成人快手

The Curse of Knowledge Meets The Valley of Death

How assuming others understand exactly what we are thinking gets people killed.

• 35 mins

Number Fever: How Pepsi Nearly Went Pop

Why some botched competitions ruin businesses, while others short-change consumers.

• 35 mins

Glowing Peril: The Magical Glitter That Poisoned a City

No-one saw this horrifying radiation accident coming. Should they have?

• 36 mins

How the Radium Girls Fought Back

Tim Harford and Kate Moore discuss how the "Radium Girls" took on their employers.

• 41 mins

When Stalin Killed the Weekend (with The Happiness Lab)

The story of Stalin's curious, calendar-reshaping experiment.

• 36 mins

Demonizing Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons caused a global panic about the dangers of role-playing games.

• 37 mins

Supersonic Nazi Vengeance: V2 Rocket (Part 1)

In WW2, British intelligence began to hear that the enemy was developing a rocket weapon.

• 36 mins

Into the Black Lair: V2 Rocket (Part 2)

How Nazi Germany was convinced that they couldn鈥檛 afford to ignore rocket technology.

• 39 mins

Buried Evil: V2 Rocket (Part 3)

The evil heart of the V2 manufacturing program is uncovered in a concentration camp.

• 39 mins

Do Nothing, Then Do Less

Sometimes doing less is the better option, as Chuck Yeager learned the hard way.

• 45 mins

Whistleblower on the 28th Floor

Why are we suspicious of "tattletales" and what can we do to make whistleblowing easier?

• 31 mins

The Fan Who Infected a Movie Star

Tragedy can be averted if we appeal to the better parts of human nature.

• 32 mins

The Fraudster's Guide to Magic Money

How do pyramid and ponzi schemes snowball out of control?

• 60 mins

WW2: How Britain Ignored the Mother of All Secrets

The story of one of the most extraordinary intelligence leaks in history.

• 43 mins

When the Robots Take Over... - Cautionary Questions

Does winning the lottery make you unhappy? Is Bitcoin bad for the economy?

• 39 mins

The Revenge of the Whales

How much is what we think we understand about the natural world shaped by human guilt?

• 38 mins

Adidas v Puma: A Battle of Boots and Brothers

Adi and Rudi Dassler made sports shoes together - until a feud erupted between them.

• 40 mins

Run, Switzer, Run: The Women Who Broke the Marathon Taboo

Until the 1960s, it was deemed too "dangerous" for women athletes to run longer distances

• 36 mins

Flying Too High: AI and Air France Flight 447

Panic has erupted in the cockpit of Air France Flight 447...

• 40 mins

Embracing the Escape Fire (with Adam Grant)

When the consequences of letting our ideas become part of our identity.

• 36 mins

The Human Guinea Pigs of Camp Lazear

Is it time to start thinking differently about experimenting on humans?

• 38 mins

Fritterin鈥� Away Genius

Are restlessness and "fritterin'" important parts of a rich and creative life?

• 37 mins

The Nice Guy, the Bully and the Kiss

Leo Durocher would stop at nothing to win.

• 38 mins

Steel and Kindness: Clash of the Skyscrapers

Paul Starrett has just won a major building contract, but will everything go to plan?

• 38 mins

Reason, Wrath and Rebellion on the High Seas

History remembers Captain Bligh as a cruel, petty tyrant. The reality is more complicated

• 40 mins

The Poet Who Toppled The British Empire

This is the final episode in a four-part series about how to succeed without being a jerk

• 44 mins

The Edinburgh Body Snatchers: Murder at Halloween

What makes some markets acceptable, and others repugnant?

• 38 mins

Darwin's Grandpa and the Art of Sex Appeal

Charles Darwin was stumped by peacocks, due to his theory of evolution.

• 38 mins

Captain Coward and the Blame Game

A massive cruise ship is tilting off Italy, but where is the captain?

• 35 mins

RoboPod and the Perpetual Money Machine - Cautionary Questions 2

Tim Harford and Jacob Goldstein answer more of your questions.

• 41 mins