Oct 8, 2026 · 36 min · 11 segments
Michael Kosta dives into the various disasters plotting to kill humanity, from sneaky sinkholes devouring cars, to widespread frozen food contamination, to a possible plague outbreak in Russia. And if…
Sebastian StanGuest
Michael KostaHost
Josh Johnson
So let's get into it with our segment, Is This How We Die? [upbeat music] [audience clapping] I know things aren't great right now, the wars, the economy, Taylor Swift's new music.
[laughs]
[laughs]
US health officials monitoring a possible plague outbreak in Russia.
Nearly 200 people reportedly under quarantine for the rare, highly contagious, and deadly disease.
[laughs]
Like, the plague plague? How come nothing good ever comes back from the 14th century?
[laughs]
[laughs]
For one, nobody's talking about this dangerous infection being accidentally released from a research institute.
Russian authorities saying a dangerous infection was accidentally released at an anti-plague research institute in Southern Siberia.
[laughs]
[laughs]
By the way, do we really need these anti-disease labs that only seem to exist to occasionally leak new diseases?
So let's get into it with our segment, Is This How We Die? [upbeat music] [audience clapping] I know things aren't great right now, the wars, the economy, Taylor Swift's new music.
[laughs]
[laughs]
US health officials monitoring a possible plague outbreak in Russia.
Nearly 200 people reportedly under quarantine for the rare, highly contagious, and deadly disease.
[laughs]
Like, the plague plague? How come nothing good ever comes back from the 14th century?
[laughs]
[laughs]
For one, nobody's talking about this dangerous infection being accidentally released from a research institute.
Russian authorities saying a dangerous infection was accidentally released at an anti-plague research institute in Southern Siberia.
[laughs]
[laughs]
By the way, do we really need these anti-disease labs that only seem to exist to occasionally leak new diseases?
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