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Risktory is a first of its kind podcast, dedicated to exploring the risk universe through the lens of history.From Napoleon in his first Italian campaign, to the ancient city of Pompeii, to...
It’s Day 12 of Riskmas and – also the final episode of the Risktory Podcast. Today, a story that feels as real today as it did back then. Ca...
Welcome to Day 11 of Riskmas. Today, let’s talk about the great musician, Miss Tammy Wynette. If Dolly is the Queen, Tammy was – and still i...
It is Day 10 of Riskmas and, today, the song Tenterfield Saddler. When you think of the great Australian, Peter Allen, you think of – quite...
Today, it’s Part 2 of my exploration into Russian dissident: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. On day 7, I looked at Solzhenitsyn’s life, positing the...
When Simone Biles pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics, I was so incredibly sad. I have loved watching this underdog win everything and I was ge...
Welcome to Day 7 of Riskmas, and Part I of two Riskmas episodes dedicated to the Russian dissident, Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Alexander Solzhe...
It is Day 6 of the 12 Days of Riskmas. The half way point. And today, it’s a battle of the countries. The US versus Australia. What are the...
It’s Day 5 of the 12 Days of Riskmas and, today, let’s talk about COVID-19’s latest mutation: Omicron. What you should know. What you should...
Welcome to Day 4 of Riskmas, and welcome to Classic Liberalism, the lost Philosophy. I don’t tend to engage in political discussion on the p...
Welcome to Day 3 of Riskmas. Today, let’s talk about Isaiah Lees, one of history’s greatest detectives and – arguably – the inspiration for...
Welcome to Day 2 of Riskmas. Today, let’s talk about new Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Parag Agrawal, and – specifically – controversial...
Welcome to The 12 Days of Riskmas. The 12 Days of Riskmas is my way of saying thank you to all of my listeners – both the OGs and the newer...
Coming up this week, how do you solve a problem like the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal. Not just the scandal itself, but the canary in a coal...
On this week’s episode, the historic victory, in 1983, of Australia over the United States, to snatch the coveted America’s Cup yacht race....
Coming up this week, I make sense of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial and verdict. While I don’t actively try to court controversy on the podcast,...
Coming up on this week’s episode, the epic story of Madam CJ Walker. America’s first female self-made millionaire. CJ Walker is a great illu...
Coming up on this week’s episode, the story of Operation Varsity Blues. An FBI investigation into a criminal conspiracy to influence undergr...
On this week’s episode, whatever happened to Circuit City? How did such a mainstay of the American Retail Ecosystem collapse. Today’s episod...
On today’s episode, something a little different. One of the most popular Risktory episodes of 2021, or ever, really, has been the episode ‘...
Coming up this week, an episode I’ve long wanted to cover, and now – this week – it’s time. Master of the Risk Universe. Peter Allen. Peter...
Coming up on this week’s episode, whatever happened to Wirecard? The German-based payment processor and financial services unicorn that coll...
So, as many of you would know, in the last week, I became an American Citizen. And with that, I had a lot of questions about our immigration...
Coming up this week, the story of how the behemouth that is Trader Joe’s all began. The start-up story of Trader Joe’s is the stuff of beaut...
Coming up on this week’s episode, let’s talk about COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Specifically, the sweeping vaccine mandates announced by Presi...
Risktory is a first of its kind podcast, dedicated to exploring the risk universe through the lens of history.From Napoleon in his first Ita...
Coming up on this week’s episode, whatever happened to Pan Am? King of the American Skies. Long story short: a lot of things. Short story lo...
Coming up this week, let’s go back in time and explore how the Antwerp Diamond Heist was executed. On February 15 2003, a group of five Ital...
What a risk gift we have received in the last week, in the form of Trevor Milton, founder of electric vehicle manufacturer – Nikola – being...
So, COVID-19 cases in the US are rising. A second wave is possible. And with that potential second wave, comes a second wave of COVID-19’s p...
Coming up this week, the story of a group of unlikely risk masters. Female Bootleggers. When the US ratified the 18th amendment to its Const...
Coming up on this week’s episode, disrupting is all fun and games. Until such time as you become the disrupted. As we see with the rise. And...
You’ve heard me talk all year about the agnostic nature of risk management, as a discipline. As recently as three weeks ago, in an episode e...
Coming up on today’s Masters of the Risk Universe, a woman whose name you may not have ever heard of. But a woman whose invention and innova...
Coming up today, let’s call this week’s episode a Viewers Choice episode, given so many of you reached out to me to cover it. This week, I w...
Something I’ve said time and time again on the podcast, is that risk management – as a discipline – it’s agnostic. As a discipline which – a...
Inventor and Futurist - Ray Kurzweil – a Risktory Podcast favorite – speaks of the Law of Accelerating Returns. Which is the idea that, in a...
On this week’s episode, a much requested Make It Make Sense: the Colonial Pipeline crisis. On May 7 2021, the Colonial Pipeline, a fuel pipe...
When someone asks me my favorite movie, I always say: I have three. Stanley Kubrik’s, The Shining. Rob Reiner’s, This is Spinal Tap and Davi...
In a world that seems all so negative and chaotic, a good news story this week. A story that exemplifies the natural inclination of our spec...
On today’s episode, I look at the rise and fall of Payless Shoes. At one point, Payless Shoes was the US’ largest and most successful family...
On today’s episode, Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of all three charges laid against him, for his role in the death of George Floyd: se...
Coming up on this week’s episode, the story of a man who was handed lemons, and decided to make himself a billionaire. Founder and former ex...
On this week’s episode, a listener request. Listener, Samantha, emailed me a few weeks ago asking if business continuity – as a discipline –...
On today’s episode, Whatever Happened to… The Medici Bank. The Medici Bank was, at its height, a conglomerate behemoth. The largest and most...
On today’s episode, one of the most requested episodes I get from Risktory listeners: blockchain From murky origins within the world of cryp...
Coming up on today’s episode, the Queensland Health Fraud, starring quote/unquote, Tahitian Prince, Joel Barlow. A fraud that cost the Queen...
Today – March 8 – is International Women’s Day. And to celebrate, on today ‘s Masters of the Risk Universe episode, I am going to explore th...
On today’s episode, how do you solve a problem like Section 230. Here in the US, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 has t...
There’s an old saying of history always repeating. And never has that been more true than in the story of Solyndra. The solar power would be...
February is Black History Month and, so, today, I am bringing you the story of Maggie Lena Walker, the first African-American female to char...