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Bowie, Jazz and the Unplayable Piano

Bowie, Jazz and the Unplayable Piano


Season 1 Episode 7


It was the biggest concert of Keith Jarrett's career - but the pianist was in for a shock when he entered Koln's opera house. The only piano at the venue was a broken-down wreck. Should he risk humil…


Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

How Britain Invented, Then Ignored, Blitzkrieg

How Britain Invented, Then Ignored, Blitzkrieg


Season 1 Episode 6


In 1917, a brilliant British officer developed a way to use an emerging military technology: the tank. The British army promptly squandered the idea – but the Germans did not. Blitzkrieg, the devasta…


Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

Buried by the Wall Street Crash

Buried by the Wall Street Crash


Season 1 Episode 5


Both of the world’s greatest economists, Irving Fisher and John Maynard Keynes, thought they could see into the future and make a killing on the stock market - and then both were wiped out by the Wal…


Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

The Deadly Airship Race

The Deadly Airship Race


Season 1 Episode 4


A British Lord wanted to build the best airship in the world - and so he had two rival design teams battle it out to win the juicy government contract. Competition is supposed to bring the best out o…


Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

La La Land: Galileo's Warning

La La Land: Galileo's Warning


Season 1 Episode 3


Galileo tried to teach us that adding more and more layers to a system intended to avert disaster often makes catastrophe all the more likely to happen. His basic lesson has been ignored in nuclear p…


Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

The Rogue Dressed as a Captain

The Rogue Dressed as a Captain


Season 1 Episode 2


One crisp morning in Berlin, in 1906, a small group of soldiers were led on an extraordinary heist by a man they believed to be a Captain. So how did an ageing nobody in a fake uniform trick them int…


Published on 6 years ago

DANGER: Rocks Ahead!

DANGER: Rocks Ahead!


Season 1 Episode 1


Torrey Canyon was one of the biggest and best ships in the world - but its captain and crew still needlessly steered it towards a deadly reef known as The Seven Stones. This course seemed like utter …


Published on 6 years ago

Introducing: Cautionary Tales

Introducing: Cautionary Tales


Season 1


Coming November 15 from Tim Harford and Pushkin Industries, Cautionary Tales relates a true story of a time when something did not go according to plan. Some of these true stories are tragic, some ar…


Published on 6 years ago





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