Podcasts · Technology
Well There‘s Your Problem
194 episodes · 5 with AI analysis
This is a podcast about engineering disasters and systemic failures, from a leftist perspective, with jokes
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People · top 20
Companies · top 20
SEPTA×2Amtrak×2Sound TransitComcast CenterPenn Central Transportation CompanyGuinnessCitadel SecuritiesChicago South Shore and South Bend RailroadDiez and Meyer Liquor StoreBoeingRailroad Excursion Management CompanyChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)UPSStoryville CoffeeFMC TowerMuseum of History and Industry, Lake UnionIllinois Central Gulf RailroadTalgo CorporationMurphy'sMackler Properties
Topics · top 10
Illinois Central Electric commuter rail history and operationsAutomatic block signaling systems and permissive vs. restrictive signal designHighliner gallery car design and double-deck passenger train engineeringTrain coupler design and anti-climbing safety systemsHeavyweight vs. lightweight passenger car construction and crashworthinessOperational procedures for backing trains and flag stopsManagement accountability in transportation safetyVisual conspicuity and headlight design on trainsTomlinson couplers and multiple-unit train control systemsChicago commuter rail infrastructure and the Red Line's impact on ridership
Analyzed Episodes
Apr 29, 2026
Episode 197: The Illinois Central Electric Wreck
Illinois Central Electric commuter rail history and operationsAutomatic block signaling systems and permissive vs. restrictive signal designHighliner gallery car design and double-deck passenger train engineering
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Episode 189: 2017 Point Defiance Derailment
2017 Point Defiance Amtrak Cascades DerailmentPositive Train Control (PTC) Implementation FailuresTalgo Pendular Train Technology
View AnalysisDec 3, 2025
Episode 190: 432 Park Avenue (and other pencil towers)
Supertall residential tower design and structural engineeringConcrete facade systems and material science failuresWind engineering and vortex shedding in needle towers
View AnalysisDec 12, 2025
Episode 191: The Great Seattle Fire
Great Seattle Fire of 1889Wooden pipe infrastructure and water system failuresVolunteer fire department coordination and ethnic tensions
View AnalysisDec 23, 2025
BONUS Episode 52 PREVIEW: Guinness
Television advertising evolution and home entertainment market expansionBeer industry competitive advertising strategies and creative escalationBrand identity and two-part pour marketing for Guinness
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