Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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153 Episodes

  1. The Rise and Fall of a Megalomaniac

    Published: 4/12/2024
  2. Inside the Bizarre World of Dictators

    Published: 3/29/2024
  3. Pushkin Hosts Celebrate World Happiness Day

    Published: 3/20/2024
  4. Do Nothing, Then Do Less

    Published: 3/15/2024
  5. Buried Evil: V2 Rocket (Part 3)

    Published: 3/1/2024
  6. Into the Black Lair: V2 Rocket (Part 2)

    Published: 2/16/2024
  7. Supersonic Nazi Vengeance: V2 Rocket (Part 1)

    Published: 2/2/2024
  8. Tenerife: The Most Deadly Air Disaster

    Published: 1/30/2024
  9. Martin Luther King, the Jewelry Genius, and the Art of Public Speaking (Classic)

    Published: 1/19/2024
  10. DANGER: Rocks Ahead! (Classic)

    Published: 1/5/2024
  11. When Stalin Killed the Weekend (with The Happiness Lab)

    Published: 12/22/2023
  12. How the Radium Girls Fought Back

    Published: 12/8/2023
  13. Glowing Peril: The Magical Glitter That Poisoned a City

    Published: 11/24/2023
  14. George Washington's Beard of Beetles (with The Dollop)

    Published: 11/17/2023
  15. Laser Versus Parchment: Doomsday for the Disc

    Published: 11/10/2023
  16. Cautionary Tales Presents The Dream

    Published: 11/6/2023
  17. Killers of the Flower Moon: Osage Chief Jim Gray In Conversation

    Published: 10/27/2023
  18. Oil and Blood: The Osage Murders

    Published: 10/20/2023
  19. DOUBLE BILL: A Monkey For Mayor / A Screw Loose At 17,000 Feet

    Published: 10/13/2023
  20. "7000 horses are being flown across space..." - Cautionary Questions #2

    Published: 9/29/2023

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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 other Friday.