Regina Bateson, political scientist with a passion for human rights, run for Congress but lost, which also cost her the academic position that she held at the time. In this talk she reflects on the importance of understanding the rules of the game, to be able to navigate the circumstances when the table is rigged against you.

This Episode was recorded at a FAIL! event organized at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in April 2019 by the VISTA association.
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Full transcript: https://fail-sharing.org/podcast/regina-bateson/

Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes
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Allan Adams, physicist and director of the Future Ocean Lab at MIT, dedicated educator and public speaker, shares how a big project he was involved in failed right at the finish line.

This Episode was recorded at a FAIL! event organized at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in May 2018 by the VISTA association.
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Full transcript: https://fail-sharing.org/podcast/allan-adams/

Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes
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Rodney Mullen is a foundational figure to skateboarding’s history and knows first-hand that to become an excellent skater, you must also be a proficient faller. In this talk, he shares the wisdom accumulated over a career shaped by continual falls.

This Episode was recorded at a FAIL! event organized at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in October 2019 by the VISTA association.
Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), and visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ 

Full transcript: https://fail-sharing.org/podcast/rodney-mullen/

Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes
Free Music Archive - CC BY NC