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We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Juliana Bridge crane collapse in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands. A poorly planned lift that had little to no consideration for safety led to the collapse of two cranes and a new bridge section in the middle of this small Netherlands city.
Original Air Date: January 22, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/en/media/attachment/2018/7/10/67a752ae6374summary_hijsongeval_alphen_aan_den_rijn_eng.pdf
- Video - https://www.forconstructionpros.com/business/construction-safety/video/12099051/videotwo-bargemounted-cranes-fall-on-dutch-town
Ways to get in touch with us
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Website - www.failurology.ca
Sunday May 05, 2024
Ep 119 Mini Failure 33 Sudbury Effect
Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Sudbury Effect. Undoing a century of damage, little by little and what went from green and lush, to black and barren, back to green again. Sudbury is now said to have the cleanest air of any city in Ontario.
Original Air Date: January 8, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-sudbury-effect-lessons-from-a-regreened-city-1.5102540
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Sudbury
- https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-sudbury-ontario-extractive-industries-transition/#:~:text=A%20devastated%20landscape,the%20soils%2C%20rain%20and%20lakes.
Ways to get in touch with us
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Website - www.failurology.ca
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Ep 118 Mini Failure 32 PFOA/C8 Contamination
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about PFOA/C8 Contamination (Dupont Scandal). PFOA has been poisoning living creatures in the Ohio river basin for decades. One brave lawyer took on a huge corporation in this real life David and Goliath story.
Original Air Date: December 12, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPont
- https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/dupont-lawsuits-re-pfoa-pollution-in-usa/
- https://peri.umass.edu/toxic-100-air-polluters-index-current
- https://www.alleghenyfront.org/ohio-river-communities-are-still-coping-with-teflons-toxic-legacy/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:IARC_Group_2B_carcinogens
- https://www.cancer.org/healthy/cancer-causes/chemicals/teflon-and-perfluorooctanoic-acid-pfoa.html#:~:text=IARC%20has%20classified%20PFOA%20as,cause%20cancer%20in%20lab%20animals.
- Podcast - https://www.alleghenyfront.org/category/fullepisodes/
Ways to get in touch with us
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Sunday Apr 21, 2024
Ep 117 Mini Failure 31 Asbestos
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about asbestos. Deadly little fibers that are in seemingly everything and can lay dormant for decades before wreaking havoc.
Original Air Date: November 27, 2022
Episode Sources
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Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Ep 116 Mini Failure 30 Bhopal Gas Leak
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Bhopal Gas Leak disaster in India. Due to malfunctioning safety systems and a lack of safety culture, many people were poisoned and their lives impacted forever.
Original Air Date: November 13, 2022
Episode Sources
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Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Ep 115 Mini Failure 29 Minamata
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about Minamata Disease. How one small Japanese town suffered from decades of mercury poisoning.
Original Air Date: October 30, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata_disease
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata,_Kumamoto
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Big_Pollution_Diseases_of_Japan
Ways to get in touch with us
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Website - www.failurology.ca
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Ep 114 Mini Failure April Fools Bonus - Airplane!
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
Based on the movie Airplane!, this week’s mini failure is a bonus episode about the harrowing events of Trans American Flight 209. Trans American Flight 209 from Los Angeles to Chicago made a miraculous landing in Chicago after the flight crew was incapacitated by food poisoning and a former Air Force Pilot along with a flight attendent were successful in bringing the aircraft to the ground.
Original Air Date: April 1, 2022
Ways to get in touch with us
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Website - www.failurology.ca
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Ep 113 Mini Failure 28 Love Canal
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Love Canal. After a decade of dumping toxic waste, the location was a bad spot to put a school. Even the chemical company knew it, but it would take years for the school board to understand the consequences of their decision.
Original Air Date: October 16, 2022
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Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Ep 112 Mini Failure 27 Exxon Valdez
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Exxon Valdez. The second worst oil spill in US waters that took decades to clean up.
Original Air Date: October 2, 2022
Episode Sources
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Website - www.failurology.ca
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Ep 111 Mini Failure 26 SS Sultana
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the SS Sultana. A steamship that exploded and sank on the Mississippi River in 1865, claiming the title of the worst US maritime disaster.
