Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
The Online Date That's Too Good to be True
Season 3 Episode 15
Single and looking for love, Dr Robert Epstein found himself chatting with a slim, attractive brunette online. She seemed perfect... perhaps even too…
3 years, 5 months ago
A Leap of Faith From the Eiffel Tower
Season 3 Episode 14
Inventor Franz Reichelt wants to test his novel "parachute suit" from as tall a structure as possible - and the Eiffel Tower seems ideal. Previous tr…
3 years, 5 months ago
Cautionary Conversation: Flying on Empty
Season 3 Episode 14
A meter is longer than a yard. An ounce is heavier than a gram. We harmlessly mix them up sometimes, but a "unit conversion error" when you're fillin…
3 years, 5 months ago
Tim Talks Bicycles with Patented
Season 3 Episode 13
Invented in the mid-1800s, bicycles have had enduring popularity. Across cultures, they have been embraced, promising freedom and mobility at a lower…
3 years, 6 months ago
"You’re Not Howard Hughes!"
Season 3 Episode 13
By the 1970s Howard Hughes was the "invisible billionaire”. A business tycoon, a daring aviator and Hollywood Lothario, Hughes had an amazing life st…
3 years, 6 months ago
"Who would you dine with? Scott or Amundsen?" Malcolm Gladwell and Tim Harford in Discussion.
Season 3 Episode 13
Malcolm Gladwell joins Tim Harford to discuss our recent three-part tale about the race to reach the South Pole. There's talk of imperial decline; th…
3 years, 6 months ago
South Pole Race: When the Limeys Get Scurvy
Season 3 Episode 11
Polar exploration is dangerous... but trudging hundreds of miles in subzero temperatures isn't made any easier if you're suffering from scurvy. The d…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Bowery Boys and the Black Tom Explosion
Season 3 Episode 12
Cautionary Tales returns next week, but in the meantime enjoy a story of disaster from The Bowery Boys Podcast.
It's July 30th 1916, just after 2am,…
3 years, 7 months ago
South Pole Race: “Mummy, is Amundsen a good man?”
Season 3 Episode 10
Roald Amundsen beat Captain Scott to the South Pole. The Norwegian - using dog sleds and skis - made it look easy... fun, even. He was heading home t…
3 years, 7 months ago
South Pole Race: David and Goliath on Ice
Season 3 Episode 9
1910: Two men are racing to be the first to reach the South Pole. Captain Robert Falcon Scott heads a well-financed, technologically-advanced expedit…
3 years, 7 months ago