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The Bad Leadership Podcast

The Bad Leadership Podcast

Auteur(s): Nathan Pali
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The Bad Leadership Podcast is a history-driven show about the worst leadership decisions ever made—and the people who made them.

Each episode examines real moments in history where leaders failed spectacularly: strategic blunders, ethical breakdowns, toxic authority, and ego-driven decisions that led to disaster. These aren’t hindsight-is-20/20 critiques. They’re deep dives into how intelligent, powerful people make catastrophically bad choices when pressure, fear, pride, and incentives collide.

Through storytelling and analysis, the show unpacks bad leadership, failed decision-making, organizational collapse, political miscalculation, and the psychology of power. You’ll hear how armies were lost, companies imploded, movements collapsed, and entire nations paid the price for one leader’s blind spot.

This podcast isn’t about inspirational quotes or leadership hacks. It’s about the consequences of poor leadership, unchecked authority, and leaders who stopped listening.

If you’re fascinated by leadership failures, historical disasters, power dynamics, management mistakes, and the uncomfortable truth that bad leadership is usually obvious—just not to the person in charge—this show is for you.

The Bad Leadership Podcast Because leadership lessons are often written in mistakes, not victories.

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  • The Fall of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
    Feb 1 2026
    In this episode, we explore the gradual dismantling of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, a vast European republic that succumbed not to revolution or conquest, but to internal paralysis and external manipulation. We examine how a political system valuing 'golden liberty' and the 'Liberum Veto' ultimately rendered the Commonwealth vulnerable to its neighbors.          Chapters    00:00 Introduction to the Commonwealth    00:40 Golden Liberty and Liberum Veto    03:46 External Interference and Partitions    07:06 Failed Reforms and Final Collapse
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    7 min
  • Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who Saved the World
    Jan 31 2026
    In this episode, we revisit the almost catastrophic night in September 1983 when the Soviet Union's nuclear early warning system indicated an incoming attack. We explore how Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov, against protocol, trusted his gut feeling and prevented a global nuclear war.          Chapters    00:00 Introduction    00:29 Cold War Tensions in 1983    01:56 The Serpukhov-15 Command Center    03:22 The Alarm Sounds: Five Missiles Detected    05:39 Petrov's Moment of Doubt    10:41 The Aftermath and Petrov's Legacy
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    12 min
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