The podcast episode delves into the Aberfan disaster in Wales, UK, in 1966, a devastating landslide of coal mine waste that engulfed a primary school full of children, wiping out an entire generation. This episode outlines what happened, the causes of the disaster, and the insensitive mishandling of teh aftermath by those responsible for preventing this disaster.

This wasn’t just a corporate failure - it was a failure that cost lives and stole a community's future, but an event which changed Britain and the world forever.

Sources:

https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Geoscientist/Archive/October-2016/Aberfans-engineering-legacy

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-crown-aberfan-real-life/

https://www.history.com/news/elizabeth-ii-aberfan-mine-disaster-wales

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/983056.stm

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242193591_A_REVIEW_OF_CATASTROPHIC_FLOW_FAILURES_OF_DEPOSITS_OF_MINE_WASTE_AND_MUNICIPAL_REFUSE#pf3

http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/pits/Aberfan/Aberfan2.htm

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/aberfan-disaster-1966-survivor-wales-22422962

https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/769/16-mclean.pdf