Aug 19, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min · 12 segments
What does nature have to do with the worst naval disaster in US History? A surprising amount, when you consider that on July 30th, 1945, 1,100 Navy men were forced into shark-infested waters and only…
Um, so the, uh, I guess a brief overview, the USS Indianapolis was a warship during World War II that was sunk, um, during one of its missions, and as the cold open stated, um, 1,100 men went into the water.
Only 316 survived after four days.
Ooh.
We're gonna talk about their ordeal.
Um, I will once again be exercising my right as a woman to not care about World War II.
[laughs] Gonna be very focused.
Yes.
We do have to talk about it a little, but we're focusing on the other aspects of it.
There are an entire podcast series, I'm sure, about World War II, so they can-
I- including a-
...
they can go there
...
World War II-focused series about the Indianapolis.
Oh.
So if you want that context, it does exist, just not here.
Yeah.
We're gonna talk about the ecological repercussions of naval warfare because this is my fucking show and I can do whatever I want.
[laughs] Nature Camp.
All right.
So let's, let's do sources first, and then we'll get into it.
Uh, so we have sharktrust.org. For some reason the actual sites are not showing up on my stupid Notion.
Uh, collectivehustle.com, that was just for some shark info.
Smithsonian, um, the National Center for Coastal Ocean Science, the National Ocean Service.
Do you pronounce that NOAA?
Um, so the, uh, I guess a brief overview, the USS Indianapolis was a warship during World War II that was sunk, um, during one of its missions, and as the cold open stated, um, 1,100 men went into the water.
Only 316 survived after four days.
Ooh.
We're gonna talk about their ordeal.
Um, I will once again be exercising my right as a woman to not care about World War II.
[laughs] Gonna be very focused.
Yes.
We do have to talk about it a little, but we're focusing on the other aspects of it.
There are an entire podcast series, I'm sure, about World War II, so they can-
I- including a-
...
they can go there
...
World War II-focused series about the Indianapolis.
Oh.
So if you want that context, it does exist, just not here.
Yeah.
We're gonna talk about the ecological repercussions of naval warfare because this is my fucking show and I can do whatever I want.
[laughs] Nature Camp.
All right.
So let's, let's do sources first, and then we'll get into it.
Uh, so we have sharktrust.org. For some reason the actual sites are not showing up on my stupid Notion.
Uh, collectivehustle.com, that was just for some shark info.
Smithsonian, um, the National Center for Coastal Ocean Science, the National Ocean Service.
Do you pronounce that NOAA?
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