May 6, 1949. On the runway at Lindbergh Field in San Diego, a scrappy upstart called Pacific Southwest Airlines, PSA, is about to take its first flight. PSA is a budget airline—the world’s first. Other jet age carriers will offer luxury in the sky, but PSA does not. It’s exploiting a loophole in the American flight system to do things very differently. How d ... Show More
Apr 13
Jefferson’s Trade War Shuts Down America
April 18, 1806. In his study, President Thomas Jefferson signs a law that doesn’t look like an act of war. It bans imports. Leather. Silk. Glass. Playing cards. A strange list. A quiet move. But Jefferson is trying to confront one of the most powerful empires in the world, withou ... Show More
28m 30s
Apr 9
A Good, Not Great Lake (from Points North)
This episode comes from Points North, a podcast about the land, water, and inhabitants of the Great Lakes. You can listen to Points North wherever you get your podcasts. Lake Champlain is more than 16 times smaller than Lake Ontario, the smallest Great Lake. But in 1998, Congress ... Show More
25m 33s
Apr 6
Oil Fields, Bags of Cash, a Presidency Exposed
April 7, 1922. A cabinet secretary signs a secret deal and locks it in his desk. The land in question holds one of the largest untapped oil reserves in the country. Officially, it belongs to the U.S. Navy. Unofficially, it’s just been handed to a private oilman – no bidding, no o ... Show More
31m 2s
May 2022
Boeing vs Airbus | Pegue Suas Asas | 1
Década de 50, começo da era dos jatos. Quem lidera esta nova era de voos mais rápidos e menos instáveis é o De Havilland Comet, avião de fabricação britânica. Mas quando um desastre acontece, uma fabricante americana de aviões militares chamada Boeing vê a oportunidade perfeita p ... Show More
23m 53s
Jan 2020
Boeing vs Airbus - Get Your Wings | 1
<p>It’s the 1950s, the dawn of the jet age. And leading the world into this era of faster, less shaky flights is the British-made De Havilland Comet.</p><p>But when disaster strikes, a hungry American military plane maker called Boeing spots a golden opportunity to break into the ... Show More
23m 42s
Dec 2023
777 Aviation Accident Litigation
Aviation accident litigation with a partner from a law firm that specializes in that topic. In the news, some distressing recent air traffic controller behavior, the FAA acts on Safety Team recommendations, three United Airlines employees are accused of accepting bribes, a cargo ... Show More
1h 41m
Feb 2021
Boeing vs Airbus – On perd de l’altitude | 5
Nous sommes dans les années 2000. Cela fait des années que les dirigeants d’Airbus rêvent de construire le plus gros avion de passagers au monde. Et ça y est, le projet est enfin officiellement lancé. Mais alors qu’Airbus voit grand, très grand, de son côté Boeing pense vite, plu ... Show More
25m 51s
Jan 2021
Boeing vs Airbus - Ça donne des ailes! | 1
Les années 1950 marquent de le début de l’ère de l’aviation moderne, avec l’arrivée des premiers avions de ligne à réaction. A l’époque,le constructeur britannique De Havilland est le leader mondial du secteur, grace à son avion, le Comet, réputé pour être le plus rapide et le pl ... Show More
24m 12s