The Risktory Podcast

The Blitz of 1940-1941 is a masterclass of risk management. Join me this week and explore how risk management can be exquisitely deployed in times of high uncertainty. I'll also explore why leadership matters if you want risk management to be successful.

Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin

Soundtrack Credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
Kai Engel - Periculum
Kai Engel - Soli
Kai Engel - Machinery

Soundbyte from Inglorious Basterds used under Fair User protection.

On this week's episode, I look at the Gladiators and their use of risk management. I also, perhaps controversially so, advise why you should NEVER show your risk register to senior leaders.

Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin

Soundtrack Credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
51% - Gladiatorim
Blue Dot Sessions - Periodicals
Blue Dot Sessions - Parade Shoes

On this week's episode, I look at the Fyre Festival, a recent example of what happens when a failure to manage risk goes terribly (but kinda hilariously) wrong.

Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin

Soundtrack Credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
Evan Schaeffer - Portal
Evan Schaeffer - Sisyphus
Broke for Free - Something Elated
Boxcat Games - Battle Boss
Graphiqs Groove - Deep Sky Blue

Cover Photo Credit
William N Finley IV

In 1854, the USA were able to end over 200 years of Japanese isolation by implementing the Kanagawa Convention. Join me this week as I explore how the Kanagawa Convention unfolded, and why risk is never a one-note discipline.

Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin

Soundtrack Credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
Chan Wai Fat - Dream
Cooper Moore - The Forest
Podington Bear - All the ways
Podington Bear - Three colors
Podington Bear - Saver
Podington Bear - Lost and Found

On December 26 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami that changed the world. On this week's episode, I look at the event itself, how countries responded and the way in which countries rebuilt with risk in mind.

Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin

Soundtrack Credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
Segrey Cheremisinov - Cursed House
Podington Bear - Tarnish
Monplaisir - Feet gone south
Bortex - Our House

Complacency is the kryptonite of risk. On this week's episode, I examine Iron Jacket and the Battle of Little Robe Creek, which is a masterclass of risk complacency. And a lesson we all ought to hold close when thinking about risk.

Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin

Soundtrack Credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
Bruce Miller - Flute and Tabla
Podington Bear - Tarnish
Wayne Kinos - Dark November 9
Wayne Kinos - Dark November 1
Podington Bear - Surface Tension

In 1962, the world came close to full scale nuclear war in the form of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In this week, I'll examine the role of both risk and history in averting what could have been a terrible disaster.

Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin

Soundtrack Credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
Cuban Cowboys - Mauricio
Ian Alex Mac - Foreboding Fear
Ian Alex Mac - The Trial
Ian Alex Mac - Game Day

The Noble Experiment, it was called. Prohibition was a test of whether the government gun can be used to effectively treat hazard. On this week's episode, I examine what let up to prohibition, its impacts, and I share my thoughts on the effectiveness (or lack thereof) that comes from government intervention in risk.

Created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin

Soundtrack Credits (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org and www.freesound.org)
Kathleen Martin - East St Louis Blues
Latche Swing - Rhythme Gitan
Latche Swing - Menilmontant
New York Military Band - Sounds of America
US Army Blues - Walk That Dog
Podington Bear - Across the River
Sandermotions - Applause

In 1986, the Lenin Nuclear Power Station (aka Chernobyl) experienced a power surge in Reactor 4. The resultant disaster has left a lasting imprint on what can go wrong when infrastructure and people collide.

Matthew Flinders was the first man to circumnavigate Australia. He was also an incredible risk practitioner. On this episode, I look at his journey and the lessons we can learn from this amazing man.