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.
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Recent episodes include "Ep 159: Flight envelope protection cut fatal loss-of-control accidents 91 percent yet left pilots…" (31 October 2026, 8 minutes), "Ep 158: After banning four breeds in 1991, UK dog bite hospital admissions rose 81 percent by 2017." (30 October 2026, 16 minutes), and "Ep 157: The 22 trillion won Four Rivers Project’s 16 weirs slowed flows and caused algal blooms…" (29 October 2026, 8 minutes).
Unintended Consequences publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 12 minutes across 152 episodes.
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The strongest fits for Unintended Consequences are Economic Development & Regulation. Unintended Consequences has an education audience.
Unintended Consequences is an education podcast with 152 episodes published.
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Episode #159
Flight envelope protection cut fatal loss-of-control accidents 91 percent yet left pilots slower to recover when automation handed the airplane back. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In June 2009 Air France Flight 447, an...
Episode #158
After banning four breeds in 1991, UK dog bite hospital admissions rose 81 percent by 2017. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In 2018 the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee examined hospital records...
Episode #157
The 22 trillion won Four Rivers Project’s 16 weirs slowed flows and caused algal blooms across South Korea’s rivers. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In June 2008, President Lee Myung-bak directed his land minister to add...
Episode #156
The 1990 Clean Air Act gave 3.5 million extra allowances to scrubber plants, keeping high-sulfur coal units running longer. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In 1995 the first Phase I units under the 1990 Clean Air Act...
Episode #155
The lifeboat rules passed after the Titanic sank capsized the Eastland, drowning 844 passengers at a Chicago dock. Segment 1 — The Cold Open On the morning of July 24, 1915, the excursion steamer Eastland lay tied to a...
Episode #154
In 1972 Inco built a 381-metre stack to clear Sudbury's air, and sent the sulphur elsewhere instead. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In 1972 the Inco nickel smelter in Sudbury, Ontario, completed a chimney 381 metres tall...
Episode #153
Over 80 percent of Israel's wastewater reused for irrigation lowered citrus yields by 20 percent after a decade. Segment 1 — The Cold Open The Volcani Institute compared orchards after ten years of drip irrigation with...
Episode #152
Ban-the-box laws widened the Black-White job callback gap from 7 to 43 percent in New Jersey and New York City. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In 2018 the Quarterly Journal of Economics published results from a field...
Episode #151
Diclofenac given to Indian cattle from 1994 cut vulture numbers to one-thousandth and added over 100,000 human deaths yearly. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In 1994, after the patent on the painkiller diclofenac expired...
Episode #150
India issued 80 million free gas connections since 2016, yet 90 percent of users still burned firewood. Segment 1 — The Cold Open On 1 May 2016 Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, and launched...
Episode #149
Wolves entering 29 Wisconsin counties cut deer-vehicle collisions by about 24 percent. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In the winter of 2009, a radio-collared wolf crossed a county road in northern Wisconsin and paused to...
Episode #148
In 1988, the Philippine law meant to redistribute 4,900 hectares of Hacienda Luisita instead let owners keep control through shares. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In June 1988, Congress passed the Comprehensive Agrarian...
Episode #147
Thirty-eight Dutch Large Coppers released at Woodwalton Fen in 1927 required annual captive releases for over sixty years. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In the summer of 1928 more than a thousand adult Large Coppers flew...
Episode #146
The 2007 Renewable Fuel Standard expanded U.S. corn area by 2.8 million hectares, raising nitrate flows into the Gulf. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In the spring of 2008, farmers across Iowa and Illinois prepared fields...
Episode #145
Thirty-two major dams on the Tigris and Euphrates reduced the flood pulses that fed Iraq's Mesopotamian marshes. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In the early 2000s, Landsat images showed the vast reed beds and shallow lakes...
Episode #144
Seventy percent of Strait of Georgia coho catch came from hatcheries by 2001 despite lower survival than wild fish. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In the early 2000s, biologists sampling coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia...
Episode #143
Over twenty million flex-fuel vehicles earned CAFE credits yet used almost no E85 because stations stayed scarce. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In 2014, more than twenty million flex-fuel vehicles sat in American driveways...
Episode #142
In 1883 seventy-two mongooses released on one island to protect sugarcane also began preying on ground-nesting Hawaiian birds. Segment 1 — The Cold Open Sugar planters on the Hāmākua Coast of Hawaiʻi Island watched rats...
Episode #141
James Watt's engine used one-third the coal of Newcomen engines but raised Britain's coal consumption many times over. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In 1769 James Watt patented a separate condenser that let a steam engine...
Episode #140
For every 100 acres idled by the Conservation Reserve Program, farmers converted 20 acres of other land to crops. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In the central United States during the late 1980s, a federal contract paid a...
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