S3E3 The Storm Detective

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   S3 · E8 · 23 Sep 2025 · 1 hr 5 min

   S3E8 Intercepting The World's Largest Tornadoes

   Storm chaser Gabe Garfield joins Jeremy and Gabe on this episode of the StormReel podcast to talk about his journey into the weather world and about chasing the two largest tornadoes on record. On May 22, 2004, while still in college to study meteorology, Gabe chased the Hallam, Nebraska F4 tornado which grew to an enormous width of 2.5 mile's wide. At the time, it was the largest tornado on record, only to be eclipsed by the May 31, 2013 El Reno, Oklahoma tornado where Gabe and his chase par...

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   S3 · E7 · 9 Sep 2025 · 1 hr 3 min

   S3E7 Journey To The Weather Channel

   The Weather Channel's Chris Bruin joins Gabe and Jeremy on this episode of the StormReel podcast to talk about his meteorological journey. A childhood dream, Chris found himself working alongside his weather hero's after receiving a call from the Weather Channel while working as an on-air meteorologist in Idaho. Chris also shares some of the most memorable storms that he's covered out in the field, and gives us a peak behind the curtain as to what it takes to bring television audiences ...

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   S3 · E6 · 26 Aug 2025 · 58 min

   S3E6 The 10,000 Foot Tall Tornado

   The family that chases together, stays together; and they have a great story to tell! On this episode of the StormReel podcast, Gabe and Jeremy invite a very special guest to talk about her first tornado experience. Jeremy's wife, Jane, shares how she accidentally intercepted one of Colorado's most notable landspouts on June 7, 2021, when a 10,000ft tall EF2 tornado emerged from a nearby storm on Jane's commute home. Meanwhile miles away, while out for a walk with his daughter, Jeremy r...

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   S3 · E5 · 12 Aug 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

   S3E5 Storm Chaser of the Year

   On this episode of the StormReel podcast, Aaron Rigsby joins Gabe and Jeremy to talk about his prolific career as a professional storm chaser. Aaron shares how a tornado in his home town changed the trajectory of his life and started a journey that eventually led to him winning the Storm Chaser of the Year award at the 2025 National Storm Chaser Summit. Discussing historic weather events like Category 5 Hurricane Michael, Hurricane Helene and the Rolling Fork, MS EF4 tornado, Aaron dives into...

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   S3 · E4 · 29 Jul 2025 · 1 hr 4 min

   S3E4 Girls Who Chase

   On this episode of the StormReel podcast, Denver-based extreme nature chaser and photographer, Jen Walton, joins us to share her journey as a storm chaser and entrepreneur. Armed with a 20+ year career in strategic communications and public relations, Jen created the Girls Who Chase initiative - an organization created to educate, elevate and equip girls & women globally to pursue the sciences, the weather and their passions. Jen's personal mission is to inspire people to be and do what t...

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   S3 · E2 · 1 Jul 2025 · 52 min

   S3E2 Joplin, El Reno & PTSD

   On this episode of the StormReel podcast, The Weather Channel's Mike Bettes joins Gabe and Jeremy to share about memorable events he has covered during his 30 years as a broadcast meteorologist. Mike discusses the shock and heartbreak of being first on the scene after the 2011 Joplin, MO EF5 tornado, the terror of his vehicle being tossed by the 2013 El Reno tornado - the largest tornado on record - and of nearly being hit by a surprise tornado while covering Hurricane Irma live in Florida in...

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   S3 · E1 · 17 Jun 2025 · 39 min

   S3E1 Tornado In Our Faces

   On this episode of the StormReel podcast, Gabe and Jeremy catch up on the last 3 years of life, and the personal journeys they've been on since the last episode. The two also share the story behind a wild 24-hour storm marathon in Colorado that ended with a tornado forming directly in front of their chase vehicle near the town of Akron. The episode a lesson in persistence and allowing necessary healing in all aspects of life. Support the show: Click here to subscribe and receive early a...

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   S3 · 3 Jun 2025 · 2 min

   A New Season / A New Name

   Support the show: Click here to subscribe and receive early access to new episodes or give a one time donation here. The Tornado Trackers Podcast is back with a new season and a new name. We are now StormReel: a podcast about the intersection of people and weather. While the name is new, we'll be bringing back all of the things you loved in our first two seasons, like our own personal stories of tornado and hurricane chases, guests from around the world to chime in on all things weather, and ...

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   S2 · E8 · 26 Apr 2022 · 1 hr 14 min

   S2E7 Central Texas Mayhem

   After a long break, the Tornado Trackers Podcast is back with a new episode detailing the reasons for the long break along with a behind-the-scenes look at two epic storm chasing days from this spring. Jeff and Gabe share stories from the busy start to the 2022 Central Texas tornado season and what went into tracking two tornadoes that occurred too close to home: the March 21st Round Rock - Granger EF2 and the April 12th Salado EF3. The long-track Round Rock - Granger tornado was a pivotal ...

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    S2 · E7 · 7 Dec 2021 · 55 min

    S2E6 Bloopers and Busts

    Cue the sad trumpet. In this episode of the Tornado Trackers Podcast, the team shares a few examples of when storm chases did not go according to plan. From struggling to even get out the door, to unexpectedly ending up under water, to an ill-timed stomach bug - these are the stories of chases gone bad. Editor's Note: In this episode we mentioned that there were no High Risk days this year. In fact, there were two: March 17, 25. We were thinking of 2020 where there were no ...