No tragedy is complete without some good old Act-of-God type destruction, and this week, the guys are serving up a tragedy of Biblical proportions, complete with a plague and “wrathful God”-level retaliation. Try not to squirm too much as you learn about the record-breaking Locust Swarm of 1874, which basically ate the flyover states, carrying off, as one farmer put it, “everything but the mortgage.” If, after listening, you feel like eating a cricket burger as vengeance, we won’t blame you!

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