Tim Harford
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Cautionary Tales – What’s the Frequency, Zenith? The Great Telepathy Experiment
Every Sunday, in 1937, people all across American tune in to a strange broadcast. The Zenith Foundation is attempting an ambitious parapsychology experiment to test whether telepathy is real.
The Bizarre Mystery of England’s Crop Circles | Cautionary Tales Podcast
In 1980s Southern England, intricate crop circles are appearing overnight, and people are desperate for an explanation. Could humans really create something so complex without anyone spotting them?
Some weekend recommendations
A miscellany for your delectation. “Tomorrow, I will be going across channels with zero views, going into their chat, and pumping people up.” But it might not end up quite how you…
Cautionary Tales – When Aliens Landed in Wiltshire
In 1980s Southern England, intricate crop circles are appearing overnight, and people are desperate for an explanation.
When Aliens Landed in Wiltshire | Halloween Season
In 1980s Southern England, intricate crop circles are appearing overnight, and people are desperate for an explanation. Could humans really create something so complex without anyone spotting them?
Is the modern economy a bit… samey?
Last week’s column, with the aid of a pink romantasy bookshop, discussed the way a healthy economy offers “disciplined pluralism”. Discipline means that sooner or later, uneconomic ideas fail.
More or Less - Is the UK state pension really the lowest in Europe? - BBC Sounds
Tim Harford investigates UK pensions, Russia’s GDP and heatwave deaths.
The Truth About the Curse of King Tut | Cautionary Tales Podcast
This October, Cautionary Tales is going all out for Halloween. We've got four brand new spooky episodes coming your way throughout the month, plus a fifth over on the Cautionary Club on Patreon.
The Mummy's Curse (Halloween Classic)
This October, Cautionary Tales is going all out for Halloween. We've got four brand new spooky episodes coming your way throughout the month, plus a fifth over on the Cautionary Club on Patreon.
I was wrong about Bad Girl Books
There are some ideas so self-evidently bad that as you see the seeds being sown, it’s all you can do to restrain yourself from staging an intervention.