About this podcast
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.
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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
About this podcast
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.
Recent episodes
- Evel Knievel Faces the Abyss4 Sept · 40 min
- Dumm und Dümmer: Hitler Invades Florida28 Aug · 39 min
- The DeLorean Saga: Fraud, Drugs and Marty McFly's Car - with Business History21 Aug · 49 min
- Proceed with Caution - Pascal's Guide to Podcasts14 Aug · 26 min
- The Weight of Fame: A Hollywood Tragedy7 Aug · 42 min
- Arsenic and Lace: The Trial of the Yorkshire Witch - with Maddy Pelling31 Jul · 44 min
- The Doors of Death: The Herald of Free Enterprise24 Jul · 38 min
- "What a Bloody Mess we're in" - Britain's [REDACTED] Accident17 Jul · 41 min
- Attack of the Night People10 Jul · 41 min
- LIVE: We Are Not Machines - with Sarah O'Connor3 Jul · 42 min
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