Tim Harford

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476 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 20 Jul

Tim Harford’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal · Britain's Worst Airship Disaster · 20 Jul 2026 podcast

They're trying to save as much weight as possible. voice-verified

And he turns to his son, who's just a boy, and he says, promise me two things. voice-verified

You'll join the Navy and you'll look after your mother and your sister because I don't think I'm coming back. voice-verified

They really did. voice-verified

There was a great imperial conference taking place in London. voice-verified

And this did not happen very often because the Empire is a big place. voice-verified

It takes an enormous amount of effort to get the Prime Minister of Canada, the Governor of India. voice-verified

some air travel that would be quicker. voice-verified

So this only happens every few years and it's a 45-day conference and all the heads of government of all these different imperial and commonwealth states, they're all there in London. voice-verified

And Lord Thompson's idea is he is going to greet everybody, give the opening speech, fly to India and voice-verified

have meetings in india and fly back before the end of the conference easily before the end of the conference in fact he flies out with the speech that he's going to give when he gets home okay and he said when he's told you know there's a few problems with the r101 he says you must stick to the schedule because i have made my plans accordingly wow so we have we have a vessel voice-verified

Storm-proof? voice-verified

The storm-proof thing is very strange. voice-verified

So that seems to be absolutely in Lord Thompson's imagination. voice-verified

He says, it has always been my ambition to ride the storm. voice-verified

And on an earlier test flight, he was unhappy that there wasn't enough wind and rain. voice-verified

Because he had such confidence in this ship. voice-verified

But I think everyone else on the ship knew it's not storm-proof. voice-verified

And there are two basic problems. voice-verified

The first is when it rains, the ship gets heavier because the canopy is not completely waterproof. voice-verified

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