January 27, 2025

Ep. 214: all is risk (w/ john benfield)

2 hours 43 minutes

We are overjoyed to be joined by Mr. John Benfield, an assessor of risk by trade here to tell us about what we should be anxious about in 2025, and how we can best prepare ourselves for this risky world. Plus, Corrigan talks about the horrors of asbestos, and a D.B. Cooper enthusiast corrects the record!

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells John and Marko about the horrors of asbestos
[52:46] We introduce our guest, John Benfield, and briefly address that the world is getting more fashy in dumb ways
[01:02:00] Corrigan's D.B. Cooper gets scotched in the best possible way on Bluesky
[01:11:48] Mark's son has a question about villains winning in films
[01:16:20] What we watched! (Grafted, Batman Begins, A Real Pain. Class of Nuke ’Em High, Castle Freak, Nickel Boys, Emilia Perez, Beezel, Hauntology, They Live, Fail Safe,
[01:49:05] We delve into the World Economic Forum's 2025 Global Risk Assessment with John, a risk assessment expert.

Stuff we referenced:

Asbestos: The Evil Dust

VICE: Why the Deadly Asbestos Industry Is Still Alive and Well

‘I’m so angry, I’m wild’: the never-ending wait to clean up asbestos town Wittenoom

ADSA: Wittenoom Overview

The Last Days of an Outback Town Where Every Breath Can Be Toxic

Memories of Wittenoom, a once-thriving but asbestos-riddled town that led to more than 1,000 deaths

Last homes in asbestos-riddled Wittenoom to be demolished, but some want to stay

U.K. Risk Register

AI Bias in Denmark

Tackling the growing risks of space debris in Earth orbit

The risks of ‘space junk’ are clear: what goes up, might well come back down on top of you