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EP82 A Journalist's View - high stakes chemical leak and evacuation in Orange County, CA
Episode 82
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On this episode, we continue our review of the high-stakes incident and evacuation in Orange County, CA over the Memorial Day holiday…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
EP81 Hot take: Orange County chemical incident - crisis communications review
Episode 81
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A storage tank starts heating up, pressure builds, and suddenly Orange County is staring down a worst-case scenario: a thermal runawa…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
EP80 Dude! Where's my stuff? Managing Iran war supply chain disruptions
Episode 80
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As impacts from the war with Iran become more evident around the world, and more serious, we dive into how one highly experienced sup…
4 months, 1 week ago
Supply chain disruption: leadership insights from XOM alum Jeff Zudock
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Supply chain disruptions, like those we're seeing now around energy supplies from the Persian Gulf, can cause long-term business and …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
EP79 The Great Kitkat Heist - using memes in a crisis, with Natalee Gibson
Episode 79
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Twelve tons of Kit Kat bars get stolen, and suddenly the internet is doing what it does best: turning a real-world incident into a me…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
EP78 Crisis Comms at NASA, part 4: Crisis Exercises, the media landscape and deepfakes
Episode 78
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A deepfake can hit your audience before your first internal briefing ends and the most “engaging” version of events is often the leas…
5 months ago
EP77 Crisis Comms at NASA, part 3: The Columbia response and investigation
Episode 77
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A shuttle breaks apart on re-entry, the world demands answers, and the people closest to the story have to decide what transparency a…
5 months, 1 week ago
EP76 Crisis comms at NASA, part 2: Challenger vs. Columbia crisis responses
Episode 76
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Columbia didn’t arrive when it was supposed to, and the whole world felt the silence. We sit down again with James Hartsfield, recent…
5 months, 1 week ago
EP75 When things go wrong in space - crisis comms at NASA, part 1
Episode 75
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The most frightening part of a space flight crisis is how fast it rewrites reality. One minute the plan is a routine landing and a li…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
From the archive: Bombing at the Ariana Grande concert in England - lessons learned from the police response
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On today's episode we're revisiting the story of the terrorist bombing at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England in 2017. A…
5 months, 2 weeks ago