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. >> reporter: psychologist samuel west recently showed off this exhibit he's spent years curating. >new car line with a lot of innovative features. >> reporter: a brightly-colored collection featuring all kinds of commercial products by big-name companies. at first glance, it might look like a celebration of corporate success. not quite. >> it was ford's biggest failure. edsel. designed for elegance. >> it was available in so many different price ranges, people didn't understand, "is this a luxury car, or is it a, you know, affordable car? what is it?" this is a massive failure for ford. in today's value, it's in the billions. >> reporter: this is the museum of failure, a collection of more than 150 products that bombed. but, this isn't about laughing at corporate flops. >> i want people to realize and understand, truly understand, that if they don't take meaningful risks, there will be no progress. >> reporter: it started when west was earning his ph.d. in psychology, studying corporate behavior. he started noticing companies' reluctance to invest in the kind of experimentation that
. >> reporter: psychologist samuel west recently showed off this exhibit he's spent years curating. >new car line with a lot of innovative features. >> reporter: a brightly-colored collection featuring all kinds of commercial products by big-name companies. at first glance, it might look like a celebration of corporate success. not quite. >> it was ford's biggest failure. edsel. designed for elegance. >> it was available in so many different price ranges, people...
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a western directed by james samuel featuring real life figures from the old west, in a fictional storytewashed. in fact, these are like characters we haven't seen on—screen many times before. great cast — idris elba, zazie beetz, regina king. and, very tarantino—esque, lots of action, lots of violence, but actually done in a way that i thought was kind of cinematic and fun, you know, a lot of leone, a lot of tarantino. i really enjoyed it. it doesn't have a lot of substance, but a lot of surface, and the surface is good. mark, great to see you. lovely, to see you, see you next week. thank you very much, and that's it, enjoy your cinema going. see you next time, bye—bye. hello. monday morning gets off to a chilly start, a touch of frost around parts of eastern scotland and down the eastern side of england. milder air poised to move back in with a set of atlantic weather fronts bringing in a rush of air. central and eastern and southern parts of england clouding up about saying loudly dry during daylight hours. about staying largely dry during daylight hours. a chilly feel in norwich but
a western directed by james samuel featuring real life figures from the old west, in a fictional storytewashed. in fact, these are like characters we haven't seen on—screen many times before. great cast — idris elba, zazie beetz, regina king. and, very tarantino—esque, lots of action, lots of violence, but actually done in a way that i thought was kind of cinematic and fun, you know, a lot of leone, a lot of tarantino. i really enjoyed it. it doesn't have a lot of substance, but a lot of...
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currently reading and they include haiti, intimacies, wayward, hun doer, immortality and samuel moyne's humane. william is in west palm beach florida. hello william. >> caller: thank you. can you recommend a book around monroe louisiana and if you have time comment on -- is that factored into the independence from britain? >> guest: repeat the last part >> host: are you still with us? >> caller: yes. britain's fleet -- freed the slaves before the states. did we see the writing on the wall if you will and did it influence succession from prison? >> guest: thankn you. thank you for that question. i'm sorry i don't know any sources but i will definitely look them up. >> host: just as general sense where would you recommend peoplo go if they want to read about specific areas? is there a library or a site that is one of your go to sites collects >> guest: i think all you have to do is google the history of northern louisiana and you can find articles and all but i did want to respond to the possibility of ending not just the trans-atlantic slave trade but the huge antislavery movement in britain that wanted to do just
currently reading and they include haiti, intimacies, wayward, hun doer, immortality and samuel moyne's humane. william is in west palm beach florida. hello william. >> caller: thank you. can you recommend a book around monroe louisiana and if you have time comment on -- is that factored into the independence from britain? >> guest: repeat the last part >> host: are you still with us? >> caller: yes. britain's fleet -- freed the slaves before the states. did we see the...
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intimacies, david spee out at wayward, my island, immortality and samuel, let's even get another call in before time runs out, william is in a west of palm beach, florida hi william thanks for holding. >> caller: thank you. could you recommend a book that describes northern louisiana and if you have time, comment on slavery before the state was that a factor in the independence from britain? >> repeat the last part? stuart william are you still with us? >> caller: britain freed the slaves before these states, did we see the writing on the wall if you will, and did that influence our succession from britain? >> host: thank you. >> guest: thank you for that question. i am sorry i do not know any sources for northern louisiana will definitely look them up. >> host: any general sense of what would you recommend people go if they want to read about specific areas, is there a library or a site that you go to that's one of your go to sites? speech i think google is fine, all you have to do is history of northern louisiana you would start finding references , articles and all. but i did want to respond to was the possibility of britain e
intimacies, david spee out at wayward, my island, immortality and samuel, let's even get another call in before time runs out, william is in a west of palm beach, florida hi william thanks for holding. >> caller: thank you. could you recommend a book that describes northern louisiana and if you have time, comment on slavery before the state was that a factor in the independence from britain? >> repeat the last part? stuart william are you still with us? >> caller: britain...
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samuel going. [inaudible]. to see if we can get another caller before time runs out and william is in west palm beach florida, hi william and thank you for holding. >> could you describe a book and if you have time, don the slavery before the state and was not a factor in independence from britain. >> and you repeat the last part. >> yes, britain freed the slaves before the states. did we see the writing on the wall and that the influence our succession for ricin. >> thank you for that question i'm sorry don't know any of the sources for northern louisiana but i will definitely look them up.pe >> and in general sense, roxanne dunbar-ortiz, if they want to read from a specific area iss there somewhere they could go, is there a library or site that you go to that is when you go to sites. >> i think that google is fine, i think if you just google it, would find references and articles but i do want to respond with the possibility of written ending not just the slave trades but slavery and they had a huge antislavery movement in britain and wanted to do just that and it definitely made the slavers, in the colonies v
samuel going. [inaudible]. to see if we can get another caller before time runs out and william is in west palm beach florida, hi william and thank you for holding. >> could you describe a book and if you have time, don the slavery before the state and was not a factor in independence from britain. >> and you repeat the last part. >> yes, britain freed the slaves before the states. did we see the writing on the wall and that the influence our succession for ricin. >>...