Tenerife Podcasts

The useful Tenerife listening begins with catastrophe, then turns sideways into true crime. Only three episodes make the place explicit in their titles; most other appearances are passing mentions inside conversations about something else. The focused coverage is thin, but the choices are distinct.

The airport-disaster route

Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast makes the clearest promise with The 1977 Tenerife Airport Disaster. Published on May 25, 2023, the title fixes the event, year and location without any coyness. For a listener specifically seeking the aviation story, this is the most direct door: a specialist disaster show giving Tenerife the whole billing rather than letting it surface as a stray reference.

Causality goes much barer. Its episode is simply called Tenerife, released on March 10, 2017. There is no subtitle to announce the angle or narrow the subject further. That lack of signposting is the distinction. It offers a second dedicated treatment for listeners willing to begin without being told exactly how the story will be framed.

Together, these are the serious, subject-first options. Their titles put Tenerife at the centre, though only Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast tells you in advance that the airport disaster is its explicit focus.

Crime with travel-show scenery

The tonal outlier is Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations. Bricklayer’s Fate Cemented in Tenerife points toward an individual case rather than the airport disaster, and the show’s style changes the listening experience considerably.

Its usual rhythm starts loose: listener correspondence, production chatter, jokes and panel interruptions. Then comes the destination setup, often polished enough to resemble a travelogue until the ominous details take over. Research and victim empathy remain important, but neither produces a solemn, uninterrupted narration. Other voices question, correct, swear and reach for gallows humour as the case unfolds. Choose this when a straight documentary register feels too severe and a busy table of reactions sounds more inviting.

Where the coverage runs out

Beyond those three episodes, Tenerife mostly appears inside instalments whose titles are concerned with other subjects. That may yield an anecdote or a useful aside, but it is poor evidence of sustained coverage. Listeners seeking a broad run of Tenerife travel reporting, local affairs or cultural discussion will not find a dependable trail here yet.

Where to start

For the most clearly labelled account, begin with Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast and The 1977 Tenerife Airport Disaster. Follow it with Causality’s Tenerife for another full episode whose title leaves the treatment open. If you prefer true crime delivered through scenic setup, dark humour and an interrupting panel, try Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations and Bricklayer’s Fate Cemented in Tenerife.

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