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Doomed to Fail

Taylor Pineiro, Farz Sokhansanj

We bring you stories of history's most notorious disasters and epic failures. Join us as we analyze the red flags and ask the important questions. How did things go so wrong? Could these disasters have been avoided?

Join us as we laugh, learn, and explore the most epic failures of all time.

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  • #259
    Monday · 47 min

    Ep 259: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: MH370

    We're back with another plane crash! This one is a doozy and a mystery, did the captain plan this? Where was the plane for 6 hours, and where is it now? We'll talk about mental health, flying over the ocean, and how scary the ocean is in general!

  • #258
    August 17 · 57 min

    Ep 258: The Dulles Brothers - John Foster & Allen

    You've heard their names, but what did the Dulles brothers actually do? Today we will ;tldr their extraordinary resume that spans from World War I to Vietnam. Both the Secretary of State and the Director of the CIA at the same time, the Dulles brothers, John Foster and Allen, shaped the United States policies both at home and abroad for decades.

  • August 13 · 24 min

    Re-Release: Morgan's Wonderland - A Happy Story!

    Let's do a quickie re-release & learn about an inclusive amusement park for all - Morgan's Wonderland! It's a happy story about a father who built something magical for his daughter and shared it with the world!

  • August 10 · 36 min

    Re-Release - The Hindenburg Disaster

    Let's bring it back to one of the most notorious disasters in history - the crash of The Hindenburg! We learned SO many things in this one from 2024 - it crashed at the end of a journey that took it from Europe and over NYC -- there are pictures of The Hindenburg Blimp flying over New York City hours before it crashed with SWASTIKAS on its tail feathers! And more!

  • #257
    August 3 · 30 min

    Ep 257: A Tragedy on the Ground - The Collapse of Terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle Airport

    We checked, and the bars at Charles de Gaulle open around 7am - which means the people who were killed in the collapse of Terminal 2E on May 23, 2004, were probably just annoyed to be there. Today, we'll dig into what brought on the collapse, from the French government to a history of concrete; it's a ride! Please let us know if you have ever once felt safe on a jet bridge.

  • #256
    July 27 · 30 min

    Ep 256: Don't Breathe - The Great Smog of London

    In the not-so-distant past, 1952 to be exact, London experienced several days of pea-soup colored, deadly fog. The combination of coal, diesel engines, cold weather, and an anticyclone (which is a new word for us) ended up causing 12,000 deaths. Dig out your kn95 masks and join us for The Great Smog of London.

  • #255
    July 20 · 52 min

    Ep 255: A week in hell - Memorial Medical

    Post the initial storm of Hurricane Katrina the power went out at Memorial Medical Hospital. Doctors faced the near impossible question of - do we leave these people here in the heat and humidity, or do we help them pass on? Learn the story of Dr. Anna Pou and what she decided to do.

  • #254
    July 14 · 35 min

    Ep 254: We absolutely want this to succeed - The Women's Pro Baseball League

    Wooo sports! The Women's Pro Baseball League starts up on Aug 1 - and the four official teams are named after four incredible women! Let's learn about them! The San Francisco Firebells are named for - Firebell Lil - aka Lillie Hitchcock Colt - a firefighting volunteer & patron The New York Heights are named for - Dorthy Height - a Civll and Women's rights leader right up there with MLK The Boston Hunters are named for - Harriot Kezia Hunt - who, despite not being allowed to go to medical schoo

  • #253
    July 6 · 45 min

    Ep 253: Don't trust anyone - Dr. Christopher Duntsch

    Seriously - some doctors got C's and they still get to be doctors! Today, we'll talk about Dr. Christopher Duntsch, who is a liar and a fraud and hurt A LOT of people doing surgery that he was not qualified to do.

  • #252
    June 29 · 39 min

    Ep 252: Things Could Be Worse! - 536 CE

    Let's talk about the 'worst year to be alive,' it's not this one - it's 536 CE! Of course, that's just a guess, but it's an educated guess because we know that there was a volcano that blotted out the sun - and THAT was the beginning of a mini-ice age that ushered in famine, mass migration, wars, and the plague!

