Season 5 · Episode 18
Tim's Tolkien Obsession & Amazon Prime's The Rings of Power
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
August 30, 202445m 7s
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Show Notes
Tim Harford's life has been building up to this moment. In this Cautionary Conversation, he discusses the works of his favorite author J.R.R. Tolkien and the social science at play in Amazon Prime's series The Rings of Power. What do elves and whistleblowers have in common? How can evil hide in plain sight? And where do orcs come from?
Season 2 of The Rings of Power is available to watch on Prime Video from August 29th.
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