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Professor Connel Fullenkamp of Duke University guides listeners through four centuries of economic disasters - from tulip mania in the 1600s to the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Each of his 24 lectures covers a notable incident of financial misfortune or folly that is worthy of a Hollywood thriller.

Boarding an airplane strikes at least a small sense of fear into most people. Even though we all have heard that the odds of being struck by lightning are greater than the odds of perishing in a plane crash, it still doesn't feel that way. Airplane crashes might be rare, but they do happen, and they’re usually fatal. David Soucie insists that most of these deaths could be prevented. He’s worked as a pilot, a mechanic, an FAA inspector, and an aviation executive. He’s seen death up close and personal - deaths of colleagues and friends that might have been prevented if he had approved certain safety measures in the aircrafts they were handling.

In this absorbing, smart, and accessible blend of economic and cultural history in the vein of the works of Michael Lewis and Andrew Ross Sorkin, a financial executive and CNBC contributor examines the five most significant stock market crashes in the United States over the past century...

Air Crash Chronicles is a podcast that takes you inside the world of aviation disasters.Each episode breaks down a real plane crash—what happened, why it happened, and how investigators uncovered the truth.We explore cockpit audio, black box data, engineering failures, human factors, weather conditions, and the chain of events that led to each tragedy.This podcast is designed for aviation enthusiasts, curious minds, and anyone who wants to understand how modern air travel becomes safer through every accident investigation.With clear storytelling, deep research, and verified sources, Air ...

Published to mark the 30th anniversary of the financial revolution known as 'Big Bang', Crash Bang Wallop will tell the gripping story of how the changes introduced in the 1980s in the City of London transformed our world. Attitudes to money and the way we measure value and status were...

También conocida como el día del Gran Crack, este episodio bursátil fue la más devastadora caída del mercado de valores en la historia de la Bolsa en Estados Unidos. El efecto producida por ésta, no sólo determino la ruina de millones de norteamericanos, sino también el desastre económicos de decenas de países arrastrados por la larga duración de sus secuelas.

Journey through history's most stirring disasters.Crash Lessons is a podcast that talks about everything that could had and did go wrong. From natural to man-made disasters. Join your host Robyn each week as she talks about all things disaster.

Bienvenue sur Cash ou Crash Le podcast qui raconte les galères des entrepreneures… et comment elles les transforment en succès. Ici, pas de méthode miracle ni de blabla magique. Juste des histoires vraies, parfois drôles, parfois brutales, mais toujours inspirantes. Parce que derrière chaque crash… il y a peut-être le vôtre, qui attend de se transformer en cash. Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Phil Jerrod and Phil Lucas discuss the most famous disasters of all time, along with lots of other terrible calamities you may never have even heard about! Every two weeks we'll take you through what went wrong, how it went wrong, and sort out whether it was Our Fault, or God's Fault. It’s dark, funny, bleak and sometimes a little bit sad, but always entertaining. If you’re tired of True Crime, but still want something a bit dark on your commute to work, you’ll love the CB Wallop Podcast.

In the dark of night, a piece of legislation was signed into law on Mackinac Island last year. On July 2, 2021, it took effect - to the devastation of thousands.PA 21 gutted no-fault auto insurance - the program that Michigan drivers have paid into since 1973. If a Michigan driver was in a catastrophic car accident and needed ongoing medical care past what the initial insurance covered, that fund paid for it.For life.It's a promise Michigan made to its paying citizens.This isn't tax money. It's money those drivers paid into the fund through their insurance companies.WITH PA21, MICHIGAN ...

The Stock Market Crash of 1929 is an informative introduction to one of the most turbulent events in our history. On October 29, 1929, more than 16 million stock shares were sold at the New York Stock Exchange, and by the end of November, investors had lost more than $100 billion in assets. With the crash, the prosperity of the Roaring Twenties came to a close, and a dark era of financial dispair dawned in the United States.

What really happened to TWA 800? On the 20th anniversary of the crash, author Jack Cashill reveals shocking new evidence. TWA Flight 800 crashed into the Atlantic shortly after takeoff from JFK Airport on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 passengers onboard. Although initial reports suggested a terrorist attack, FBI and NTSB investigators blamed a fuel-tank explosion. But skeptics have long questioned the official story, and new evidence has surfaced that suggests a widespread conspiracy.

"Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash" est un podcast qui vous fait découvrir l'envers du décors de catastrophes aériennes. Chaque épisode est une histoire vraie ! "Attachez vos ceintures" ! Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Are you looking for some weekly inspiration? Then you are in the right ..podcast! The most inspirational people are those who are REAL! Join me on this journey of exploring the real impact of a crash, as my guests and I will be taking you through our stories of experiencing horrific car accidents that impacted our lives but also the lives of those around us. I am Athanasia Houvarda, and I am a fatal car crash burn survivor from Greece. In Greek my name means immortality and of course I don't think I am immortal, I am not even sure if I wish to be, but in 2001 I beat the odds and watched my ...

There is no single theory of what caused the Great Depression and never will be, Morris argues. Macreconomics is a social science, and such a massive event always takes its shape from a terrible confluence of factors. The mismanagement of the gold standard, the growth in consumer credit, the insistence on deflation, and the inability of the major European belligerents of World War I to agree on a reconstruction agenda are just a few of the shocks that pushed the world into an economic Armageddon.

The dot-com crash, also known as the burst of the dot-com bubble, was a significant downturn in the stock market that primarily affected internet-based companies. It occurred between 1995 and 2002, with the market peak in March 2000.

"Try Not to Crash". The last thing my instructor said when I went solo. Sound familiar?Join me as I chat about the ups and downs of learning to fly general aviation from the perspective of an older student pilot. From my near misses to my big mistakes, from what not to do's to things you should do, I have probably cocked them all up. This podcast could also be titled 'how not to gain a PPL'. So learn from my mistakes, but do not do what I tell you - I am not a flight instructor.Never use the internet to learn to fly, it will only teach you how to crash!

On the night of July 4, 1943, transport aircraft Liberator AL523 took off from Gibraltar's North Front tarmac and within moments crashed into the sea with only one survivor, the pilot. The commander-in-chief of the Polish army and prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, General Wladyslaw Sikorski, was dead. Rumors as to the cause of the crash abounded. Was it pilot error? Was it, as officially classified, merely an accident, or was it, as the authors conclude in this riveting and meticulous study, an act of sabotage?

The first major history of the Crash in over a decade, Rainbow's End tells the story of the stock market collapse in a colorful, swift-moving narrative that blends a vivid portrait of the 1920s with an intensely gripping account of Wall Street's greatest catastrophe. The book offers a vibrant picture of a world full of plungers, powerful bankers, corporate titans, millionaire brokers, and buoyantly optimistic stock market bulls.

The tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today’s Alt-County and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jennings’ survival on the Day the Music Died through to the Highwaymen and on to the current creative and commercial explosion of...