Ranked #1
Apollo 13 - Part I: Head for the Hills
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 Hai... Read more
14 Nov 2018
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50mins
Ranked #2
Apollo 13 - Part II: The Lifeboat
Apollo 13 - Part II: The Lifeboat
Following the explosion, the three astronauts and Mission Control fight to save the dying spacecraft. And Gene Kranz ass... Read more
21 Nov 2018
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48mins
Ranked #3
Apollo 13 - Part V: Steely-Eyed Missile Men
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 Aa... Read more
12 Dec 2018
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #4
Why Expertise Can Hold Us Back
Why Expertise Can Hold Us Back
What does a stadium collapse, baseball, fire fighting, and taking a shower have in common? In this episode we explore th... Read more
12 Dec 2016
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35mins
Ranked #5
Apollo 13 - Part IV: Star Sailors
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... Read more
5 Dec 2018
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54mins
Ranked #6
Virgin Galactic Crash
Virgin Galactic Crash
The tragic crash of the Virgin Galactic spacecraft carries lessons for all of us. Do failures happen because humans make... Read more
17 Jan 2017
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17mins
Ranked #7
Brooklyn Bridge - Part 1
Brooklyn Bridge - Part 1
The greatest engineering challenge of the age. A male dominated profession. One woman. Emily Warren Roebling. Read more ... Read more
13 Feb 2017
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21mins
Ranked #8
The West Gate Bridge Collapse
The West Gate Bridge Collapse
What is not well known about the West Gate Bridge collapse in Melbourne, Australia in 1970 was that it was only one of a... Read more
19 Nov 2016
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17mins
Ranked #9
Corporate Memory Loss: The Malahide Collapse
Corporate Memory Loss: The Malahide Collapse
While the technical cause of failure of the Malahide Viaduct in Ireland was straight-forward, the human factor that coll... Read more
31 Oct 2016
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12mins
Ranked #10
Brooklyn Bridge - Part 2
Brooklyn Bridge - Part 2
With doctors saying her husband is dying, Emily Warren Roebling sets out on a path to see the great bridge through to co... Read more
27 Feb 2017
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20mins
Ranked #11
The Citicorp Tower Crisis
The Citicorp Tower Crisis
In 1978 an engineering design error was discovered in the Citicorp Tower in Manhattan. It was so serious that it threate... Read more
27 Sep 2016
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12mins
Ranked #12
Apollo 13 - Teaser
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 s... Read more
4 Dec 2017
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14mins
Ranked #13
The Role of Forensic Engineers in Legal Disputes
The Role of Forensic Engineers in Legal Disputes
What is the difference between a forensic structural engineer, as opposed to an ‘ordinary’ structural engineer? And what... Read more
26 Sep 2016
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7mins
Ranked #14
The Comet Aircraft Crashes
The Comet Aircraft Crashes
The aircraft crashes that changed the world of aviation. And the reason aircraft windows aren't square. Follow the podca... Read more
8 Jun 2017
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26mins
Ranked #15
Hanging Garden of Babylon
Hanging Garden of Babylon
Did the Hanging Garden of Babylon actually exist or was it myth? And why bother talking about it in this podcast? Becaus... Read more
3 Apr 2017
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23mins