Banking Bad examines past financial crises through the lived experience of people directly responsible for steering the system through financial calamity. It tells the story of the real time, high-pressure decisions made to deal with bank failures, contagion events, financial rescues and the human decisions made to bring the financial world back from the edge of systemic collapse. Through expert interviews and real-world case studies, this podcast uncovers lessons learned from past banking crises that have a striking resemblance to the issues that continue to impact the future of banking.
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Signup to Generate a PitchBanking Bad examines past financial crises through the lived experience of people directly responsible for steering the system through financial calamity. It tells the story of the real time, high-pressure decisions made to deal with bank failures, contagion events, financial rescues and the human decisions made to bring the financial world back from the edge of systemic collapse.
Recent episodes include "Season Finale: Re-Thinking The Rules" (12 October 2026, 47 minutes), "Punishing the Guilty: The Aftermath of Bank Failures" (28 September 2026, 43 minutes), and "Too Interconnected to Fail" (14 September 2026, 41 minutes).
Banking Bad publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 41 minutes across 10 episodes.
Booking probability for Banking Bad is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Banking Bad requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Banking Bad's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Banking Bad are Banking & Credit Unions and Investment Banking & Trading. Banking Bad has a business audience.
Banking Bad is a business podcast with 10 episodes published.
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Episode #10
In the Banking Bad Season 1 finale, guest moderator Rob Blackwell joins banking experts Don Billings and C.K. Lee to challenge and assess the season’s key policy recommendations. Should depositors be expected to police...
In this episode of Banking Bad, former FDIC General Counsel Rick Osterman joins John Bovenzi and Tom Vice to explore the legal side of bank failure: who is held accountable, how responsibility is determined, and where...
Episode #7
Joe Fellerman, a senior asset liquidation and bank recovery and resolution planning expert joins Banking Bad to discuss the dramatic improvements that have been made in the bank resolution process after the 2008...
In the turmoil following the failures of Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual and Wachovia, financial markets froze and confidence in the banking system deteriorated rapidly. Former FDIC senior official Diane Ellis takes...
Only days after successfully resolving Washington Mutual, FDIC officials were confronted with an even greater challenge: the impending failure of Wachovia, then the fourth-largest bank in the United States. In this...
In September 2008, as the collapse of Lehman Brothers shook confidence across the global financial system, Washington Mutual became the largest bank failure in U.S. history. In this episode, former FDIC Director of...
In this episode of Banking Bad, we speak with Sandra Thompson, former Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and former Director of Bank Supervision at the FDIC, about one of the most important—but least...
In Episode 3 of Banking Bad , our guest is Eric Spitler, a law professor at the University of North Carolina and former Director of Legislative Affairs at the FDIC and the SEC, for a timely discussion about one of the...
<p>This episode tells the story of Penn Square National Bank through the eyes of Lesylee Sullivan Hodge, who worked at the bank for a brief time before beginning a long career with the FDIC. What began as a small...
This episode tells the story of Penn Square National Bank through the eyes of Lesylee Sullivan Hodge, who worked at the bank for a brief time before beginning a long career with the FDIC. What began as a small Oklahoma...
<p>Banking Bad examines past financial crises from the perspective of people directly responsible for steering the system through financial calamity. It tells the story of the real time, high-pressure decisions made to...
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