12 Days of Riskmas - Day 12 - Cathy Freeman

It’s Day 12 of Riskmas and – also the final episode of the Risktory Podcast. Today, a story that feels as real today as it did back then. Cathy Free...

12 Days of Riskmas - Day 11 - Tammy Wynette

Welcome to Day 11 of Riskmas. Today, let’s talk about the great musician, Miss Tammy Wynette. If Dolly is the Queen, Tammy was – and still is – the...

12 Days of Riskmas - Day 10 - Tenterfield Saddler

It is Day 10 of Riskmas and, today, the song Tenterfield Saddler. When you think of the great Australian, Peter Allen, you think of – quite naturally...

12 Days of Riskmas - Day 9 - Solzhenitsyn Part 2

Today, it’s Part 2 of my exploration into Russian dissident: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. On day 7, I looked at Solzhenitsyn’s life, positing the idea tha...

12 Days of Riskmas - Day 8 - Suni Lee

When Simone Biles pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics, I was so incredibly sad. I have loved watching this underdog win everything and I was genuinely e...

12 Days of Riskmas - Day 7 - Solzhenitsyn Part 1

Welcome to Day 7 of Riskmas, and Part I of two Riskmas episodes dedicated to the Russian dissident, Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Alexander Solzhenitsyn is...

12 Days of Riskmas - Day 6 - Australia vs USA

It is Day 6 of the 12 Days of Riskmas. The half way point. And today, it’s a battle of the countries. The US versus Australia. What are the five b...

12 Days of Riskmas - Day 5 - Omicron

It’s Day 5 of the 12 Days of Riskmas and, today, let’s talk about COVID-19’s latest mutation: Omicron. What you should know. What you should be on t...

12 Days of Riskmas - Day 4 - Classic Liberalism

Welcome to Day 4 of Riskmas, and welcome to Classic Liberalism, the lost Philosophy. I don’t tend to engage in political discussion on the podcast, b...

12 Days of Riskmas - Day 3 - Isaiah Lees

Welcome to Day 3 of Riskmas. Today, let’s talk about Isaiah Lees, one of history’s greatest detectives and – arguably – the inspiration for Sherlock...

12 Days of Riskmas - Day 2 - New Twitter CEO

Welcome to Day 2 of Riskmas. Today, let’s talk about new Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Parag Agrawal, and – specifically – controversial comments...

12 Days of Riskmas - Day 1 - Australian COVID19 Response

Welcome to The 12 Days of Riskmas. The 12 Days of Riskmas is my way of saying thank you to all of my listeners – both the OGs and the newer listeners...

How do you solve a problem like... the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal

Coming up this week, how do you solve a problem like the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal. Not just the scandal itself, but the canary in a coalmine risk...

How they did it... Australia II wins the America's Cup

On this week’s episode, the historic victory, in 1983, of Australia over the United States, to snatch the coveted America’s Cup yacht race.

Make it make sense... Rittenhouse Trial and Verdict

Coming up this week, I make sense of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial and verdict. While I don’t actively try to court controversy on the podcast, I feel l...

Masters of the Risk Universe... Madam CJ Walker

Coming up on this week’s episode, the epic story of Madam CJ Walker. America’s first female self-made millionaire.

CJ Walker is a grea...

How they did it... Operation Varsity Blues

Coming up on this week’s episode, the story of Operation Varsity Blues. An FBI investigation into a criminal conspiracy to influence undergraduate ad...

Whatever happened to... Circuit City

On this week’s episode, whatever happened to Circuit City? How did such a mainstay of the American Retail Ecosystem collapse. Today’s episode will c...

Make it make sense... Stock Trading

On today’s episode, something a little different. One of the most popular Risktory episodes of 2021, or ever, really, has been the episode ‘Make it m...

Masters of the Risk Universe... Peter Allen

Coming up this week, an episode I’ve long wanted to cover, and now – this week – it’s time.
Master of the Risk Universe. Peter Allen.
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Whatever happened to... Wirecard

Coming up on this week’s episode, whatever happened to Wirecard? The German-based payment processor and financial services unicorn that collapsed in...

How WE did it... from Australia to the US

So, as many of you would know, in the last week, I became an American Citizen. And with that, I had a lot of questions about our immigration journey...

How they did it... Trader Joe's

Coming up this week, the story of how the behemouth that is Trader Joe’s all began. The start-up story of Trader Joe’s is the stuff of beautiful, dis...

How do you solve a problem like... Vaccine Mandates

Coming up on this week’s episode, let’s talk about COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Specifically, the sweeping vaccine mandates announced by President Joe...

Masters of the Risk Universe... Nina Simone

Whatever happened to... Pan Am

Coming up on this week’s episode, whatever happened to Pan Am? King of the American Skies.

Long story short: a lot of things.

How they did it... the Antwerp Diamond Heist

Coming up this week, let’s go back in time and explore how the Antwerp Diamond Heist was executed. On February 15 2003, a group of five Italian thiev...

How do you solve a problem like... the Nikola Indictment

What a risk gift we have received in the last week, in the form of Trevor Milton, founder of electric vehicle manufacturer – Nikola – being indicted b...

Make it make sense... Covid-19 2.0?

So, COVID-19 cases in the US are rising. A second wave is possible. And with that potential second wave, comes a second wave of COVID-19’s partner i...

Masters of the Risk Universe... Female Bootleggers

Coming up this week, the story of a group of unlikely risk masters. Female Bootleggers.

When the US ratified the 18th amendment to its C...

Whatever happened to...Compaq

Coming up on this week’s episode, disrupting is all fun and games. Until such time as you become the disrupted.

As we see with the ris...

How they did it... McAfee

You’ve heard me talk all year about the agnostic nature of risk management, as a discipline. As recently as three weeks ago, in an episode exploring...

Masters of the Risk Universe... Melitta Bentz

Coming up on today’s Masters of the Risk Universe, a woman whose name you may not have ever heard of. But a woman whose invention and innovation, a l...

Make it make sense... the JBS Holdings Hack

Coming up today, let’s call this week’s episode a Viewers Choice episode, given so many of you reached out to me to cover it. This week, I will make...

How they did it... 1986 Insider Trading Scandal

Something I’ve said time and time again on the podcast, is that risk management – as a discipline – it’s agnostic.

As a discipline whic...

Whatever happened to... Vine.

Inventor and Futurist - Ray Kurzweil – a Risktory Podcast favorite – speaks of the Law of Accelerating Returns. Which is the idea that, in a non-tech...

Make it make sense... The Colonial Pipeline Crisis

On this week’s episode, a much requested Make It Make Sense: the Colonial Pipeline crisis.

On May 7 2021, the Colonial Pipeline, a fuel p...

Masters of the Risk Universe... David Lynch

When someone asks me my favorite movie, I always say: I have three. Stanley Kubrik’s, The Shining. Rob Reiner’s, This is Spinal Tap and David Lynch’...

How they did it... Door Dash Startup

In a world that seems all so negative and chaotic, a good news story this week. A story that exemplifies the natural inclination of our species to sp...

Whatever Happened To... Payless Shoes

On today’s episode, I look at the rise and fall of Payless Shoes. At one point, Payless Shoes was the US’ largest and most successful family owned bu...