2024-08-30
45 分钟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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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now Pushkin hello, and welcome to Cautionary Tales.
I am Tim Harford.
This is one of our cautionary conversations episodes.
We are sponsored this week by Amazon prime, the creators of the Rings of Power.
And I'm actually so excited I could pop.
I'm in the studio with Alice Fiennes, cautionary Tales series producer.
And why am I so excited, Alice.
You'Re so excited because we're about to do a massive rundown of all your favorite cautionary tales and the works of your favorite author, Tolkien.
Yes, we're going to talk about Jaira Tolkien.
We're going to talk about the rings of power, and we're going to talk about cautionary tales.
All my birthdays and Christmas have come at the same time.
In case you haven't guessed, I'm an absolutely massive fan of Tolkien.
I've been a massive fan of Tolkien for approximately 45 years, and I think that Tolkien is full of cautionary tales.
And this new series, Rings of Power, is also full of cautionary tales.