Original Air Date: September 18, 2022
Episode Sources
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Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Ep 110 Mini Failure 25 Gretna Rail Disaster
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Gretna Rail Disaster. Too many trains, some of them knowingly unsafe, water cooler chatter about the war, and an unofficial shift change led to the the worst rail disaster in British history.
Original Air Date: September 4, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintinshill_rail_disaster
- Animation - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Quintinshill_animation_1.gif
Ways to get in touch with us
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Website - www.failurology.ca
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Ep 109 Mini Failure 24 Texas Padre Ocean Tower
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Ocean Tower. It was a 31 storey luxury condo tower that was demolished in 2009 after finding significant structural concerns.
Original Air Date: August 21, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Tower
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_voluntarily_demolished_buildings
Ways to get in touch with us
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
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Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Ep 108 Mini Failure 23 Ronan Point
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about Ronan Point. A bad fitting and a lit match led to the collapse of the SE corner of this tower block in east London, UK.
Original Air Date: August 7, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronan_Point
Ways to get in touch with us
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Website - www.failurology.ca
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
Ep 107 Mini Failure 22 Johnstown Flood
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Johnstown Flood AKA that Great Flood of 1889. After heavy rainfall, the poorly maintained South Fork Dam failed, greatly impacting the unsuspecting residents downstream.
Original Air Date: July 24, 2022
Episode Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstown_Flood
Ways to get in touch with us
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Sunday Feb 04, 2024
Ep 106 Mini Failure 21 Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire. A completely preventable fire that took the lives of hundreds and changed the shape of public assembly fire protection and life safety regulations.
Original Air Date: July 10, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoanut_Grove_fire
- https://www.nfpa.org/-/media/Files/Public-Education/By-topic/Occupancies/NFPA-Journal-2007_CocoanutGrove-small.pdf
- https://bostonfirehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2016/11/reportconcerningcocoanutgrovefire.pdf
Ways to get in touch with us
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Website - www.failurology.ca
Sunday Jan 28, 2024
Ep 105 Mini Failure 20 Dreamworld’s Thunder River Rapids Ride
Sunday Jan 28, 2024
Sunday Jan 28, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about Dreamworld’s Thunder River Rapids Ride in Australia. A failing pump caused a fatal accident on what was supposed to be a family friendly ride.
Original Air Date: June 26, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_River_Rapids_Ride
- https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/641830/10545784-final-dreamworld-draft-6-for-upload.pdf
Ways to get in touch with us
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Website - www.failurology.ca
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Ep 104 Mini Failure 19 DOT-105 Rail Car Chlorine Release
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the DOT-105 Rail Car Chlorine Gas Leak. An old rail car and ineffective maintenance procedures led to the release of 81,000kg of chlorine gas along the Ohio River valley.
Original Air Date: June 12, 2022
Episode Sources
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Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Ep 103 Mini Failure 18 Millenium Tower
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Millenium Tower in San Francisco, which has been sinking and leaning since it was completed in 2009.
Original Air Date: May 29, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Tower_(San_Francisco)
- https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/millennium-tower-now-tilting-3-inches-per-year-according-to-fix-engineer/3101278/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_PHBrand&fbclid=IwAR1lTUiewvQMkchMkfF7G9bIIJOhYj-tLfEfQoX0Ai0ZQTTR_7PpmD_8V5Y
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Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Ep 102 Mini Failure 17 Minnesota Metrodome
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Minnesota Metrodome. A combination of a pressurized structure and a fabric roof requires a lot of maintenance to keep the roof up there doing roof things. Otherwise it collapses like it did in Minneapolis.
Original Air Date: May 15, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome
- roof collapse video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_uscBJn0p0
Ways to get in touch with us
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Website - www.failurology.ca
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Ep 101 Re-release Apollo 1
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about Apollo 1. What was meant to be a non-hazardous test for the first crewed mission to the Moon, turned out to be a devastating event for NASA and space travel in general. Like all the engineering failures we’ve covered on this show, and as tragic as it was, there is a lot to learn from not only how the fire started, but how it spread and how the rescue was mishandled.
