That actually was a kind of scam:

https://www.businessinsider.com/mattress-firm-blames-aggressive-expansion-on-own-executives-brokers-2018-9

Yep!

Yep!

Just seconding Plainly Difficult, and Mentour Pilot. Also, I think Kyle Hill’s series on nuclear “disasters” is pretty good. It’s called “Half-life Histories.”

I really appreciate all the answers here so far. But I wanted to thank you for that resource specifically. Maybe my googling isn’t so great either, but I haven’t come across that before. Much obliged.