The Risktory Podcast

The Risktory Podcast

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The Risktory Podcast episodes

  • Lost Colony of Roanoke
    On this week's episode, a study in motion of what happens when controls and treatment strategies fail or, more to the point, when we fail to ensure they work.

    Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin

    Soundtrack Credit (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
    Podington Bear - Sorrento
    Podington Bear - Steps
    Podington Bear - Suppose It Is
    Podington Bear - Telltale
    14 min
  • Ikea
    On this week's episode, what happens when opportunity turns into a billion dollar juggernaut. You get Ikea.

    Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin.

    Soundtrack credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
    Podington Bear - Alphabet Soup
    Podington Bear - Den
    Podington Bear - Relinquish
    Podington Bear - Swing Lo
    Podington Bear - Toil
    Podington Bear - Warbled Reflection
    14 min
  • Escape from Alcatraz 1962
    On this week's episode, let's look at risk at opportunity, in the form of the 1962 escape of three inmates from Alcatraz Island.

    Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin.

    Soundtrack Credits (music sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
    Blue Dot Sessions- Periodicals
    Blue Dot Sessions - Mobile
    Blue Dot Sessions - City Limits
    16 min
  • Thermopylae
    On this week's episode of Risktory, I look at the 480BC Battle of Thermopylae, a genuine David and Goliath confrontation, where risk management played an integral role.

    Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin.

    Sountrack Credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
    Turku - Nomads of the Silk Road
    Ehl I Keyif - Hzzam Sazsemai Nargile
    14 min
  • Kautilya
    On this week's episode of Risktory, imagine a cross between Varys and Little Finger from Game of Thrones. That was Kautilya.

    Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin.

    Soundtrack credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
    Ami Dang - Treasure
    Ami Dang - Talisman
    15 min
  • Barings
    On this week's episode of Risktory, I look at the anatomy of the Barings Bank collapse. Just how did one man bring down a 200 year old institution?

    Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin.

    Music Credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
    Pipe Choir - Shhhame Instrumental
    Pipe Choir - Say It Any Instrumental

    Sound Effects (sourced from freesound.org)
    Oktober - Modem Dial

    New Report sourced from BBC and used under Fair Use provisions.
    15 min
  • Anne Boleyn
    On this week's episode of Risktory, I examine the fall of Anne Boleyn and how, from being a risk ninja, she became a risk victim.

    Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin

    Soundtrack Credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
    Musicks Creation - Prelude Tres Viste
    Musicks Creation - Courante
    Musicks Creation - Sarabande
    Musicks Creation - Gavotte
    Musicks Creation - Gigue
    16 min
  • Hurricane Hugo
    On this week's episode of Risktory, I look at Hurricane Hugo, which struck Charlotte in 1989. Why does Hugo serve as a risk litmus test, 20+ years on. Also on this week's episode, perhaps one of the best combinations I've ever written: apocalyptic bowel movements. It's glorious.

    Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin

    Soundtrack Credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
    Podington Bear - Associations
    Sea of Aland - The Room
    Blue Dot Sessions - Awanee
    Podington Bear - Surface Tension 1
    Podington Bear - Surface Tension 2
    Podington Bear - Surface Tension 3

    Soundbyte Credit (sourced from www.freesound.org)
    Hurricane Hugo Guadalupe Island 1989 - Solo Stud
    16 min
  • The Cultural Revolution
    On this week's episode, I look at the Cultural Revolution in China, and the lessons we can learn about influencing and shifting culture from a risk perspective.

    Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin

    Soundtrack Credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
    Chan Wai Fat - Dream Instrumental
    Bortex - Changing
    Blue Dot Sessions - City Limits
    16 min
  • Joan of Arc
    On this week, I look at an unlikely - and extraordinarily - young risk hero. Joan of Arc. Her efforts at the Siege of Orleans changed the course of the Hundred Years War and changed France forever.

    Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin

    Soundtrack Credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
    Advent Chamber Orchestra - Bughici Suite for Violin 6 Dance Allegretto
    Advent Chamber Orchestra - Dvorak Serenade for Strings Op22 in E Major
    Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi Credo Crucifix
    Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi Credo Et Carnatus
    Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi Credo in Unum Deum
    Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi Motet for Soprano and Orchestra
    18 min

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