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

The B-Sides

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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