.
Kingfisher
2024-11-29 17:52:02 +0000 UTCAs a newfoundlander i was really happy to hear your correct pronunciation of my province
Richard Fischer
2024-11-29 17:11:52 +0000 UTCExcellent episode ACC! Enjoy your well-deserved break. ✌️❤️
Jane Blackbird
2024-11-29 06:38:12 +0000 UTCSometimes the trash takes itself out (Stockton, I mean - not the other guys; I don’t know enough about them).
Allison.Actually
2024-11-28 17:42:58 +0000 UTCHave a great month off! Fantastic way to end the year!
Julia Miller
2024-11-28 13:59:19 +0000 UTCHappy holidays, Swindled! See you guys next year!
AR
2024-11-28 12:12:07 +0000 UTCI bet someone brought Country music onboard anyways. It was a simple rule… Also, I wonder how far that kid got on his Rubik’s cube. Imagine solving it in record time - at a record depth - then the audio bleed from someone’s headphones fills the cylinder, “tequila on the beach cuz my wife left me… gonna fish until the well runs dry” 💥 Thank you both for another awesome season. I am often baffled for not remembering some of these national stories when they happened, but often glad I don’t so I can hear them told by A Concerned Citizen over DeFormers ominous foreshadowing. I hope you both enjoy your time off!
Mr. Clark
2024-11-28 09:40:13 +0000 UTCFinally a day off and what a treat! Just when I think they can’t get any better and then they do. How cool is it that this podcast is #1???! Been listening since the first. Selfishly hoping we don’t lose ACC to Big Corporate who must be finally paying attention to this podcast and its popularity but I’m sure he’s better than that. Gonna listen to this one another round….
kristen bartlett
2024-11-28 00:16:46 +0000 UTCMonkey god?! 🐵😅😅😅
Terrance ray
2024-11-27 18:42:41 +0000 UTCI am so pleased to hear that this podcast has been recognized as the very best podcast. I am worried about the written directive I ( as a designated enemy from within) received to report to the bitcoin mine slave camp established by Sir Elon Musk here in Austin, Texas. I hope you can avoid going to that slave camp.
Rick Triplett
2024-11-27 13:24:11 +0000 UTCAs you pointed out in your other comment, it’s generally others who pay the price.
Ken Smith
2024-11-26 22:25:20 +0000 UTCFabulous storytelling … you are simply the best, ACC
Angelika Maerz
2024-11-26 19:19:45 +0000 UTCBetween oceangate and the alabama river boat brawl tiktok during the summer of 2023 was hilarious.
Amanda Heal
2024-11-26 16:18:26 +0000 UTCSo sad that the season is ending boo but happy holidays ACC!!!🤗🥰
STEPh Zssssss
2024-11-26 05:59:21 +0000 UTC10/10, no notes 👌🏻🤩
Anna Burchfield
2024-11-26 04:01:44 +0000 UTCEnjoy your break, but not too much - we need you back!! Best podcast ever 💛👏💛👏
K. Smith
2024-11-26 01:43:09 +0000 UTCThe wealthy often live under the false illusion that they are invincible.
Michelle Hebert
2024-11-26 01:42:43 +0000 UTCEnjoy the holidays, ACC. Look forward to seeing you all in the new year, comrades. Or the bitcoin slave mines, whichever comes first.
Alannah Small
2024-11-26 01:21:47 +0000 UTC“Safety is just a pure waste,” said Stockton Rush. Uh huh🙄 I love how wealthy entrepreneurs always have so little regard for regulations. What’s human life when there’s money to be made by those who already have more than they’ll ever need in a lifetime? At least Rush paid the ultimate price for his greed and foolishness — in too many of these stories, it is others who pay the price; the perpetrators generally get away with nothing more than a fine — IF that!
Michelle Hebert
2024-11-26 01:15:30 +0000 UTCJust in time for my sewing session. TY ACC
Kardonay
2024-11-26 00:06:16 +0000 UTCamazing that anyone met Rush, talked to him for many days, and still went down on that sub
Alex Siviter
2024-11-25 23:34:21 +0000 UTCvery satisfying ep. thx acc
Denise Legere
2024-11-25 23:29:55 +0000 UTCGrand season finale--I was waiting for the Swindled treatment of this catastrophe. Excellent writing, timely puns, very nuanced. The supreme irony here is that the more he won with successful "tests," the more stability he lost in the long run. Literally valued his own life (and others) to the lowest bidder, I have to think it was a suicide mission 🙄 Have a happy holiday season, ACC (you get to rest this year)! and deformr, the music during the aftermath had a bit of Blade Runner feel 👌 @everyone, gentle reminder that patreon lets you gift subscriptions now; spread the spirit of swindled!
Alan
2024-11-25 22:59:24 +0000 UTCOh hell yea. Enjoy your break!
Em Keeton
2024-11-25 22:24:57 +0000 UTCHaven't listened yet, but seeing the words 'OceanGate' has filled me with a similar sort of ocean-related 'oh god this is something I know about but I'm about to learn the horrors in complete detail' dread that I got from the Tilikum episode
Haydn
2024-11-25 22:02:45 +0000 UTCYESSSSSSSSS
Katie Butler
2024-11-25 21:27:37 +0000 UTCThis is pretty much my favorite story of all time, I am so excited to listen.
Cari Leemaster
2024-11-25 21:21:23 +0000 UTCA new Swindled. Everything is good in the world (for the next 1.25.05 😬🔫
Maxine Page
2024-11-25 21:21:13 +0000 UTCI am so busy this afternoon but the temptation to go for a long walk is unbearable
Martin Gwynn Jones
2024-11-25 21:19:35 +0000 UTCZing.. got em
sucriC drawkcaB
2024-11-25 21:16:54 +0000 UTCCan't wait to (Stockton) Rush to listen to this 🤭
Kingfisher
2024-11-25 21:16:16 +0000 UTC
