A show about engineering failures and disasters. We examine the technical, human and organisational causes of failure, and explore why our decision-making is not nearly as rational as we’d like to think.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 16 hours 25 minutes
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episode 27: Introducing 'Saving Apollo 13'
In this short podcast we discuss the re-release of our Apollo 13 Series as Saving Apollo 13. We also talk about the subject of the next more 'traditional' Brady Heywood Podcast Episode...
episode 26: Apollo 13 - Addendum
Want to take a deep dive behind the scenes of our Apollo 13 podcast series? Want to know the cause of the failure?
Then this podcast is for you. We’ll talk about each episode, cover the technical material we left out, discuss the cause, and even chat about Ron Howard’s excellent movie, Apollo 13.
We’ll even throw in a clue about our next long-form series…
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episode 25: Apollo 13 - Part V: Steely-Eyed Missile Men
Apollo 13 is about to undertake one of the most improvised and dangerous re-entries ever attempted by NASA.
Will John Aaron and the Tiger Team figure out how to power back up the Command Module in time? Has the heat shield been damaged? Are their parachute's frozen?
This is the final episode of Apollo 13. But be sure to subscribe to the podcast because we will be releasing an Addendum episode at some point in 2019...
episode 24: Apollo 13 - Part IV: Star Sailors
The crew of Apollo 13 begin their long fall to earth. In this entire episode we stay with the crew as they go around the moon, fight to keep their LEM functioning and their trajectory correct - all while their spacecraft begins to freeze around them.
The final episode will be released next Thursday.
The series is accompanied by bonus material, in the form of photographs and graphics, which will be posted on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook...
episode 23: Apollo 13 - Part III: The Tiger Team
"I don’t give a damn about the odds and I don’t give a damn that we’ve never done anything like this before. You’ve got to believe, your people have got to believe, that this crew is coming home." Gene Kranz to the Tiger Team, Room 210, April 1970.
The Tiger Team and Mission Control work through the long range problems of getting Apollo 13 home. Meanwhile, the astronauts attempt to confirm their position and trajectory as the moon continues to grow larger in their windows...
episode 22: Apollo 13 - Part II: The Lifeboat
Following the explosion, the three astronauts and Mission Control fight to save the dying spacecraft. And Gene Kranz assembles a team to tackle an impossible rescue.
A new episode will be released every Thursday.
The series is accompanied by bonus material, in the form of photographs and graphics, which will be posted on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
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episode 21: Apollo 13 - Part I: Head for the Hills
Apollo 13 is 200,000 miles from earth when it’s crippled by an explosion. On board are astronauts Jack Swigert, Fred Haise, and Commander Jim Lovell.
In this five-part series we follow the story of the three astronauts, as well as the scores of people in Mission Control, who scramble to bring Apollo 13 home. We take a deep dive into both the human and technical challenges they face.
A new episode will be released every Thursday for the next five weeks...
episode 20: Apollo 13 - Teaser
Listen to our Apollo 13 teaser, with actual audio from its launch on 11 April 1970.
In the New Year we will tackle the story of Apollo 13. In this episode we chat about the podcast journey so far and we discuss the new episodes currently in the planning stages.
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episode 19: Stranger than Fiction
The collapse of the I-40 bridge in 2002 was a tragedy, but its aftermath was a story you simply couldn't make up.
It begins with a barge, a bridge, and an impostor, and it ends with a prison sentence, Vladimir Putin, and cheque fraud in Alaska.
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A photograph of the collapse is available at http://www.wkbw...
episode 18: Quebec Bridge Collapse
Can ego knock a bridge down? How one man's decisions caused the collapse of the Quebec Bridge.
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The Royal Commission Report into the collapse can be found at http://publications.gc.ca/site/archivee-archived.html?url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/bcp-pco/Z1-1907-5-1-1-eng.pdf
This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.