Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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153 Episodes

  1. Masterly Inactivity Versus Micromanaging

    Published: 4/23/2021
  2. Demonizing Dungeons & Dragons

    Published: 4/16/2021
  3. Number Fever: How Pepsi Nearly Went Pop

    Published: 4/9/2021
  4. The Curse of Knowledge Meets The Valley of Death

    Published: 4/2/2021
  5. The Dunning Kruger Hijack (and Other Criminally Stupid Acts)

    Published: 3/26/2021
  6. Catching a KiIler Doctor

    Published: 3/19/2021
  7. The Art Forger, the Nazi, and "The Pope"

    Published: 3/12/2021
  8. Florence Nightingale and Her Geeks Declare War on Death

    Published: 3/5/2021
  9. Martin Luther King Jr, the Jewelry Genius, and the Art of Public Speaking

    Published: 2/26/2021
  10. Cautionary Tales returns February 26th

    Published: 2/19/2021
  11. Bonus: Why We Believe What Isn't True (with Axios Today)

    Published: 2/12/2021
  12. The Data Detective

    Published: 2/2/2021
  13. Cautionary Tales Presents: Hasta la Vista, America

    Published: 1/21/2021
  14. Cautionary Tales Presents: Brave New Planet

    Published: 10/12/2020
  15. BONUS: Storks, Smoking and the Power of Doubt

    Published: 9/16/2020
  16. How To End A Pandemic

    Published: 7/17/2020
  17. That Turn To Pascagoula

    Published: 7/10/2020
  18. The Village of Heroes

    Published: 7/3/2020
  19. The Spreadsheet of Life and Death

    Published: 6/26/2020
  20. A Tsunami of Misery

    Published: 6/19/2020

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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.