Episode 42

March 30, 2022

#40 - The Cuyahoga River/Balloonfest ‘86

#40 - The Cuyahoga River/Balloonfest ‘86
The American Journal of Losers
#40 - The Cuyahoga River/Balloonfest ‘86

Mar 30 2022 |

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Show Notes

Our first ever double header episode is AJL’s ode to the Mistake on the Lake. Not one, but TWO losers from the great city of Cleveland, Ohio. First we talk about that time the Cuyahoga river caught on fire. Then the story of the scheme to release over a million balloons into the sky right before a storm moved in. 

Sources: 

The Cuyahoga River Caught Fire at Least a Dozen Times, but No One Cared Until 1969 | History| Smithsonian Magazine

The Disastrous Cleveland Balloon Fest of 1986

The Myth of the Cuyahoga River Fire | Science History Institute

How Releasing 1,500,000 Balloons Went Horribly Wrong- BE AMAZED

Adam McShane, Joey Bednarski, and Cosmo Nomikos are stand up comedians based out of Chicago, IL.

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