The Risktory Podcast

The Risktory Podcast

By Jacinthe A GalpinHistory
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The Risktory Podcast episodes

  • Cyclone Tracy
    On Christmas Day 1974, the people of Darwin of Australia were hit by Cyclone Tracy. In this week's episode, I look at this seminal moment in Australian history and what it means for risk management.
    18 min
  • Harriet Tubman
    Harriet Tubman was a true master of complex and difficult risk. Born a slave in Maryland, she not only escaped slavery, she assisted 300 slaves to find their own freedom. Today's episode is an homage to an OG of risk.
    19 min
  • Jack the Ripper
    In 1888, the East End of London was terrorized by a mysterious killer named Jack the Ripper. On this week's episode, we look at the murders and confront the reality that risk management is never infallible.
    22 min
  • Women in War
    What happens when you have to fight a war, your men are gone, and women are the only viable workforce left? On this week's episode, we examine women workers in World War II and the contribution they made.
    22 min
  • The Great Migration
    80,000 years ago, a small group of homo sapiens left Africa. Their actions would change the course of humankind forever. In this week's episode, I examine the Kings and Queens of disruption in The Great Migration.
    21 min
  • Middle Ages
    If you lived in the Middle Ages, good risk management wasn't a whim or fancy. It was a necessity for survival. In this week's episode, I honor the mac grand-daddies of the art of risk management: the medievalists.
    16 min
  • Pompeii
    Why do some people love roller coasters, while others hide under the covers. In this week's episode, we look at risk tolerances and how the people of Pompeii in 79AD used tolerances to decide whether to stay or leave.
    18 min
  • Lodi
    ‘It was only on the evening of Lodi that I believed myself a superior man’
    Napoleon Bonaparte

    In this inaugural episode of the Risktory Podcast, I look at the 1796 Battle of Lodi, featuring my favorite historical figure, Napoleon Bonaparte.

    What historians call a messy skirmish, I call a masterclass in targeted, pragmatic and – above all – effective risk management.
    20 min

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December 2021 Update: The Risktory Podcast is on indefinite hiatus. Thank you for all the support!

Risktory is a first of its kind podcast, dedicated to exploring the risk universe through the…