USS Gerald R. Ford: EMALS Catapults, Plasma Trash and $400K Toilet Flushes
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Gerald R. Ford class of aircraft carriers exists because the Nimitz class ran out of room. A...
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Hyatt: An LAX Motel, the Kansas City Skywalk and a $6 Billion Family Suit
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Hyatt Hotels began in 1954 with the Hyatt House, a motel beside Los Angeles International Airpor...
19 Okt 20min
Penn Central: Rotten Ties, Lost Trains and a Toilet Paper Jet Deal
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central, bitter rivals on the New York to Chicago rou...
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T-72 Tank: Kartsev's Rogue Ural Project and the Jack-in-the-Box Effect
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The T-72 began as an act of defiance. In the 1960s Alexander Morozov's Kharkiv bureau built the ...
19 Okt 27min
Prudential: Three-Cent Burial Policies, Snake Hill and an $8 Billion Fraud
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Prudential Financial began in Newark, New Jersey, in 1875, when John F. Dryden founded the Widow...
19 Okt 21min
M1 Abrams: Rumsfeld's Turbine Mandate, 73 Easting and the Marines' Exit
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The M1 Abrams grew out of the failure of the MBT-70, a U.S. and West German project launched in ...
19 Okt 23min
Churchill Tank: An Apology Leaflet, Tiger 131 and Hobart's Funnies
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Churchill tank grew from the A-20, an infantry tank designed for the trench warfare British ...
19 Okt 23min
Zumwalt Destroyer: $1 Million Shells, Empty Guns and a Hypersonic Refit
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Zumwalt-class destroyer, the DDG-1000, began as the DD-21 program after Congress required th...
19 Okt 21min
