When It Goes Wrong

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the US opioid epidemic, going into the background of opioids then focusing in on the creation and push of Oxycontin by the firm Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sackler Family.

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If you need support for the themes discussed in this episode, please refer to:
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/drug-addiction-getting-help/
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/addiction-and-dependency/addiction-and-dependency-resources/

Sources:
The Crime of the Century  - NOWTV

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/30/the-family-that-built-an-empire-of-pain

https://www.livescience.com/60694-why-do-we-get-addicted.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid

https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_M._Sackler

https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/opioids/opioid-overdose-crisis

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00921-9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic_in_the_United_States

https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/opioids/opioid-overdose-crisis

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6140023/

https://transformdrugs.org/blog/drug-decriminalisation-in-portugal-setting-the-record-straight

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss Bernie Madoff and the Ponzi scheme which he got away with running for decades. He scammed thousands of people out of up to $60 billion dollars whilst being well regarded on Wall Street before it all came crashing down.

Plus bonus Q&A to celebrate one year of the pod!

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Sources:

• Con Artists - Bernie Madoff
• American Scandal - Bernie Madoff
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Madoff
• https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2009/04/bernard-madoff-friends-family-profile
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoff_investment_scandal
• https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bernard-madoff.asp
• https://www.businessinsider.com/how-bernie-madoffs-ponzi-scheme-worked-2014-7?r=US&IR=T
• https://apnews.com/article/crime-c6dc668a16d05183104db4d560906959

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the disaster of the Costa Concordia, when in 2012, the huge cruise ship hit rocks off the coast of Italy, capsized and killed 32 passengers onboard.

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Sources:
Well theres your problem podcast episode costa concordia

Costa Concordia on my5 and one on Amazon

http://cf.gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Costa_Concordia_-_Full_Investigation_Report.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia_disaster

https://www.britannica.com/event/Costa-Concordia-disaster

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16563562

https://www.foxnews.com/world/court-hears-how-32-died-in-costa-concordia-shipwreck

https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/a11921/one-year-after-costa-concordia-has-anything-changed-15037754/

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the mental asylums which ran in the early 1900s and the creation of the psychosurgery procedure of the lobotomy, including the story of Walter Freeman and the rise of the lobotomy in the US.

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Sources:
https://www.mind.org.uk/need-urgent-help/using-this-tool
American Scandal - Ice pick surgeon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Kennedy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotomy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Jackson_Freeman_II

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/an-ice-pick-to-the-brain-the-horror-of-the-frontal-lobotomy/C2X63F5EDPOOGYJKKSRYMKGZEE/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/lobotomy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15629160

https://thejns.org/focus/view/journals/neurosurg-focus/43/3/article-pE6.xml

https://www.npr.org/2005/11/16/5014080/my-lobotomy-howard-dullys-journey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Care_in_the_Community

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/ely-inquiry-changed-healthcare-forever-2041200

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59388886

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the 1972 Andes Plane Crash. Where a plane came down following navigational errors, but most of the passengers survived. What would follow would be a true test of human survival, living out of the plane fuselage for weeks, and eventually eating their deceased friends. What would you do to stay alive?

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Sources:
Alive by Piers Paul Read

Parrado, Canessa and Strauch books

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6MsEC0lQTs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/160403-andes-uruguay-rugby-cannibal-plane-crash-canessa-ngbooktalk

https://www.history.com/news/miracle-andes-disaster-survival

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss two mining disasters. The first the catastrophic explosion of Pike River mine in New Zealand which killed 29 men. Then following up with something a bit more cheerful, the rescue of 33 Chilean miners who were stuck underground for months following a mine cave-in.

