Best Meg Maran Podcasts (2024)

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BONUS – WITNESS TESTIMONIAL: Gloria Cole, Mary Stock – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 30:13

3M ago30:13

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Don Cole was the Kingman, AZ journalist who was at the site of the BLEVE in ‘73, on an assignment for what he thought was to report on the tanker fire that had erupted due to a gas leak near the DOXOL plant. But, then the BLEVE occurred just as Don was arriving to the scene, and as a civilian, Don ended up jumping into one of the rescue vehicles (t…

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BONUS – INTERVIEW: PART 2 – The Volunteer Firefighter Podcast – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 30:54

2y ago30:54

30:54

Welcome back to We Need Ice Explosion on the railroad. We’re picking up with part 2 featuring The Volunteer Fire Fighter Podcast. The guys and I get a little deeper into the mental health aspect of fighting fires - what they see on duty and how they handle the stress. In 1973, the Kingman BLEVE Responders did not DEAL with their trauma due to the s…

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BONUS – INTERVIEW: PART 1 – The Volunteer Firefighter Podcast – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 28:08

2y ago28:08

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In this episode, I collaborate with The Volunteer Fire Fighter Podcast hosts to discuss their responsibilities as active volunteer fireman and how their volunteerism gives them a connection to the ’73 Kingman BLEVE. The guys get into with me about courage, fear, PTSD and some of the most memorable calls they’ve responded to including a potential BL…

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BONUS – WITNESS TESTIMONIAL – Theresa Rounseville & Dennis Park – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 27:35

2y ago27:35

27:35

A young man is riding his dirt bike to a job interview when he catches sight of the drama unfolding along the railroad. His curiosity peaks and he regretfully joins the crowd observing the hissing railcar on fire. Get to know Screenplay Writer and former Kingman, AZ resident, Theresa Rounseville, whose family was entrenched in the 1973 BLEVE chaos.…

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BONUS – WITNESS TESTIMONIAL – Police Officer: Don Martin PART 2 – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 24:56

2+ y ago24:56

24:56

In Part 2 of retired Kingman Police Officer Don Martin's witness he account, we make amazing connections between his story and the story I tell in episodes 1-7. It’s more proof that bringing this event to light is worth every, sometimes painstaking, minute. We also discuss the PTSD many survivors were affected by due to this 1973 tragedy and are st…

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BONUS – WITNESS TESTIMONIAL – Police Officer: Don Martin – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 18:47

2+ y ago18:47

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You didn’t think the podcast was over did you? Today, you’ll hear from one witness, Kingman resident, and retiree of the Kingman Police Department, Don Martin, who was on duty on July 5th. Don refers to July 5th, 1973 as, "A Day He Will Never Forget," and maintains that it was the most horrific event he'd ever experienced despite his past in the mi…

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PART 3: BURNING FLESH & HOSPITAL MAYHEM - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 22:45

2+ y ago22:45

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A man lies in the street, arms stretched out as he tries to crawl to safety. Pain and fear are conveyed across his badly burned face, totally black, just a thin mohawk of singed hair runs down the center of his crown. His pants have been mostly burned off him and the skin on his exposed limbs can only be described as paper mache’-like, pieces of fl…

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PART 4: THE AFTERMATH & KINGMAN STRONG - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 17:58

2+ y ago17:58

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The death toll rises each day for the small town of Kingman, Arizona in the weeks following July 5, 1973. Witness and hospital volunteer, “K,” remembers how fellow Kingman residents stepped up to care for the children of those families whose head-of-households were either injured or deceased. She engages in one of the hardest conversations of her l…

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PART 5: DOXOL - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 19:06

2+ y ago19:06

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Amongst the scandals, crime and natural disasters occurring and being packaged in today’s news stories, editorials and talk shows for public review, there’s always the 64-thousand-dollar question: Who is at fault? Someone has to pay, and especially when lives are lost. Video footage surfaces showing the town of Kingman post BLEVE of 1973 - Doxol br…

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PART 6: FIREFIGHTING REVAMPED - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 18:25

2+ y ago18:25

18:25

If necessity is the mother of invention, then mass casualties are the catalyst of reinvention. If anything positive was going to come out of this disaster, it was going to be improving practices for managing such events in order to avoid repeating history. 9-11 has been brought up, more than once, with witness accounts of the Kingman Bleve. After S…

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PART 7: GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 16:40

2+ y ago16:40

16:40

Join me on a stroll through Firefighters Memorial Park, a vital part of Kingman’s touristry, where the largest firefighter disaster in Arizona’s history is now commemorated. In this finale episode, I have my own memorial dedication to conduct, paying respects to the 12 men who gave the ultimate sacrifice and lost their lives to the Kingman Bleve ne…

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PART 2: THE BIG BLEVE - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 29:16

2+ y ago29:16

29:16

One Doxol worker is dead from the explosion atop rail car #38214 which occurred on July 5, 1973 in Kingman, Arizona. Kingman Firefighters, mostly volunteers, race to the scene to extinguish the fire and prevent another propane accident. Time is not on their side as the tank car, full of flammable gas, sits burning in the hundred-degree desert. Town…

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TRAILER - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 3:28

2+ y ago3:28

3:28

July 5th, 1973 - A railcar sits on a spur of the Santa Fe Railroad. For about a month, it has served as a "holding tank" for 33,000 gallons of propane gas belonging to the nearby DOXOL Gas Plant. The time has come for DOXOL employees to retrieve the gas from the tanker to be stored at the plant. But, during the process of offloading the gas, somet…

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PART 1: BOOM ATOP THE TRAIN - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 13:21

2+ y ago13:21

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On July 5th, 1973, the, “We Need Ice” message was broadcast across a dedicated Kingman Arizona radio station. The local hospital requesting ice cubes from residents’ freezers? What on earth for? It was for the bodies. The dozens of human bodies burned alive from a railcar propane explosion, also known as a BLEVE. If you know anything about burn inj…

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WE NEED ICE - Explosion on the Railroad

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BONUS – WITNESS TESTIMONIAL: Gloria Cole, Mary Stock – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 30:13

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BONUS – INTERVIEW: PART 2 – The Volunteer Firefighter Podcast – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 30:54

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BONUS – INTERVIEW: PART 1 – The Volunteer Firefighter Podcast – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 28:08

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BONUS – WITNESS TESTIMONIAL – Theresa Rounseville & Dennis Park – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 27:35

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BONUS – WITNESS TESTIMONIAL – Police Officer: Don Martin PART 2 – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 24:56

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BONUS – WITNESS TESTIMONIAL – Police Officer: Don Martin – We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 18:47

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PART 3: BURNING FLESH & HOSPITAL MAYHEM - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 22:45

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PART 4: THE AFTERMATH & KINGMAN STRONG - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 17:58

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PART 5: DOXOL - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 19:06

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PART 6: FIREFIGHTING REVAMPED - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 18:25

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PART 7: GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 16:40

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PART 2: THE BIG BLEVE - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 29:16

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TRAILER - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 3:28

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PART 1: BOOM ATOP THE TRAIN - We Need Ice - The Kingman BLEVE True Story 13:21

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