What Josh Clark has said about Normal Accidents

1 quote · 1 episode · Jun 4, 2026

Josh Clark, Co-host of Stuff You Should Know, has been quoted on Normal Accidents once in 1 episode of Stuff You Should Know, most recently on June 4, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Clark describes Three Mile Island as a 'normal accident' in Charles Perrow's sense, inevitable given the complex system's design.

    “there's a sociologist named Charles Pero who calls this a normal accident, which is basically an accident that is essentially inevitable”

    Stuff You Should Know: Three Mile Island (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 26:03

Episodes

  • Three Mile Island

    Stuff You Should Know · Jun 4, 2026 · 46 min

    Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant recount the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear accident, its causes, health debates, cleanup, and effect on U.S. nuclear power.

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