Worth a listen is this Guardian podcast honoring "the chaos caused by the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland" with a program focused on "apocalypse in literature" and the "status of the disaster novel." Discussed with some author interviews:Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded by Simon Winchester
Kraken by China Miéville
The Stand by Stephen King
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
"There Will Come Soft Rains" (story from the collection The Martian Chronicles) by Ray Bradbury