Episode 72

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25th Feb 2026

Pearl Harbor - 30 years in the planning? Special Guest Dr. Peter Mauch

The most dangerous crises are rarely spontaneous. They’re planned in plain sight. The attack on Pearl Harbor is often remembered as a single, shocking morning that dragged the United States into war. But what if it wasn’t a sudden surprise at all? What if it was the culmination of decades of strategic drift, diplomatic failure, intelligence blind spots, and calculated risk-taking?

In this episode of Right2BWrong, we unpack the long fuse behind Pearl Harbor, from Japan’s imperial ambitions and resource insecurity to Western complacency, economic sanctions, and missed warning signs. Joining us is special guest Dr Peter Mauch, who brings sharp historical insight to the question that still resonates today: was Pearl Harbor inevitable, or was it the catastrophic result of choices made, and not made, over 30 years?

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David has lived a weird and wonderful life, full of adventure and mistakes (many, many mistakes).
His dream of working as a stockbroker was crushed and he found himself as a young apprentice sweeping floors in a barbershop. After 20 years of bad jokes and bullshit, he would eventually find his way to university culminating in over 15 years of work in the Higher Education sector. David’s journey from humble apprentice to global corporate traveller has seen him learn that, while people of the world have many differences, there is a common theme to how they learn, grow, succeed and achieve happiness. That pathway is through the freedom to be oneself, speak one’s mind, make mistakes, essentially, having a right, to be wrong.