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The Complete Disaster Podcast

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We’re a Minnesota-based podcast running since 2012! Our host, Tom Barnard, has been in the radio business for decades and hosted the extremely popular KQRS Morning Show from 1986 through 2022. Our producer, Andy, is Tom’s son. He’ll be the one Googling things during the show and probably chatting with you in our chat room. Also appearing regularly will be Kathryn and Alex, Tom’s wife and daughter respectively and podcast regulars since the very beginning.

Latest episodes

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Anyone need an Italian clown?

(Part 3) Half the country feels like the midterms were an unprecedented success. The other feels like it's the biggest loss since the meteor wiped out the dinosaurs. But

Nov 5
23 min

Change of name, change of face

(Part 2) You know how it's not Twitter anymore, it's X? And how it's not PBI, it's DJT? Yes, seriously. Well, people don't just change the names of things these days. No

Nov 5
34 min

Hail to the chief

(Part 1) It's official: Dan is royalty. Or whatever you call someone on the Three Rivers Park District Board of Commissioners. Nobility, at the very least. But what do y

Nov 4
28 min

Zero completions

(Part 4) The Falcons have done it again. They managed to lose a game against an opponent without a single complete pass. Well, that's not strictly true: they did get fou

Nov 3
35 min

Podcassie has a hotel and lyme disease

(Part 3) Cassie, also known as Winnie, is on her way to pick up Dave from his trip to Wales. Then it's back to their haunted hotel they call home, where they repair door

Nov 3
28 min

The one with all the overdoses

(Part 2) Kristyn saw the Matthew Perry documentary, fittingly called The One About Matthew Perry. It's also a story you've heard a million times, because overdoses seem

Nov 3
32 min

Tragedy or treat

(Part 1) Tom and Kathryn are rolling into West Palm Beach as we speak. Maybe not the best timing, because a 2 million dollar jet just crashed a few miles away. Then, whi

Nov 2
29 min

Steve Windels and Nate Hood are the degree-holders of comedy

(Part 4) You probably remember Steve. You know, the beaver doctor? Yeah, him. He did his Doctors of Comedy show a few months ago, and now he's doing another. Joining him

Oct 31
29 min

Wicker is not for internal use

(Part 3) Halloween is the season for scary things. But scary doesn't have to mean werewolves and vampires. It can mean whatever could possess someone to make something l

Oct 31
30 min

Patrick Stewart, dancing, and trees

(Part 2) Patrick Stewart died just a few days ago. Whether you knew him as Professor X, Jean-Luc Picard, or that gay guy in Frasier, he was probably in something you lik

Oct 30
32 min

This episode does not constitute medical advice

(Part1) Alex is dressed as a doctor (not a nurse), so we take the opportunity to diagnose Jude's numerous medical issues and talk about the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Ap

Oct 30
28 min

Rory Paquette has two functional lungs

(Part 4) Rory Paquette has been through a lot. Nearly dying from pneumonia, floods that knocked out his internet for a month and a half, losing his business, and even mo

Oct 29
34 min

Al Isaacs is back, and has a whole half hour this time

(Part 3) Remember Al? The guy who learned he was adopted in his 50s? He was on not very long ago, nor did he have very long on the show. Today we rectify that. This time

Oct 29
26 min

The good old days of more than one camera

(Part 2) Single cam has been dominating for over 20 years. Audiences just expect film-like quality from their TV shows these days. Shows with massive budgets like Strang

Oct 28
31 min

Adamantium claws are checked, not carry-on

(Part 1) When you're bringing home your brass knuckles with giant blades welded to them, make sure TSA knows about them. Otherwise they might find them alarming, for wha

Oct 28
31 min

The winningest and the losingest

(Part 4) Now that the Vikings are 6-0, we're the last undefeated team. This basically guarantees us a place in the playoffs. After that? Who knows. Our "oops all field g

Oct 27
35 min

Ed Driscoll knows Louie too

(Part 3) Ed may be an Emmy-winning writer, producer and author, but there's something even more important about him: he was also friends with Louie Anderson. Once we lea

Oct 27
28 min

Petcast with Kristyn

(Part 2) We didn't intend to talk about pets basically the entire time, but we did it anyway. Adopting them, having them, watching movies about them. Most people have pe

Oct 26
31 min

Tales of sorrow

(Part 1) We start this episode with a sad story. Then we talk about people dying. Also Birch's sundowners. But all that pales in comparison to the worst news of all: Veg

Oct 26
29 min

Greg Running is mad for MAD

(Part 4) Greg is a Minnesota native with quite the collection. He has a copy of every MAD magazine produced from #24 onward. Before that, it was a comic book, so 24 is t

Oct 24
31 min

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