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

been hard for people to come to terms with on the ground seeing one of those in this time right can you can you imagine no actually i mean this is a this is a scale of it it's bigger than any building in london yeah and the and these things would they would fly over london and everybody would come out and they would go fast so they so the r101 the top speed was supposed to be 70 miles an hour which is obviously very slow compared to an airplane but it's a it's a fair old clip voice-verified

But then the analogy is more with the ocean liner. voice-verified

So this is a luxurious way to travel. voice-verified

You are traveling in silence. voice-verified

You are floating on the air currents. voice-verified

You can imagine going on safari and drifting over the African veldt and looking at the zebras and the elephants and... voice-verified

And you're there in the smoking lounge, drinking champagne with your friends. voice-verified

I mean, this is the vision, if we can only make it work. voice-verified

There are a few technical difficulties, as we will discuss. voice-verified

I mean, they are officially the coolest form of travel. voice-verified

They are utterly steampunk. voice-verified

They are so steampunk. voice-verified

They're so cool. voice-verified

I used to, this is a separate thing, but I actually used to live next door to one of the world's top 10 airship designers. voice-verified

He always joked there are only four of us in the world anyway. voice-verified

But yeah, airship's still a thing. voice-verified

Because they can fly on very, very low power. voice-verified

So you have a solar powered airship. voice-verified

It can stay up there. voice-verified

It's basically as an alternative for a satellite. voice-verified

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