Original Air Date: October 10, 2021
Engineering News
- https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/world-first-ocean-drone-captures-video-from-inside-hurricane
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Sam
- Hurricane Hunters - https://www.hurricanehunters.com/
Apollo 1
- https://www2.engineering.com/Library/ArticlesPage/tabid/85/ArticleID/67/categoryId/7/Apollo-1.aspx
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1
Ways to get in touch with us
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Sunday Dec 24, 2023
Ep 100 Re-release Kursk Submarine
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Kursk Submarine (4:30); a Russian Submarine that sank during a naval training exercise (13:40). The recovery of the ship was less than optimal (16:30) and there were many things to blame, some real and some conspiracy (23:10).
Original Air Date: August 1, 2021
Engineering News
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210427085752.htm
Kursk
https://engineering-channel.com/kursk-submarine-disaster/
Kursk Layout
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1010943.stm
Kursk After Recovery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster
Ways to get in touch with us
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Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Ep 99 Mini Failure 16 Seattle Kingdome
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Seattle Kingdome. A venue that had design issues from the start; poor design, leaks, and some really bad baseball and basketball teams are the legacy that remains for the Kingdome.
Original Air Date: May 1, 2022
Episode Sources
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Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Ep 98 Mini Failure 15 London Beer Flood
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the London Beer Flood. A giant wall of beer smashed the brewery wall and sent a huge wave of beer down London streets.
Original Air Date: April 17, 2022
Episode Sources
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Sunday Dec 03, 2023
Ep 97 Mini Failure 14 Boston Molasses Flood
Sunday Dec 03, 2023
Sunday Dec 03, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Boston Molasses Flood. Over 100 years ago, A wave of molasses flooded the streets of North End in Boston and took out everything in its path. Lessons were learned and new regulations were added to prevent this type of incident from happening again.
Original Air Date: April 3, 2022
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Sunday Nov 26, 2023
Ep 96 Mini Failure 13 Kankaria Amusement Park Ride Accident
Sunday Nov 26, 2023
Sunday Nov 26, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Kankaria Amusement Park Ride Accident in western India. This accident occurred when the cable connecting the counterbalance with the shaft, and the shaft itself, snapped midair while 30+ people were on the ride. Like pretty much all of the ones we cover on this show, it was preventable and the lives lost and injuries suffered could have been avoided had the ride been properly maintained.
Original Air Date: March 20, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/2-dead-29-injured-in-kankaria-ride-crash/articleshow/70220777.cms
- https://www.newsweek.com/india-theme-park-crash-kankaria-pendulum-deaths-amusement-park-1449253#:~:text=A%20pendulum%20ride%20at%20an,The%20Times%20of%20India%20reported.
- https://time.com/5627156/india-amusement-park-ride-video/
- https://www.who.com.au/worst-theme-park-accidents
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/rules-for-amusement-rides-safety-in-offing/articleshow/72946171.cms
Ways to get in touch with us
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Sunday Nov 19, 2023
Ep 95 Mini Failure 12 Tous Dam
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Tous Dam in Spain. Four years after the dam was completed, heavy rainfall overtopped the dam and flooded low lying areas downstream.
Original Air Date: March 6, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://damfailures.org/case-study/tous-dam-spain-1982/
- https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/generate_chart_e.html?StationID=50430&month=6&day=7&Year=2013&timeframe=2&type=bar&MeasTypeID=totprecip&Month=6&Day=18
- https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantanada_de_Tous
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Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Ep 94 Mini Failure 11 Standard Oil Building
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Standard Oil Building in Chicago. During construction, a section of the exterior marble cladding fell off the building, leading to a complete recladding in the early 90s.
Original Air Date: February 20, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/two-buildings-two-cities-one-problem/article17996906/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aon_Center_(Chicago)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Canadian_Place#Cladding
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Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Ep 93 Mini Failure 10 Land O Lakes Sinkhole
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Land O Lakes Sinkhole in Florida. In July 2017 a sinkhole swallowed two houses and condemned many nearby houses.