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Sources:
Tragedy at Pike River Mine: How and Why 29 Men Died - Rebecca Macfie

https://pikeriver.royalcommission.govt.nz/Volume-Two---Contents

https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-uncompromising-chemistry-of-tragedy/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_River_Mine_disaster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_River_Mine

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/30/pike-river-families-accept-end-of-mission-to-find-mine-disaster-victims

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-54956219

https://unece.org/DAM/energy/se/pdfs/cmm/CS/CS_BPG/CS.14_Creedy.pdf

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/108584873/pike-river-the-29-miners-who-died

Buried Alive documentary - Chilean Miners

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/15/chilean-miners-los-33-return

https://www.npr.org/2014/10/29/359839104/the-incredible-story-of-chilean-miners-rescued-from-the-deep-down-dark?t=1635968815636

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Copiap%C3%B3_mining_accident

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the downfall of the company Theranos which was ran by Elizabeth Holmes. Theranos had a vision to transform how blood testing worked and was worth over a billion dollars. However, soon it would be in ruin and Elizabeth would be on trial for fraud. This is part two of two.

Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod , on twitter at @itgoeswrongpod or email with your feedback and ideas to [email protected].

Sources:
https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/25/11776018/theranos-walgreens-blood-testing-partnership-validation

The Inventor movie

Bad Blood book

Bad Blood podcast

The Dropout podcast

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-history-of-silicon-valley-unicorn-theranos-and-ceo-elizabeth-holmes-2018-5?r=US&IR=T

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/020116/theranos-fallen-unicorn.asp

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-exclusive

https://theconversation.com/how-theranos-faulty-blood-tests-got-to-market-and-what-that-shows-about-gaps-in-fda-regulation-168050

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/blood-simpler

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/29/elizabeth-holmes-wrote-personal-notes-to-herself-about-becoming-steve-jobs.html

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a27179364/elizabeth-holmes-fiance-billy-evans-theranos/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/blood-simpler

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/07/05/theranos-elizabeth-holmes-lawsuits-patients-harm-arizona/742008002/

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-exclusive

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/inside-elizabeth-holmess-final-months-at-theranos

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the downfall of the company Theranos which was ran by Elizabeth Holmes. Theranos had a vision to transform how blood testing worked and was worth over a billion dollars. However, soon it would be in ruin and Elizabeth would be on trial for fraud. This is part one of two.

Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod , on twitter at @itgoeswrongpod or email with your feedback and ideas to [email protected].

Sources:
https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/25/11776018/theranos-walgreens-blood-testing-partnership-validation

The Inventor movie

Bad Blood book

Bad Blood podcast

The Dropout podcast

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-history-of-silicon-valley-unicorn-theranos-and-ceo-elizabeth-holmes-2018-5?r=US&IR=T

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/020116/theranos-fallen-unicorn.asp

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-exclusive

https://theconversation.com/how-theranos-faulty-blood-tests-got-to-market-and-what-that-shows-about-gaps-in-fda-regulation-168050

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/blood-simpler

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/29/elizabeth-holmes-wrote-personal-notes-to-herself-about-becoming-steve-jobs.html

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a27179364/elizabeth-holmes-fiance-billy-evans-theranos/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/blood-simpler

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/07/05/theranos-elizabeth-holmes-lawsuits-patients-harm-arizona/742008002/

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-exclusive

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/inside-elizabeth-holmess-final-months-at-theranos

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the 1985 Sierra Grande Mountaineering Disaster, where Joe Simpson and Simon Yates will face unthinkable challenges to get back to base camp after Joe breaking his leg on the descent.

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Sources:

• Book - Touching the Void, Joe Simpson - highly worth a read!
• Movie - Touching the Void
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touching_the_Void_(film)
• https://theartsdesk.com/theatre/end-i%E2%80%99d-lost-me-joe-simpson-mountaineer-and-writer-interview
• https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/theredbulletin/joe-simpson-touching-the-void-interview
• https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/touching-the-void-simon-yates-climber-who-cut-joe-simpsons-rope-gets-his-fair-hearing-ztbvhvl68
• Youtube - ice climbing, red bull

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the Golden Globe sailing race where 9 men set out to circumnavigate the globe single handedly and without any stops. Over the months at sea, the men would manage loneliness, injury, madness, shipwrecks and death. 

TW: Suicide

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Sources:

Film - The Mercy

Voyage for Madmen - Peter Nichols 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Times_Golden_Globe_Race

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Crowhurst

https://goldengloberace.com/history/

https://oceangloberace.com/history/

https://goldengloberace.com/ggr/