The Old Man and the Wrecking Crew

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

When Britain entered its first Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020, many found comfort in evoking the British wartime spirit. A timely hero emerged - Captain Tom Moore, a WWII veteran who walked up and down his garden to raise money for frontline nurses. But when the fundraising switched to a new charity, did anyone think to check where was the money was going?

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0:03.9	What if it was about uncovering the complex hidden stories, the ones we don't hear, the truths that get lost in the noise?
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0:29.5	and the impacts that reach far beyond the courtroom.
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0:37.5	She haunts me.
0:39.0	He's with me every day.
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0:45.6	Every week I bring you new cases,
0:47.5	from high-profile tragedies to mysteries that have been overlooked or misunderstood.
0:50.7	Join me as we explore what others won't.
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1:07.1	Every time I hear about my dad is, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.
1:11.8	I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.
1:16.5	At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
1:19.3	Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2, starting April 9th on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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