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There are a few days in everyone's lifetime in which you know you always remember where you were.

For my parents, two of those would be JFK's assassination and the moon landing. For my daughter, maybe it'll be the day when artificial intelligence

demonstrates sentience or extraterrestrial life is discovered under the ice of Jupiter's moon Europa.

For me, it was 9-11 and the Challenger disaster. I remember each moment vividly. Maybe because

in each event, some sort of innocence was lost. But also, maybe some

sort of hubris was laid bare, too. No one deserved what happened in those twin towers or the

space shuttle, but were they preventable? In the case of the Challenger, the answer is probably

yes. And on today's Saturday matinee, we're bringing you an episode

from my podcast, American Scandal.

The Challenger disaster is a scandal

because so many saw the evidence of peril,

tried hard to bring it to light,

but were stymied by the myopia of bureaucracy.

I hope you enjoy.

And while you're listening,

be sure to search for and follow American

Scandal. We put a link in the show notes to make it easy for you.

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