Brady Heywood Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Introducing 'Simplifying Complexity'
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As you can tell by the title of this episode this isn’t a normal episode of The Brady Heywood Podcast. In today’s episode we introduce you to a ne...
Miami Bridge Failure - Part 3
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we bring to a close our three-part series on the collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Miami, Florida, in 2018. In part one, you hear...
Miami Bridge Failure - Part 2
31 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is the second of a three-part series on the 2018 collapse of the International University Pedestrian Bridge in Miami, Florida. In our ...
Miami Bridge Failure - Part 1
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is the first of a three-part series about the 2018 collapse of the Florida International University pedestrian bridge in Miami, Florid...
The Brady Review
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is a little different. It explores 'The Brady Review', a report Brady Heywood undertook on the mining and quarrying industry in Queens...
The Pike River Mine Disaster - Part 3
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains vivid descriptions of how the miners, who lost their lives in the disaster, died. Listener discretion is advise...
The Pike River Mine Disaster - Part 2
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In part one of this three-part series on the Pike River mine disaster, you heard what took place in the minutes, hours and days following the methane ...
The Pike River Mine Disaster - Part 1
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains vivid descriptions of the moments that the disaster occurred. Listener discretion is advised. On the 19t...
The 1976 Montreal Olympics Financial Debacle
31 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's 1970, and the mayor of Montreal, Jean Drapeau, declares that the 1976 Montreal Games will be self-financing. In his view, these games can n...
The I-90 Tunnel Collapse
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we head to Boston. The 'Big Dig' was a road and tunnel construction project designed to solve Boston's congestion problems. With the ...
Introducing 'Saving Apollo 13'
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this short podcast we discuss the re-release of our Apollo 13 Series as Saving Apollo 13. We also talk about the subject of the next more 'traditio...
Apollo 13 - Addendum
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Want to take a deep dive behind the scenes of our Apollo 13 podcast series? Want to know the cause of the failure? Then this podcast is for you. We’...
Apollo 13 - Part V: Steely-Eyed Missile Men
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Apollo 13 is about to undertake one of the most improvised and dangerous re-entries ever attempted by NASA. Will John Aaron and the Tiger Team figure ...
Apollo 13 - Part IV: Star Sailors
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The crew of Apollo 13 begin their long fall to earth. In this entire episode we stay with the crew as they go around the moon, fight to keep their LEM...
Apollo 13 - Part III: The Tiger Team
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"I don’t give a damn about the odds and I don’t give a damn that we’ve never done anything like this before. You’ve got to believe, your peopl...
Apollo 13 - Part II: The Lifeboat
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Following the explosion, the three astronauts and Mission Control fight to save the dying spacecraft. And Gene Kranz assembles a team to tackle an imp...
Apollo 13 - Part I: Head for the Hills
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Apollo 13 is 200,000 miles from earth when it’s crippled by an explosion. On board are astronauts Jack Swigert, Fred Haise, and Commander Jim Lovell...
Apollo 13 - Teaser
04 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to our Apollo 13 teaser, with actual audio from its launch on 11 April 1970. In the New Year we will tackle the story of Apollo 13. In this epi...
Stranger than Fiction
08 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The collapse of the I-40 bridge in 2002 was a tragedy, but its aftermath was a story you simply couldn't make up. It begins with a barge, a bridge, an...
Quebec Bridge Collapse
09 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Can ego knock a bridge down? How one man's decisions caused the collapse of the Quebec Bridge. Follow the podcast on twitter @BradyHeywoodPod The Roya...
Earthquakes, Financial Crashes, and Dinosaurs
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Why do the really big catastrophes happen? The earthquakes, the financial crashes, and even the outbreak of the First World War. In this episode we di...
The Comet Aircraft Crashes
08 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The aircraft crashes that changed the world of aviation. And the reason aircraft windows aren't square. Follow the podcast on twitter @BradyHeywoodPod...
Minneapolis Highway Bridge Collapse
01 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On 1 August 2007 at 6:05 pm, during rush hour traffic, the I35-W Highway Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota collapsed into the Mississippi River. We’...
Hanging Garden of Babylon
03 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Did the Hanging Garden of Babylon actually exist or was it myth? And why bother talking about it in this podcast? Because apart from whether or not th...
Brooklyn Bridge - Part 2
27 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
With doctors saying her husband is dying, Emily Warren Roebling sets out on a path to see the great bridge through to completion. Read more at https...
Brooklyn Bridge - Part 1
13 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The greatest engineering challenge of the age. A male dominated profession. One woman. Emily Warren Roebling. Read more at https://docs.wixstatic.c...
Tacoma Bridge Collapse
30 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The collapse of the Tacoma Narrows suspension bridge is one of the world's most recognised structural failures. Were there any warnings from history t...
Virgin Galactic Crash
17 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The tragic crash of the Virgin Galactic spacecraft carries lessons for all of us. Do failures happen because humans make mistakes? Or do they happen b...
Why Expertise Can Hold Us Back
12 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What does a stadium collapse, baseball, fire fighting, and taking a shower have in common? In this episode we explore the concept of expertise and ask...
The West Gate Bridge Collapse
19 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What is not well known about the West Gate Bridge collapse in Melbourne, Australia in 1970 was that it was only one of a string of similar bridge fail...
Heart Attacks: Is Less Information More?
15 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What can heart attack diagnosis tell us about engineering failures? Perhaps not much directly, but it does provide fascinating insight into whethe...
Corporate Memory Loss: The Malahide Collapse
31 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
While the technical cause of failure of the Malahide Viaduct in Ireland was straight-forward, the human factor that collapsed the bridge was a relativ...
Organ Donation Rates and Engineering Failures
15 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Organ donation rates provide surprising insight into how we as humans make rational decisions. This podcast looks at this insight and examines how it ...
The Citicorp Tower Crisis
27 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In 1978 an engineering design error was discovered in the Citicorp Tower in Manhattan. It was so serious that it threatened the tower’s integrity. T...
The Role of Forensic Engineers in Legal Disputes
26 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What is the difference between a forensic structural engineer, as opposed to an ‘ordinary’ structural engineer? And what are the roles of these tw...
The Hyatt Regency Collapse
25 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The structural collapse of walkways at the Hyatt Regency in 1981 was one of the most devastating collapses in US history. 114 died, over 200 were inju...
Welcome to the Brady Heywood Podcast
24 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Brady Heywood podcast – the podcast where we look at engineering failures and disasters. My name is Sean Brady, and I’m a forensic ...