Episodes

  • The Orlando Nightclub shooting

    The Orlando Nightclub shooting
    Sep 1 2024
    30-year-old Eddie Justice hears bangs over the music. Like many others at Pulse Nightclub, he and his friends don’t understand where the sound is coming from. Maybe it's just part of the music. But then reality begins to sink in. That’s not music. Those are gunshots. Eddie and the other guests at Pulse have no idea they’re about to experience the worst terrorist attack in the US since 9/11.


    The hosts of this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script is written by Erika Ansén. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.

    Charities and Non-Profits:

    OnePulse Foundation
    https://onepulsefoundation.org/

    Equality Florida
    https://www.eqfl.org/

    Pulse of Orlando
    https://pulseoforlando.org/

    GLBT Community Center of Central Florida (The Center)
    https://thecenterorlando.org/
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    24 mins
  • The Holodomor

    The Holodomor
    Aug 18 2024
    All the animals have gone. There are no birds singing in the trees, no cats playing in the streets. When Vasyl returns home after a failed hunting trip, the family dog is nowhere to be seen. And there’s a strange smell coming from the kitchen. Only one of many nightmares people had to live through because of the Holodomor, the artificial famine in Ukraine.

    The hosts of this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script is written by Mattias Jonsson. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.

    Charities and Non-Profits:

    Holodomor Awareness Committee
    https://ukrainegenocide.com/

    Holodomor Research and Education Consortium
    https://holodomor.ca/

    Ukrainian World Congress
    https://www.ukrainianworldcongress.org/
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    27 mins
  • The Sichuan School Disaster

    The Sichuan School Disaster
    Aug 4 2024
    Principal Ye Zhiping has to make it back. A massive earthquake has just hit his province Sichuan, and all he can think about is whether his students and teachers are okay. When he finally gets to the school, his coarse cheeks are stained with tears.

    The hosts of this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script is written by Mattias Jonsson. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.

    Charities and Non-Profits:

    Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
    https://www.eeri.org/

    GlobalGiving
    https://www.globalgiving.org/

    Project Hope
    https://www.projecthope.org/
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    26 mins
  • The AMIA Bombing

    The AMIA Bombing
    Jul 21 2024
    Anita doesn’t know how much time has passed. But she knows she has to get out. The building is collapsing around her, and people are stumbling over each other trying to find an escape. Just moments earlier, a van filled with explosives drove right into the AMIA center in Buenos Aires, where Anita works. She is in the middle of a terrorist attack that will shape her country for decades to come.

    The hosts of this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script is written by Rickard Bahgat. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.

    Charities and Non-profits:

    AMIA:
    https://amia.org.ar/

    Justicia y Concordia:
    https://justiciayconcordia.org/

    CELS (Centro de Estudion Legales y Sociales):
    https://www.cels.org.ar/web/
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    24 mins
  • The Sinking of MV Sewol

    The Sinking of MV Sewol
    Jul 7 2024
    The water is rising. What just seconds ago was the wall, is now a slippery floor submerged under ice cold ocean. Ae-Jin knows that she has to reach the door in the ceiling. That there is no other way of getting out alive.

    The hosts of this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script is written by Johanna Lundblad. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.

    Charities and Non-Profits:

    The Nautical Institute:
    https://www.nautinst.org/

    Sewol Ferry 416 Foundation:
    https://416foundation.org/en/?ckattempt=2
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    29 mins
  • The 1985 Mexico City Earthquake

    The 1985 Mexico City Earthquake
    Jun 23 2024
    Oscar Flores can feel the floor starting to shake. Soon, the ceiling is falling down in large chunks, and the walls are folding like paper. He doesn't know that what he's experiencing is one of the worst earthquakes in recent memory. An earthquake that is about to devastate an entire city.

    The hosts of this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script is written by Maia Hörstadius and Alex Haeger. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.

    Charities and Non-profits:

    Earthquake Engineering Research Institute:
    https://www.eeri.org/

    Build Change:
    https://buildchange.org/

    International Code Council:
    https://www.iccsafe.org/

    Fundación UNAM
    https://www.fundacionunam.org.mx/
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    23 mins
  • The Alexander Kielland Platform Collapse

    The Alexander Kielland Platform Collapse
    Jun 9 2024
    In this episode, we will tell you about the Alexander Kielland disaster of 1980, one of the worst oil rig accidents in history.


    The hosts of this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script was written by Per Johansson. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.

    Charities and Non-Profits:

    The Nautical Institute:
    https://www.nautinst.org/

    International Maritime Health Association:
    https://www.imha.net/

    International Maritime Organization:
    https://www.imo.org/
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    30 mins
  • Three Mile Island

    Three Mile Island
    May 26 2024
    In this episode, we tell the story of the worst nuclear accident in the United States. A story about a partial meltdown that threatened the lives of hundreds of people. And about how the plants’ owners tried to cover it all up.

    The hosts for this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script was written by Johanna Lundblad. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.


    Charities and Non-Profits:

    Union of Concerned Scientists:
    https://www.ucsusa.org/

    Physicians for Social Responsibility:
    https://psr.org/

    Friends of the Earth:
    https://foe.org/
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    33 mins