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Spectacular Failures

Corporate crookedness. Family feuding. Hilariously half-baked decisions. Host Lauren Ober tackles so

Episodes

Total: 25

Introducing: Ripple
2024/1/29

We have a special episode for you today. We’re sharing an episode of the new podcast from APM Studio

Listen to This: The Loudest Girl in the World
2022/9/12

The Loudest Girl in the World is a new podcast from  that tells the story of Lauren Ober's journ

Listen to This: What's Your Problem?
2022/3/25

You may know Jacob Goldstein as the former host of the Planet Money podcast. Now, he’s combining his

Sqirl finds itself in a jam
2020/10/5

The Los Angeles restaurant Sqirl had lines down the block for brunches that featured its famous hous

NYC Taxi Medallions' steep fare
2020/9/28

Even before Uber and Lyft pulled into town, NYC yellow cabs were having a rough ride. Reckless lendi

Subprime times at Countrywide Financial
2020/9/21

Before the housing bubble burst, Countrywide Financial was one of the nation’s largest home mortgage

Pan Am hits major turbulence
2020/9/14

Pan Am made air travel cool—from chic crew uniforms to exotic locations to square-jawed flyboy pilot

A dairy giant gets milked
2020/9/7

Got milk? These days, chances are maybe not. Americans have been saying no thanks for years now, and

Napster fought the law and the law won
2020/8/31

The recording industry, Metallica, and ultimately federal court put the brakes on Napster’s music fi

The toxic tale of the Love Canal fail
2020/8/24

When Hooker Chemical sold its infamous toxic waste landfill to the Niagara Falls School Board, the $

The curtain falls on a big Broadway company
2020/8/17

Livent was a showstopper of an operation. But eventually, forgery and fraud stole the scene, the mon

Forever 21 goes from rags to riches to bankruptcy court
2020/8/10

The mom-and-pop fast-fashion retailer exploded into malls across the globe. But eventually, Forever

Blue Apron wilts, then rises to a new challenge
2020/8/3

The meal kit delivery service was almost belly-up before the pandemic hit. But then people stuck coo

Spectacular Failures - Season Two
2020/7/20

Spectacular Failures is back for season two, starting August 3rd! 2020 has been a year of fail. Glob

Trump's big gamble on Atlantic City
2019/8/19

By the time the final dice were thrown, Trump's Atlantic City casino operations had gone bankrup

Toys R Us goes bust
2019/8/12

No amount of nostalgia could save Toys R Us from the private equity firms that owned it.You can foll

Lincoln Savings loses it all
2019/8/5

Charles Keating robbed working people of their life savings and cost taxpayers billions of dollars.

The inferno that transformed American labor
2019/7/29

The aftermath of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire helped usher in higher wages, safer conditions

Family fighting sends U-Haul on a detour
2019/7/22

Failed therapy sessions, fistfights in the board room and even murder accusations. U-Haul’s trip to

Kodak misses its moment
2019/7/15

The world's largest photography company pioneers the snapshot, invents the digital camera and...