Coast Files

A group of talented people, led by an intense, but passionate ocean exploration enthusiast and filmmaker, breaks for lunch on the set of this podcast’s favourite film - The Titanic. What would start as a standard crew-catered lunch in the final weeks at their East Coast location would end in 80 hospitalizations, a police investigation, and a conga line.

In December 1987, the passenger ferry, MV Doña Paz, was on its way to Manila, Philippines. Full of excited passengers waiting to spend the holidays with their families. On their way, the unthinkable happens and unfolds into what would become the largest maritime disaster in peacetime. Join us as we learn about this deadly and tragic ship.

For World Ocean Week we are diving into the truth behind the cost of tech and everyday life on our waters.  From AI queries to doom scrolling to a single cup of coffee - today we spill the tea on the hidden cost of water for our modern day lives.   

In this episode, we revisit the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami from a different perspective—one steeped in grief, resilience, and the supernatural. Through eyewitness accounts, spiritual traditions, and chilling encounters, we explore how Japan’s relationship with death shaped a surge in ghost sightings and possessions in the disaster's aftermath. From taxi passengers who vanished mid-ride to priests performing exorcisms on tsunami-borne spirits, this episode examines where trauma ends... and something else begins.

On March 11, 2011, the eastern coast of Japan experienced a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, destroying lives, homes, and economies. However, the potential for things to get a lot worse was very real, as the Fukushima Nuclear Plant was unable to cool down its reactors - a nuclear disaster would be imminent. Join us as we learn about one of the worst nuclear disasters of all time.

In this gripping episode, we dive into one of the most harrowing accidents in commercial diving history — the Byford Dolphin incident. A routine operation turned tragic in 1983 when a catastrophic decompression event aboard the North Sea drilling rig led to the gruesome deaths of four divers and a tender. Join us as we explore the science behind saturation diving, the human cost of deep-sea exploration, and the lessons learned from one of the industry's deadliest dives.

Join us as we explore one of Toronto’s oldest and most mysterious landmarks — the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse. Built in 1808, this now-decommissioned lighthouse has witnessed over two centuries of history, shipwrecks, and whispers of the paranormal. Learn of the eerie legend of its first lighthouse keeper and his mysterious disappearance, and the ghostly experiences that still echo through its stone walls. Is it just folklore, or is there something truly haunting the shores of Lake Ontario?

It was once the most prized ship in America, the SS United States was a steam liner that set world records, transported the rich and famous, and helped hundreds of thousands immigrate to their new homes. Unfortunately, her glory days did not last, and for the past several decades she has sat dormant on a Philadelphia dock. Now her fate is changing, and some are not happy about it. Join us this week as we discuss this amazing ship and why she should be saved.

Beneath the waves of the East China Sea - at the South Westernmost of Japan’s Islands, lies a massive stone structure that some say is the remnant of an ancient, advanced civilization.  Others say it's nothing more than a geological formation. So—was it built, or was it sculpted by nature? We’re gonna dive into the mystery of Japan's Atlantis: the YoNaGoonie Monument and decide for ourselves today.