Doomed to Fail
Taylor Pineiro, Farz Sokhansanj
Are you fascinated by history and true crime? Well, so are we! In our twice-weekly podcast, Taylor will delve into a fascinating piece of history while Farz shares the juicy detail...
Episode list
150
June 11, 2025
36 min
Ep 205: Under Pressure - Japan Airlines Flight 123
Have I said before that I think that we think that talking about plane crashes would just make our deaths in one TOO ironic? So this is saving our lives. Let's talk about the horro...
moreJune 9, 2025
33 min
Ep 204: Fancy a Duel after the Opera? - Julie d'Aubigny
Today we dive into the oft-requested story of the dueling, opera singing, bi-sexual Julie d'Aubigny! We'll tell the tale of her remarkable life, from a court mistress, to dueling o...
moreJune 4, 2025
29 min
Ep 203: Couple Breaks in the chain! - Hands Across America
Today, we dig into the 80s culture of celebrity charity work! From Live Aid to 'We Are the World', we started a trend where massive movements were spearheaded by celebrities. USA f...
moreJune 2, 2025
32 min
Ep 202: Ok Place, Totally Wrong Time - Not so Lucky Dragon #5
Let's talk about the unlucky crew of the Tuna Fishing ship Lucky Dragon #5. Thousands of miles from Japan, the crew was laying lines when the US tested its Castle Bravo nuclear bom...
moreMay 30, 2025
33 min
Ep 201: The Living Market - Organ Transplants Pt 2
Today we travel to the darker side of organ transplants - when demand is greater than supply, that creates a market, right? Well, yes, but also this time people have to be cut open...
moreMay 27, 2025
1 hr 15 min
Ep 200: Disaster on the Graveyard Shift - Chernobyl
Let's talk about the most expensive disaster of all time! The meltdown at Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. A safety test that was anything but 'routine' e...
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