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When the Robots Take Over... - Cautionary Questions
Season 5 Episode 11
Tim Harford is joined by Jacob Goldstein to answer your questions. Does winning the lottery make you unhappy? Is Bitcoin bad for the economy? When do…
1 year, 9 months ago
WW2: How Britain Ignored the Mother of All Secrets
Season 5 Episode 10
Neatly dressed in his suit, Hans Ferdinand Mayer was every inch the unassuming corporate executive. So, when he asked to borrow a typewriter from his…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Fraudster's Guide to Magic Money
Season 5 Episode 9
Sam Israel had a problem. The investors in his hedge fund, Bayou Capital, were expecting spectacular returns. Sam himself had spent years proclaiming…
1 year, 10 months ago
Blood and Gold (with Dan Snow)
Season 5
Bonus: When Spanish conquistadors arrived in Peru in 1526, it was the beginning of the end for the Inca. Their bloody pursuit of gold, fame and fortu…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Rise and Fall of a Megalomaniac
Season 5 Episode 8
Nicolae Ceaușescu was not beloved. His regime was vicious and he treated Romania as his personal wallet: while Ceaușescu emptied the coffers to const…
1 year, 10 months ago
Inside the Bizarre World of Dictators
Season 5 Episode 7
Why are so many autocrats germaphobes? Why was the truth so dangerous for Soviet engineers? And what can salami reveal to us about the mind of Vladim…
1 year, 11 months ago
Pushkin Hosts Celebrate World Happiness Day
Season 8 Episode 10
The Happiness Lab’s Dr. Laurie Santos brings together other Pushkin hosts to mark the International Day of Happiness. Revisionist History’s Malcolm G…
1 year, 11 months ago
Do Nothing, Then Do Less
Season 5 Episode 6
Chuck Yeager's plane pitched and rolled as it plummeted from the sky. He grappled with the controls inside the cockpit, but to no avail: he couldn't …
1 year, 11 months ago
Buried Evil: V2 Rocket (Part 3)
Season 5 Episode 5
As US troops approached a Nazi prison camp, they could hear agonized wailing. The stench of rotting flesh filled their nostrils. Moments later they d…
2 years ago
Into the Black Lair: V2 Rocket (Part 2)
Season 5 Episode 4
In the 1920s, Germany’s Society for Spaceship Travel boasted some of the sharpest scientific minds – like the incandescently brilliant young Wernher …
2 years ago