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Mar 2024
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The Baltimore bridge collapse

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The Key Bridge disaster is yet another reminder of the vulnerability of global shipping.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by David Herman and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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