Original Air Date: February 6, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_o%27_Lakes,_Florida
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_nVB1RDIcw
- https://www.winknews.com/2017/08/12/geologists-study-massive-land-o-lakes-sinkhole/
- https://www.theledger.com/story/news/state/2017/08/12/geologists-study-massive-land-olakes-sinkhole/19727480007/
- https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/sinkholes
Ways to get in touch with us
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Sunday Oct 29, 2023
Ep 92 Mini Failure 09 Cleveland East Gas Explosion
Sunday Oct 29, 2023
Sunday Oct 29, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion. On October 20, 1944, a gas leak at Cleveland gas storage facility led to an explosion and fires in a nearby residential area.
Original Air Date: January 23, 2021
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_East_Ohio_Gas_explosion
- https://case.edu/ech/articles/e/east-ohio-gas-co-explosion-and-fire
- https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/East_Ohio_Gas_Company_Explosion
- Operation Plumbob - https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/cientists-launched-a-manhole-cap-towards-space/
Ways to get in touch with us
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Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Ep 91 Mini Failure 08 Mars Climate Orbiter
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Mars Climate Orbiter. Due to unit conversion errors, a space probe crashed into the Martian surface, a really, expensive mistake, setting back Mars data collection for years.
Original Air Date: January 9, 2022
Episode Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mars-climate-orbiter/in-depth/
Ways to get in touch with us
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Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Ep 90 Mini Failure 07 Gimli Glider
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Gimli Glider. Units are hard, but important. What was thought to be a full refuel was only 45% of the required fuel load, leading to an emergency landing at former RCAF Station Gimli.
Original Air Date: December 12, 2021
Episode Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider#Aftermath
https://simpleflying.com/gimli-glider/
Ways to get in touch with us
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Website - www.failurology.ca
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Ep 89 Mini Failure 06 Knickerbocker Theatre
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Knickerbocker Theatre Collapse in Washington, DC. One really bad snow storm, resulted in the collapse of a crowded theatre.
Original Air Date: November 28, 2021
Episode Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knickerbocker_Theatre_(Washington,_D.C.)
Ways to get in touch with us
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Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Ep 88 Mini Failure 05 Big Blue Crane Collapse
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Big Blue Crane Collapse at Miller Park in Milwaukee.
Original Air Date: November 14, 2021
Episode Sources
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXr1IeWbP10
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Blue_Crane_collapse
- https://www.taproot.com/collapse-of-big-blue/
- https://blog.thinkreliability.com/case-study-the-day-big-blue-fell
- https://www.jsonline.com/picture-gallery/news/2019/07/12/crane-collapse-during-miller-park-construction-took-lives-set-back-production/1709127001/
Ways to get in touch with us
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Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Ep 87 Mini Failure 04 Cantara Loop Rail Disaster
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Cantara loop disaster, which still ranks as the largest hazardous chemical spill in California.
Original Air Date: Octobber 31, 2021
Episode Sources
- https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=17248
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunsmuir,_California
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUCWoziQnSY
Ways to get in touch with us
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Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Ep 86 Mini Failure 03 CIS Insurance
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the CIS Insurance Building in Manchester. To stop the mosaic tiles from falling off the building, they installed photovoltaic panels.
Original Air Date: October 17, 2021
Episode Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIS_Tower
Ways to get in touch with us
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Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Ep 85 Mini Failure 02 Walkie Talkie Building
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Walkie Talkie Building in London, UK. The building that can melt a car and knock over pedestrians.
Original Air Date: October 3, 2021
Episode Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_Fenchurch_Street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_edQZF8-FEo
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Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Ep 84 Mini Failure 01 Lake Peigneur
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about Lake Peigneur. The entire lake drained into a salt mine in a matter of minutes.
Original Air Date: September 19, 2021
Episode Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur
Mine Safety Report - https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822029061140&view=1up&seq=13&skin=2021
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Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Ep 83 SPECIAL Earthquakes
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
This week's engineering episode is about earthquakes (4:50). Seismic engineering has progressed over time to make sure we’re prepared (13:40) for earthquakes and the tsunamis (21:25) they cause.
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Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Ep 82 PFOA and Sudbury Effect
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
This week's engineering failures are from our mini failure library. We’re talking about PFOA Contamination (2:00) and the Sudbury Effect (16:05).
