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Clip: Episode 7 | 39s Video has closed captioning.
Hosts Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani introduce the theory of normalization of deviance, an understanding that came from study of the Challenger disaster.
Aired: 10/28/19
The Theory of Normalization of Deviance
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