Tim Harford: Pop-Up Economics

Simon Garfield: Maps and Mistakes

Simon Garfield discusses the mistakes and deceptions in some of ...

Simon Garfield discusses the mistakes and deceptions in some of our best-loved maps.

Jared Diamond: How Geography Creates History

The geographer and polymath Jared Diamond argues that apparently slight ...

The geographer and polymath Jared Diamond argues that apparently slight differences in...

Jerry Brotton: Mapping History

Professor Jerry Brotton discusses how each period in history gets ...

Professor Jerry Brotton discusses how each period in history gets the map it deserves.

Tim Harford: The Power of Maps

Tim Harford and his guests tell intriguing stories inspired by ...

Tim Harford and his guests tell intriguing stories inspired by maps.

Common Tragedy

Tim Harford reflects on the impact of mankind on the ...

Tim Harford reflects on the impact of mankind on the world around us.

David Kilcullen: Feral Cities

Tim Harford is joined by influential counter-insurgency expert David Killcullen.

Gillian Tett: The Anthropology of Finance

Financial journalist Gillian Tett describes how she predicted the financial ...

Financial journalist Gillian Tett describes how she predicted the financial crisis in 2008

Malcolm Gladwell: Listening in Vietnam

Tim Harford is joined by Malcolm Gladwell for the first ...

Tim Harford is joined by Malcolm Gladwell for the first in this new series of talks.

Tim Harford: The day the geeks took over poker

Tim tells the story of Chris Ferguson who applied game ...

Tim tells the story of Chris Ferguson who applied game theory to poker and won - big time.

Tim Harford: The Indiana Jones of Economics

Tim Harford tells the story of Bill Phillips - war ...

Tim Harford tells the story of Bill Phillips - war hero, engineer, crocodile-hunter,...