Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
A podcast by Pushkin Industries - Fridays

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172 Episodes
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Houdini: The Phone Call from the Coffin (Part 3)
Published: 3/28/2025 -
Houdini's Detective and her 1500 Dead Husbands (Part 2)
Published: 3/21/2025 -
Houdini: A Message from the Spirits (Part 1)
Published: 3/14/2025 -
Would You Trust a Gangster Nanny? - Cautionary Questions with Rachel Botsman
Published: 3/7/2025 -
Lights, Camera, Tax Break
Published: 2/28/2025 -
The Nursery Rhyme That Ruined a Rock Band
Published: 2/21/2025 -
The Widow Who Disrupted Champagne (with Ben Walter)
Published: 2/19/2025 -
The Thrill and the Drop: A First Date Rollercoaster
Published: 2/14/2025 -
Dr. Brinkley's Miracle Cure For Impotence (with Betwixt The Sheets)
Published: 2/7/2025 -
The Night of the Mugger
Published: 1/31/2025 -
Missing on "Dead Mountain": A Cold War Cold Case
Published: 1/24/2025 -
Frozen in a Burning 747 (Tenerife Air Disaster 2)
Published: 1/17/2025 -
Cleared For Take-Off? (Tenerife Air Disaster 1)
Published: 1/10/2025 -
Do NOT Pass GO! (Classic)
Published: 1/3/2025 -
Demonizing Dungeons & Dragons (Classic)
Published: 12/20/2024 -
Captain Coward and the Blame Game
Published: 12/6/2024 -
Get Happier, Help Others: Some Good Ideas About Giving
Published: 12/2/2024 -
RoboPod and the Perpetual Money Machine - Cautionary Questions 2
Published: 11/22/2024 -
Darwin's Grandpa and the Art of Sex Appeal
Published: 11/8/2024 -
The Edinburgh Body Snatchers: Murder at Halloween
Published: 10/25/2024
We tell our children unsettling fairy tales to teach them valuable lessons, but these Cautionary Tales are for the education of the grown ups – and they are all true. Tim Harford (Financial Times, BBC, author of “The Data Detective”) brings you stories of awful human error, tragic catastrophes, and hilarious fiascos. They'll delight you, scare you, but also make you wiser. New episodes every Friday.