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- Ep 109: Finland's 2017 basic-income trial raised part-time work without lifting full-time…Finland's 2017 basic-income trial raised part-time work without lifting full-time employment, because the flat payment shrank the extra reward for earning more.Segment 1 — The Cold OpenIn early 2017, two thousand unemployed Finns began receiving an unconditional monthly payment of 560 euros from the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, known as Kela. ...AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fL0zPHDqGY📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.8 min
- Ep 108: Villagers hugged trees in Uttarakhand to stop commercial logging and protect their…Villagers hugged trees in Uttarakhand to stop commercial logging and protect their watersheds, only to see resin-tapping quotas rise on the remaining pines and accelerate the very forest loss they had fought.Segment 1 — The Cold OpenIn the steep valleys of Uttarakhand during the 1970s, groups of villagers linked arms around the trunks of chir pine trees while contractors waited with saws and axes. ...AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.9 min
- Ep 107: Poland subsidized coal-to-gas boiler swaps to cut emissions, only to see methane leaks…Poland subsidized coal-to-gas boiler swaps to cut emissions, only to see methane leaks from the new networks erode much of the gain.Segment 1 — The Cold OpenIn a modest apartment block outside Kraków, a family replaced its old coal stove with a new gas boiler under a national subsidy program meant to clear the winter air. ...AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.7 min
- Ep 106: London's 2003 congestion charge eased central traffic but pushed all-day parking into the…London's 2003 congestion charge eased central traffic but pushed all-day parking into the residential streets just outside the cordon.Segment 1 — The Cold OpenOn weekday mornings after the charge took effect, drivers who once headed straight into central London instead pulled over on the narrow residential streets that ringed the zone. They locked their cars and walked or took short hops onward, leaving rows of vehicles that stayed put until evening. ...AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.8 min
- Ep 105: Chile's 1981 pension privatization sought stronger retirement savings but instead expanded…Chile's 1981 pension privatization sought stronger retirement savings but instead expanded self-employment and irregular contributions.Segment 1 — The Cold OpenIn the months after Chile moved its pension system to individual accounts in 1981, formal-sector employers began calculating the new payroll deductions required for each worker. The change was meant to link contributions directly to future benefits and reduce long-term fiscal pressure on the state. ...AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.8 min
- Ep 104: Britain taxed homes by counting their windows to avoid prying inside — and owners bricked…Britain taxed homes by counting their windows to avoid prying inside — and owners bricked them shut, leaving cities darker and sicker for generations.Segment 1 — The Cold OpenIn the winter of 1697, a London bricklayer received an order to seal eight windows in a merchant’s house on Cheapside with fresh mortar and timber. The work took a single afternoon, and the rooms behind the new walls stayed cold and dim for the next century and a half. ...AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.8 min
- Ep 103: South Africa's post-apartheid fishing quotas were meant to spread ownership — and instead…South Africa's post-apartheid fishing quotas were meant to spread ownership — and instead created a larger roster of paper rights leased straight back to the established fleets.Segment 1 — The Cold OpenIn the waters off the Western Cape, a new quota holder received an allocation of hake or rock lobster under the fresh rules but owned no vessel, employed no crew, and had never set a net. ...AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9LpZf-Av-0📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.8 min
- Ep 102: Khrushchev sent tractors across the Kazakh steppe to grow more grain and instead watched…Khrushchev sent tractors across the Kazakh steppe to grow more grain and instead watched the wind strip the soil away in a new Dust Bowl.Segment 1 — The Cold OpenIn the spring of 1954, Soviet officials watched as the first fleets of tractors bit into the dense sod of northern Kazakhstan, turning land that had supported only grass and nomads for centuries into straight rows of wheat. ...AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.7 min
- Ep 101: Norman Borlaug’s dwarf wheat ended India’s grain crises but left Punjab’s water table…Norman Borlaug’s dwarf wheat ended India’s grain crises but left Punjab’s water table dropping nearly a meter a year.Segment 1 — The Cold OpenIn the villages of Punjab’s Malwa region, farmers once lowered their pumps a few meters each season to reach water. Today many must drill more than two hundred meters, and the electricity that runs those pumps still arrives free of charge. ...AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.10 min
- Ep 100: Dutch subsidies boosted bicycle commuting by more than 40 percent, yet absolute head…Dutch subsidies boosted bicycle commuting by more than 40 percent, yet absolute head-injury hospitalizations rose because helmet norms did not keep pace.Segment 1 — The Cold OpenIn the early 1990s, Dutch transport planners expanded tax incentives and dedicated infrastructure to move daily commuters onto bicycles. The policy succeeded in shifting travel patterns on a large scale. ...AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.8 min
About Unintended Consequences
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Every day, 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 rolled out, the unintended fallout, and the lessons that still apply — told with empathy for the people who tried.
AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.