  • #251
    June 22 · 37 min

    Ep 251: They're Out There - Lost Cosmonauts

    How far do you think humanity went during the Space Race? Do you think that we (and really, we mean humanity) let people go out to space and just left them there??? It's possible!

  • #250
    June 15 · 55 min

    Ep 250: Taylor's Goriest Episode - The Halifax Explosion

    Let's talk about the 3rd biggest man-made explosion ever (only eclipsed by the nuclear bombs). In 1917, ships were zooming back and forth between North America and Europe - bringing men (boys), supplies, ammunition, you name it, to the efforts of WWI. In December, a French ship called the SS Mont-Blanc is filled to the brim with the most explosives imaginable, when they get to Halifax and an empty Norwegian ship, the Imo, sails on the wrong side of the harbor. The slow (like 6mph) collision ha

  • #249
    June 9 · 35 min

    Ep 249: An Almost Disaster - The Citigroup Center

    Let's talk about the almost-disaster of The Citigroup Center - 601 Lexington Ave in NYC. This building was built on a lot that wasn't empty when they got there, and they made an objectively weird deal with a church on the corner: they would build their building over the church's footprint. This caused the building to be built on stilts - everything SEEMED ok until some people did some math & the right people were finally alerted. A huge (secret) retrofit was undertaken before the building destr

  • #248
    June 1 · 31 min

    Ep 248: MOVE - The Bombing of Philadelphia

    So! It's 1985, and we're in Philadelphia, PA. A group called MOVE has moved into the neighborhood - and they are a little annoying. They have a bullhorn where they talk about human rights very loudly, their kids don't go to school, and they might have guns (but they probably don't work). The city decides to do a good old-fashioned siege to get the members of MOVE out of their rowhouse. There are 13 people in the house, half of whom are children. The city brings a reasonable group of 500 police o

  • #247
    May 18 · 31 min

    Ep 247: Contaminated - The Goiânia Accident

    Let's talk about a real accidental nuclear accident - it's economic collapse, tied to poor security, that leads to deaths. In Brazil, while the economy collapsed in the 1980s, people tended to find scrap metal in buildings, including those that used to be hospitals, and those hospitals, in this case, had very dangerous radioactive materials left behind. Those get stolen, and a crisis is afoot!

  • #246
    May 12 · 42 min

    Ep 246: Wings of Doom! - The Mothman & The Silver Bridge

    Buckle up for an engineering disaster! In 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed, killing 46 people in the freezing Ohio River. Were there warning signs? The bridge itself passed inspections, but it was a tiny crack that was its doom... BUT people around the area had spent the past year reporting strange sightings! A man-shaped thing with glowing red eyes and wings, UFOs, Men in Black (and not the fun ones)! Was it all a warning?? Listen in to discuss how you should never go on a bridge, the logist

  • #244
    April 27 · 44 min

    Ep 244: Arsenic Obsession - The Valentine Meat-Juice Incident

    Today let's talk about the 'murder' of James Maybrick - a businessman in Liverpool in the 1880s who loved to medicate with poisions. A good, what-doesn't-kill-me-makes-me-stronger kind of guy. James's young American wife, Florence, will be accused and tried of murder. It's a story of unmet expectations, Victorian medicine, and a very strong case for prison reform, even well over 100 years later. Florence's book is avaialble via the public domain - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55773

  • #243
    April 20 · 32 min

    Ep 243: The Stars at Night are Big and Bright - The Texas Killing Fields

    True Crime Tuesday (it's Monday) - let's explore the Texas Killing Fields - an expanse of land near Galveston (which is near the ocean) that has been used for decades to drop bodies. Mostly young women who were vulnerable, the stories are tragic. The murderers are terrifying in their ability to evade police (like getting out on bail and just disappearing to Panama). This is part 1!

  • #242
    April 13 · 44 min

    Ep 242: Don't Stop Believin' - glee

    I feel like glee is one of the most 'you had to be there' shows on TV? It's FULL of 2010s pop songs, remixes, and awkwardly improbable teenager shenanigans. Today we'll talk about the premise of the show (really, just kids forced to be in a glee club) and some of the early deaths of three of glee's main characters. In 2013 Cory Monteith died of a drug overdose, in 2018 Mark Salling died by suic*de after horrible things came to light, and in 2020, Naya Rivera drowned while boating with her son.

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