Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

A podcast by Pushkin Industries - Fridays

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130 Episodes

  1. The Hero Who Rode His Segway Off a Cliff

    Published: 2/17/2023
  2. The Mummy's Curse (Classic)

    Published: 2/10/2023
  3. The Final Illusion of the Great Lafayette

    Published: 2/3/2023
  4. LIVE: The Myth of the Million Dollar Tulip Bulb

    Published: 1/20/2023
  5. DOUBLE BILL: When a Plague Struck World of Warcraft/Blood on the Tracks

    Published: 1/6/2023
  6. "Snow Crashing Into The Metaverse" from Imaginary Worlds

    Published: 1/3/2023
  7. The Company That Cancelled Christmas

    Published: 12/9/2022
  8. The Wild Turkeys of Schleswig

    Published: 11/25/2022
  9. Cautionary Conversation: The Blitz Spirit and the Blackout Ripper

    Published: 11/18/2022
  10. The Inventor Who Almost Ended the World

    Published: 11/11/2022
  11. The Halloween Poisoner

    Published: 10/28/2022
  12. Cautionary Conversation: The Conspiracy Theorist Who Changed His Mind

    Published: 10/21/2022
  13. Cautionary Tales Presents: Warfare, The Life of Anne Frank

    Published: 10/14/2022
  14. The Online Date That's Too Good to be True

    Published: 10/7/2022
  15. A Leap of Faith From the Eiffel Tower

    Published: 9/23/2022
  16. Cautionary Conversation: Flying on Empty

    Published: 9/9/2022
  17. Tim Talks Bicycles with Patented

    Published: 9/2/2022
  18. "You’re Not Howard Hughes!"

    Published: 8/26/2022
  19. "Who would you dine with? Scott or Amundsen?" Malcolm Gladwell and Tim Harford in Discussion.

    Published: 8/19/2022
  20. South Pole Race: When the Limeys Get Scurvy

    Published: 8/12/2022

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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.