Causality podcast

Causality

Chain of Events. Cause and Effect. We analyse what went right and what went wrong as we discover that many outcomes can be predicted, planned for and even prevented.

Chain of Events. Cause and Effect. We analyse what went right and what went wrong as we discover that many outcomes can be predicted, planned for and even prevented.

 

#61

60: Carnival Triumph

A leaking flexible pipe started a fire in the Engine Room aboard the Carnival Triumph duri... more

26 Aug 2025

24 MINS

24:44

26 Aug 2025


#60

59: Bayer CropScience

After an extended outage of the Methomyl Unit at the Bayer facility in Institute, West Vir... more

30 Apr 2025

50 MINS

50:22

30 Apr 2025


#59

58: West Fertilizer Company

In the early hours of the evening on the 17th of April, 2013 in the small city of West, Te... more

31 Mar 2025

30 MINS

30:43

31 Mar 2025


#58

57: Stardust Nightclub

On Valentines Day in 1981 in the North of Dublin, Ireland a fire broke out in a nightclub ... more

07 Jan 2025

27 MINS

27:40

07 Jan 2025


#57

56: BP Husky Toledo

On the 20th of September, 2022 at the BP Husky Toledo refinery in Ohio, a level transmitte... more

17 Dec 2024

40 MINS

40:08

17 Dec 2024


#56

55: CrowdStrike

On Friday the 19th of July, 2024 millions of CrowdStrike Falcon Agents the world over woul... more

19 Oct 2024

29 MINS

29:04

19 Oct 2024


#55

54: Midland Resource Recovery

In 2017 during an Odoriser decontamination procedure in West Virginia, two people were kil... more

25 Jun 2024

28 MINS

28:01

25 Jun 2024


#54

53: Callide C Blackout

In 2021 the Callide C Power Station experienced a unit failure that tore the turbine-gener... more

30 Mar 2024

50 MINS

50:52

30 Mar 2024


#53

52: Colonial Pipeline

In 2021 many of Colonial Pipelines IT systems were locked by malware and out of caution th... more

09 Dec 2023

26 MINS

26:12

09 Dec 2023


#52

51: I35 West

The I35W bridge over the Mississippi River carried 140,000 cars every day. Inspections in ... more

27 Aug 2023

36 MINS

36:00

27 Aug 2023


#51

50: 737 MAX Ethiopian Air

Five months after Lion Air 610 crashed, another 737-MAX went down with a similar cause. Ho... more

22 Apr 2023

52 MINS

52:07

22 Apr 2023


#50

49: Carmel Fireworks Explosion

A fireworks company in Western Australia that had been in business for nearly a century, w... more

18 Jan 2023

29 MINS

29:04

18 Jan 2023


#49

48: Instituto Goiano de Radioterapia

When a radiation therapy machine was left behind during a move between buildings in centra... more

18 Nov 2022

33 MINS

33:09

18 Nov 2022


#48

47: Hyatt Regency Kansas City

The tallest building in Missouri with a large atrium perfect for big bands and dancing, ho... more

15 Jul 2022

41 MINS

41:31

15 Jul 2022


#47

46: Mindbender

The longest, tallest, fastest indoor rollercoaster in the world was only open six months w... more

16 May 2022

29 MINS

29:29

16 May 2022


#46

45: Granville

In 1977, a commuter train from the Blue Mountains, destined for Sydney central station wou... more

02 Apr 2022

25 MINS

25:53

02 Apr 2022


#45

44: Beirut Warehouse 12

In Beirut in August of 2020, an explosion at the Port of Beirut destroyed a huge part of t... more

10 Feb 2022

31 MINS

31:55

10 Feb 2022


#44

43: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

In 1911 in Manhattan, New York, a clothing factory went up in flames just before closing t... more

09 Nov 2021

27 MINS

27:21

09 Nov 2021


#43

42: Royal Canberra Hospital

The original Royal Canberra Hospital was flagged to be demolished in 1997 to make way for ... more

16 Sep 2021

45 MINS

45:14

16 Sep 2021


#42

41: Florida International University

The university wanted a bridge for its students over a busy roadway that would appear intr... more

08 Jul 2021

43 MINS

43:10

08 Jul 2021


#41

40: Ocean Ranger

The largest semi-submersible Offshore Drilling Rig of its day, sank in a storm in 1982 whi... more

24 May 2021

46 MINS

46:36

24 May 2021