37 min

The Deadly Airship Race Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

    • History

Listen on Apple Podcasts
Requires subscription and macOS 11.4 or higher

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 of people, but run in the wrong way it can cause people (and the things they produce) to fall apart in the most horrifying ways.
Read more about Tim's work at http://timharford.com/

Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 of people, but run in the wrong way it can cause people (and the things they produce) to fall apart in the most horrifying ways.
Read more about Tim's work at http://timharford.com/

Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

37 min

Top Podcasts In History

السيرة النبوية -احمد عامر
omar
اسألوا التاريخ
عبدالرحمن السويّل
د. طارق السويدان | السيرة النبوية ـ قصص الأنبياء
Dr. Tareq Al Suwaidan
The Rest Is History
Goalhanger Podcasts
حروب العالم
Podeo | بوديو
The History of Yugoslavia
Alex Cruikshanks

More by Pushkin Industries

Deep Cover: The Nameless Man
Pushkin Industries
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Pushkin Industries
Revisionist History
Pushkin Industries
Against the Rules with Michael Lewis: The Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried
Pushkin Industries
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Pushkin Industries
1 big thing
Axios