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Part 6: Will Sonic Booms Return to our Skies?

Feb 6th, 2023 33m 28s

Why did Concorde disappear from our skies? In the final episode, we pose this question to the people closest to the Concorde project, from the teams who engineered its first flight to those who picked up the debris after the fatal Air France cr

Part 5: Rising from the Ashes

Jan 23rd, 2023 37m 25s

In the late afternoon of July 25th, 2000, a Concorde crashed into a hotel near Charles de Gaulle airport. Air France flight 4590 was carrying 100 passengers, most of them tourists from Germany, along with a crew of nine. All perished, including

Part 4: Becoming the Sexiest Flight on Earth

Jan 9th, 2023 31m 1s

As teams of engineers work around the clock to keep the supersonic airplane safe and in the air, to the outside world Concorde has become a pop cultural icon. Princess Diana, Mick Jagger, Phil Collins, Joan Collins, Sting – these celebrities fo

Part 3: "The Big Bird Flies!"

Dec 19th, 2022 33m 10s

Years of hard work, innovation, and unprecedented collaboration between teams in the U.K. and France make the impossible, possible: the first French Concorde prototype takes flight, and a new page in aviation history is written. But the superso

Part 2: Building the Fastest Passenger Jet Ever

Dec 5th, 2022 45m 14s

In this episode, host Nastaran Tavakoli-Far and Lead Producer Pedro Mendes travel to the Musée Aeroscopia in Toulouse, France, where they stand spellbound marveling at a giant, glistening Air France Concorde. And they meet with nonagenarian Dud

Part 1: The Dream of Supersonic Flight

Nov 21st, 2022 41m 7s

In the opening episode, host Nastaran Tavakoli-Far and producer Pedro Mendes set the stage for what’s going to be a supersonic journey documented in six parts—and also reflect on their personal connections to Concorde. You’ll hear about the mon

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Season 4: The Untold Story of Concorde

Nov 7th, 2022 3m 53s

Picture this: A flight from New York to London where your co-passengers are Princess Diana, Mick Jagger, and Sting. On the menu: caviar canapés, lobster, and champagne. Your journey takes a little over three hours – half of the time it takes to

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Work Check presents: Should you turn your camera on in video calls?

Nov 4th, 2022 27m 59s

Does turning your camera on during Zoom meetings fill you with dread? Or do you look forward to seeing your colleagues' faces on calls? Today, we’re sharing an episode of Work Check, another podcast from Atlassian that debates issues you might

Where There's a Will (Smith), There's a Way

Aug 16th, 2021 34m 30s

In March of 2020, as Will Smith is filming the biopic "King Richard," the emergence of COVID-19 abruptly shuts down all production. With unusual downtime and an urge to uplift his audience amid looming uncertainty, the actor meets with his prod

Campbell’s Finds the Soup for their Soul

Aug 2nd, 2021 28m 48s

The can is Americana itself; the product indistinguishable from the ordinary contents. It's part of a quintessential American meal, soothing the hunger and warming the souls of families for more than a hundred years. But in 2001, a toxic atmosp

On a Mission for Equitable Internet in Detroit

Jul 19th, 2021 29m 39s

When the pandemic struck, many pivoted their lives online – to connect with family, to work, to attend school. But many others, living in cutoff communities, like several neighborhoods in the city of Detroit, Michigan, where generations of syst

Reinventing Hot Wheels

Jul 5th, 2021 25m 47s

In 2016, a research video played in a conference room of Mattel Inc. caused deep concern. It showed an eight-year-old playing with iconic Hot Wheels™ toy cars. "Imagine doing this for an hour," the boy said, as if it was torture. The moment con

Saving an Indian Cricket League from Itself

Jun 21st, 2021 35m 55s

A cricket match played on April 18th 2008 between two city-based teams in India marks a historic moment in sports. It was the beginning of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a radically new tournament within the shortest format of cricket. Spearh

When IBM Nearly Missed the Internet

Jun 7th, 2021 29m 41s

In 1994, IBM sponsored the Winter Olympics and held exclusive rights to telecast the games. But Dave Grossman – an engineer at IBM – discovered Sun Microsystems had stolen the live feed and was posting the results on its website. This sparked t

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Season 3: Time for Change

May 24th, 2021 2m 17s

In Season 3 of Teamistry, filmmaker and host Gabriela Cowperthwaite returns to spotlight teams that not only achieve the impossible, but also inspire change.These stories of leadership and courage mark a turning point in how organizations—and e

Free Socks and Hats for You

Dec 11th, 2020 1m 11s

We’ve built a quick survey about Teamistry we’d love for you to fill out. We want to know what ideas and lessons really stood out to you — and reward you with free swag, including some really cool hats and funky socks. To take the survey, just

Patagonia’s Demand for Ethical Supply

Nov 30th, 2020 28m 17s

Before corporate social responsibility was a popular concept, Patagonia declared its commitment to better outcomes for their workers, and the planet. They soon discovered that commitment would include major pitfalls, but it seems the more Patag

A Shot at Change: The Making of a Vaccine

Nov 16th, 2020 27m 24s

In the West African country of Burkina Faso in the 1980s, an 18-year-old boy is killed in the road. Why? A case of meningitis. The meningitis epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa spurred a global race to find a vaccine, led by the founding of the Men

When a Picture is Worth a Thousand Animals

Nov 2nd, 2020 30m 41s

In the desert plains of Northern Kenya, hundreds of people from around the world and different walks of life have gathered. The photographs they take with their GPS-enabled cameras might be humanity's best shot at saving an entire species. This

Mission Impossible: The Thai Cave Rescue

Oct 19th, 2020 35m 45s

In the summer of 2018, 12 Thai teenagers and their 25-year-old soccer coach got stuck deep inside the labyrinthine – and flooding – Tham Luang caves of Thailand’s Chiang Rai province. In this episode of Teamistry, host Gabriela Cowperthwaite ta

Iceland vs. COVID: Containing a Pandemic

Oct 5th, 2020 29m 5s

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Iceland had become the worst-hit country in Scandinavia. But it reversed its fate, without a full lockdown. And to date, Iceland has seen very few deaths. How? Largely because of the harmonious collaboration of "

Seiko's Duelling Factories

Sep 21st, 2020 32m 19s

In the aftermath of World War II, Japan must rebuild its economy. Certain products become vital exports in the revitalization effort, including the wristwatch. Seiko leaps to the forefront of the recovery, but there's a problem: their watches a

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Teamistry Season 2: The Team of Teams

Sep 7th, 2020 2m 40s

In season one of Teamistry, we put the spotlight on teams behind the scenes, the people responsible for some of the greatest achievements of our times. Like the team of astronomers who gave us the first-ever photograph of a black hole, and the

The Team that Fashioned Apollo 11

Jun 22nd, 2020 30m 18s

When Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon for the first time, we don't actually see his face. We see his moonsuit. That moonsuit — in effect — is Neil Armstrong; an inseparable part of this historic moment. While the spacesuit kept him alive to t