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Spectacular Failures

Spectacular Failures

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 Corporate crookedness. Family feuding. Hilariously half-baked decisions. Host Lauren Ober tackles some of the most spectacular business failures of all time, and what could have been done to avoid them. Some of these stories are shocking. Some are funny. Some are just downright sad. But each one will give you a totally new perspective on big business… and big failure. From American Public Media.Copyright 2025 Minnesota Public Radio Economics Management Management & Leadership
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  • Introducing Spectacular Failures

    Introducing Spectacular Failures
    May 30 2019

    Corporate crookedness. Family feuding. Hilariously half-baked decisions. Host Lauren Ober tackles some of the most spectacular business failures of all time, and what could have been done to avoid them. Coming June 17.
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    3 mins
  • A Christian theme park plunges into scandal

    A Christian theme park plunges into scandal
    Jun 17 2019

    How Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s wildly popular Christian theme park was upended by fraud, scandal and lavish spending.


    You can follow Spectacular Failures on Twitter and Facebook using @failureshow. We're @failure_show on Instagram, where you can see photos from Lauren's tour of the former Heritage USA property. Follow Lauren Ober on Twitter and Instagram at @oberandout.


    Spectacular Failures is powered by you. Support the show with a donation at spectacularfailures.org/donate.
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    31 mins
  • MoviePass begins with plenty of drama

    MoviePass begins with plenty of drama
    Jun 24 2019

    Unlimited movie theater tickets for $9.99 a month? It sounds too good to be true and, well... it might be.


    You can follow Spectacular Failures on Twitter and Facebook using @failureshow. We're @failure_show on Instagram, where you can see photos from Lauren's tour of the former Heritage USA property. Follow Lauren Ober on Twitter and Instagram at @oberandout.


    Spectacular Failures is powered by you. Support the show with a donation at spectacularfailures.org/donate.
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    29 mins
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We loved everything about this podcast, the unremarkable stories which became remarkable,
The enjoyable voice and funny side bars of Lauren Ober.
Just wish there were many more season!

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This was a mediocre podcast. It got boring. It’s all I’m trying to say. So sorry man just not good

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