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos
- https://www.asbestos.com/asbestos/
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Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Ep 81 Bhopal and Asbestos
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
This week's engineering failures are from our mini failure library. We’re talking about the Bhopal Gas Leak (1:40) and Asbestos (16:05).
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos
- https://www.asbestos.com/asbestos/
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Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Ep 80 Love Canal and Minamata
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
This week's engineering failures are from our mini failure library. We’re talking about the Love Canal (1:45) and the Minamata (15:00)
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata_disease
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata,_Kumamoto
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Big_Pollution_Diseases_of_Japan
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Sunday Jul 02, 2023
Ep 79 Lac Megantic Rail Disaster
Sunday Jul 02, 2023
Sunday Jul 02, 2023
Engineering News – Underwater LIDAR Prototype (1:20)
This week's engineering failure is the Lac Megantic (5:10). 10 years ago, a train traveling from Montreal (9:40) derailed in downtown Lac Megantic and changed the town forever (22:20).
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Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Ep 78 Surfside Condo Collapse
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Engineering News – Fluid Based Light Filtering Technology (0:40)
This week's engineering failure is the Surfside Condo Collapse (4:25). We get into the construction of the tower and all the factors that led to the collapse (17:00).
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Sunday Jun 04, 2023
Ep 77 Motorsport Safety Pt 2
Sunday Jun 04, 2023
Sunday Jun 04, 2023
Engineering News – Balance Beam Robot (5:10)
This week's engineering failure is the Motorsport Safety Pt 2 (7:55). In the second episode of this two part series, we discuss pitlane safety (15:00) and the HANS device (21:10).
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Sunday May 21, 2023
Ep 76 Motorsport Safety Pt 1
Sunday May 21, 2023
Sunday May 21, 2023
Engineering News – NASCAR is Going To The Moon (1:50)
This week's engineering failure is the Motorsport Safety Pt 1 (5:55). In the first episode of this two part series, we discuss early motorsport safety (15:35) and some significant safety upgrades that have been implemented over the years (19.45).
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Sunday May 07, 2023
Ep 75 US Interstate Highways
Sunday May 07, 2023
Sunday May 07, 2023
Engineering News – Perseverance Rover Mars Sample (0:50)
This week's engineering failure is the US Interstate Highway System (4:05). After receiving a funding and design boost through the US Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 (14:15), the interstate system was born with a more deliberate layout (18:25) than may seem. Despite it’s success, the interstate system is not without issue (30:40).
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Sunday Apr 23, 2023
Ep 74 SwissAir Flight 111
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
Engineering News – FLEX Rover (1:40)
This week's engineering failure is the SwissAir Flight 111 (4:15). A crash off the coast of Peggy’s Cove (9:10) is believed to be caused by a fire in the ceiling at the front of the plane (15:15). As an outcome of the crash investigation, a number of additional safety risks were identified and corrected (26:00).
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Sunday Apr 09, 2023
Ep 73 2021 Texas Power Outage
Sunday Apr 09, 2023
Sunday Apr 09, 2023
Engineering News – SmartWatches for Dolphins (1:00)
This week's engineering failure is the 2021 Texas Power Outage (6:10). Deregulation (10:30), amongst many other issues led to blackouts (18:25) throughout Texas during winter storm Uri; having a huge impact on residents (24:05). Despite experiencing similar storms in 1989 & 2011 (30:25), Texas did not learn its lesson.
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Sunday Mar 26, 2023
Ep 72 Mount Polley Tailings Pond Breach
Sunday Mar 26, 2023
Sunday Mar 26, 2023
Engineering News – Moving Objects with Ultrasound Waves (3:45)
This week's engineering failure is the Mount Polley Tailings Pond Breach (6:05). After years of ad hoc embankment expansion (9:30), the tailing pond breached on August 4, 2014. Following an independent investigation panel review (17:10) geoscientists and engineers were found liable for the failure (28:35).
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Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Ep 71 Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Engineering News – Counterfeit Part Detection (0:40)
This week's engineering failure is the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (4:15). Designed by some of the same engineers (10:50) as the Golden Gate Bridge we talked about last episode, this bridge only stood for 3 months before collapsing (18:55). A full inquiry (21:00) discovered flaws in the lightweight design and a new, stronger bridge was built that’s still standing today (26:05).
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