Over three days in the fall of 1982, seven healthy people in the Chicago area died suddenly. At first, medical examiners were baffled but soon realized all the victims had taken Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules. Public trust in the medication va

The privacy breakdown that betrayed a nation

Nov 9th, 2023 28m 16s

In the early 1990s, Carletta Tilousi was one of hundreds of people from the Havasupai Nation who gave blood samples to Arizona State University researchers. They hoped to discover why type 2 diabetes was an epidemic in their remote community in

The missing data that doomed Pearl Harbor

Oct 26th, 2023 29m 47s

On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, drawing America into World War II. Admiral Husband Kimmel, a decorated veteran and commander of the US naval fleet in Hawaii, was completely caught off guard. But it didn’t have to be a surprise

Blowing the whistle on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

Oct 12th, 2023 28m 4s

In 1986, Allan McDonald was the head of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor program at Morton Thiokol, the company that built the rocket boosters for NASA’s Challenger space shuttle. Allan warned NASA management that the Space Shuttle Challeng

The safety shortcuts that sank a steamboat company

Sep 28th, 2023 26m 6s

In 1904, a fire broke out on a steamboat full of families enjoying a ride along New York City’s East River. The panicked passengers quickly discovered they had an even bigger problem on their hands - the ship’s life preservers. The safety equip

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Introducing Trustonomy

Sep 8th, 2023 1m 59s

Welcome to a new show about trust. It takes hard work to build and a moment to break. And if that happens, you might never get it back.We’ve got five surprising stories that will help you understand why trust matters, from a tragic steamboat fi

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