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A Brief History of Failure

A Brief History of Failure

By: Ade Cory
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The things we take for granted in today's world are typically the result of one lucky break, one person’s point of clarity that managed to rise above the efforts of others. However, it is those who have fallen at the last hurdle, via back luck or ignorance, which A Brief History of Failure celebrates. And this group is legion. From the earliest days of civilisation to the political turmoil of modern politics, this podcast shines a light on those who fall into the classification of losers. Research on the world's silver and bronze medalists has been painstakingly conducted to produce this definitive, groundbreaking broadcast.

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  • A Brief History of Failure. Episode 6

    A Brief History of Failure. Episode 6
    Dec 8 2024

    New Reasonings. From hopeless efforts to agree on a location for zero degrees longitude to a failure to support the discovery of X-rays, humanity is careering towards global war at the end of the end of the 19th Century...and it's little wonder.

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    17 mins
  • A Brief History of Failure. Episode 5

    A Brief History of Failure. Episode 5
    Nov 2 2024

    The Age of Reform. From 1830 to 1850, people were doing some remarkably stupid things to ensure social reform continued to drive forward. From the unwanted release of cartographers by the Abolitionists to suffragettes storming courthouses in turkey costumes, the great awakening had its share of hopeless failure.

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    15 mins
  • A Brief History of Failure. Episode 4

    A Brief History of Failure. Episode 4
    Oct 25 2024

    Science and Stamps. At beginning of the 19th century, science was all the rage but the ability to confirm the simplest of things such as the mass of Planet Earth or concoct a rudimentary chemical fertiliser seemed beyond the wit of most cretins.

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    20 mins

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