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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 09, 2026Ep 53: Park managers exterminated Yellowstone’s wolves to protect elk and livestock, then watched the rivers, forests, and beavers collapse in their absence. 
July 08, 2026Ep 52: The Federal Reserve launched quantitative easing to rescue the economy from another Depression — and ended up widening the wealth gap for a decade. July 07, 2026Ep 51: China's Three Gorges Dam promised flood control and clean power for hundreds of millions, yet its reservoir began stressing faults and destabilizing entire hillsides. July 06, 2026Ep 50: NIST's 2003 password rules tried to make systems stronger by demanding complexity and rotation, yet they trained users to create the very patterns attackers learned to exploit first. July 05, 2026Ep 49: Pediatric guidelines told parents to withhold peanuts until age three — and peanut allergies rose sharply instead. July 04, 2026Ep 48: Mao's China exterminated sparrows to protect grain harvests and instead unleashed insect swarms that deepened the Great Famine. July 03, 2026Ep 47: Smokey Bear urged Americans to stamp out every spark — and turned manageable forests into fuel for megafires that now consume the agency’s budget. July 02, 2026Ep 46: The 1978 Airline Deregulation Act promised cheaper flights for everyone — and produced an industry where four carriers now control roughly 80 percent of the market. July 01, 2026Ep 45: Post-war mortgage subsidies made homeownership reachable for millions of families — and built the car-dependent, racially segregated suburbs that later proved nearly impossible to change. June 30, 2026Ep 44: London's congestion charge cut traffic inside the zone by 15 percent — and shifted the jams and fumes to the boroughs just beyond its boundary.
FAQs about Unintended Consequences:
How many episodes does Unintended Consequences have?
The podcast currently has 103 episodes available.