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Unintended Consequences
By Patrick
Every weekday, one true story of good intentions gone sideways. From cobra bounties in colonial Delhi to recommendation algorithms, each episode follows a single case through the original idea, how it... more
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How many episodes does Unintended Consequences have?
The podcast currently has 103 episodes available.
Unintended Consequences episodes:
July 19, 2026Ep 63: Zara and H&M set out to make runway fashion affordable for ordinary shoppers — and created an industry that now produces 92 million tonnes of textile waste a year while emitting 8–10% of global greenhouse gases. 
July 18, 2026Ep 62: Governments spent hundreds of billions fixing the Y2K bug, then concluded the threat had never been real. July 17, 2026Ep 61: The Royal Navy cured scurvy with lemon juice in 1795, then quietly lost the remedy as steamships and limes replaced the original practice. July 16, 2026Ep 60: Scared Straight sent at-risk teens into prisons to be confronted by inmates in the hope that fear would keep them out of trouble — and later studies found the programs raised their odds of offending. July 15, 2026Ep 59: The U.S. government paid southern farmers to plant kudzu to stop erosion — and the vine kept growing long after the crisis ended. July 14, 2026Ep 58: Companies adopted game mechanics to make fitness, learning, and work more engaging — and watched users chase points while real progress and well-being declined. July 13, 2026Ep 57: Twentieth-century engineers built dams to power the West and control floods, then spent decades dismantling some so salmon could reach their spawning grounds again. July 12, 2026Ep 56: Platforms promised clean feeds for users and quietly hired tens of thousands of moderators to deliver them, shifting the psychological cost out of sight. July 11, 2026Ep 55: US dietary guidelines urged Americans to cut fat for heart health — and watched obesity climb as sugar filled the gap. July 10, 2026Ep 54: The 1968 National Flood Insurance Program set out to limit building in flood-prone areas but instead subsidized far more development behind levees.
FAQs about Unintended Consequences:
How many episodes does Unintended Consequences have?
The podcast currently has 103 episodes available.