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Podcast: Bold American Pod
Episode: Winston Churchill's Teeth or Hitler's Coffee Mug?
Description: Round 1:
A Navy captain’s yelling and public “humiliation” of her officers and crew was so severe and frequent — once for the mistake of pointing out dolphins swimming nearby from the ship’s bridge — that sailors were afraid to bring bad news to her attention. That “fear culture” aboard the USS Lake Erie, a scathing Navy investigation found, could have created “a higher risk of having a safety or operational mishap” and an “unsafe command environment where sailors do not … exercise sound judgment.”You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can...