48. Astroworld Revisited: We Still Need to Talk About What Happened

Episode description

When 10 people died at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival in November of 2021, it was incredibly difficult and painful to make sense of the news. Over a year later, we are here to pull lessons learned from the tragedy.

TRIGGER WARNING for this episode: mass casualty events, substance use

Part 1. Overview

Part 2. The fallout for Travis and the Kardashian-Jenners

Part 3. How crowds and artists *usually* protect each other

Part 4. Six human errors that led to this tragedy

Citations:

• Rolling stone article 
• Video of Adele stopping a concert 
• Linkin Park stopping a concert 
• Tiktok explaining Travis Scott rebranding as a family man
• TRIGGER WARNING for this article, mentioned at 50:30: Astroworld’s failed security plans

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