Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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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 a...

#32 US · Self-Improvement 236 recordings 14 h 2019 → today Every two weeks updated 5 days ago
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Talent, Time and Money: The Curse of General Magic 39 min · Tim Harford · contributed by Lukas · 5 days ago
Evel Knievel Faces the Abyss 41 min · Tim Harford · contributed by Lukas · 12 days ago
Dumm und Dümmer: Hitler Invades Florida 39 min · Tim Harford · contributed by Lukas · 19 days ago
The DeLorean Saga: Fraud, Drugs and Marty McFly's Car - with Business History 52 min · contributed by Lukas · 26 days ago
Proceed with Caution - Pascal's Guide to Podcasts 31 min · Tim Harford, Jake Brennan, Brendan Boyle · contributed by Lukas · Aug 14
The Weight of Fame: A Hollywood Tragedy 49 min · Tim Harford, Jake Brennan, Brendan Boyle · contributed by Lukas · Aug 7
Arsenic and Lace: The Trial of the Yorkshire Witch - with Maddy Pelling 52 min · Maddy Pelling, Tim Harford, Jake Brennan · contributed by Lukas · Jul 31
The Doors of Death: The Herald of Free Enterprise 46 min · Tim Harford, Jake Brennan, Brendan Boyle · contributed by Lukas · Jul 24
"What a Bloody Mess we're in" - Britain's [REDACTED] Accident 48 min · Tim Harford, Jake Brennan, Brendan Boyle · contributed by Lukas · Jul 17
Attack of the Night People 49 min · Tim Harford, Jake Brennan, Brendan Boyle · contributed by Lukas · Jul 10
LIVE: We Are Not Machines - with Sarah O'Connor 50 min · Sarah O'Connor, Tim Harford, Jake Brennan · contributed by Lukas · Jul 3
Treacle Tears: The Boston Molasses Disaster 49 min · Tim Harford, Jake Brennan, Brendan Boyle · contributed by Lukas · Jun 26
The Thief, the Jewels, and the Dublin Castle Conspiracy 51 min · Tim Harford, Jake Brennan, Brendan Boyle · contributed by Lukas · Jun 19
The Dunning Canoe-ger Effect 48 min · Tim Harford, Jake Brennan, Brendan Boyle · contributed by Lukas · Jun 12
Presenting...This is History: A Dynasty to Die For 41 min · Dan Jones, Jake Brennan, Brendan Boyle · contributed by Lukas · Jun 11
How Civilizations Die - with Paul Cooper 50 min · Paul Cooper, Tim Harford, Jake Brennan · contributed by Lukas · Jun 5
Can You Make a Sherman Tank Float? 48 min · Tim Harford, Jake Brennan, Brendan Boyle · contributed by Lukas · May 29
The Inventor who Almost Ended the World (Classic) 45 min · Tim Harford, Jake Brennan, Brendan Boyle · contributed by Lukas · May 22
From Drilled: The Carbon Gold Rush 33 min · Jake Brennan, Brendan Boyle, Tim Harford · contributed by Lukas · May 19
Angels, Gold and Lust: John Dee and the Philosopher's Stone (Part 2) contributed by Lukas · May 15
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Charts

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#32 Self-Improvement · United States

🇵🇭 #4 · 🇳🇿 #5 · 🇮🇩 #6 · 🇫🇮 #6 · 🇨🇦 #7 · 🇬🇧 #7 · 🇿🇦 #7 · 🇦🇺 #8 · 🇮🇪 #11 · 🇵🇱 #11 · +20 more

charted in 31 countriesFull rankings →

Activity

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4 episodes · last 30 days · avg 45 min

Fri 52Tue 7Thu 2

Episodes per week over the last six months.

About

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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 ep...

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Rankings

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As of 2026-09-16, Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford ranks #109 on Apple Podcasts in New Zealand, and appears on charts in 8 countries.

Ranking over time

Overall chart position, last 90 days · lower is better

Where it charts

Current overall position by country · categories in 🇳🇿 New Zealand as of 2026-09-16

🇳🇿 New Zealand #109 🇿🇦 South Africa #158 🇮🇩 Indonesia #169 🇨🇦 Canada #187 🇵🇭 Philippines #191 🇬🇧 United Kingdom #196 🇮🇪 Ireland #197 🇦🇺 Australia #199 History #11 Apple
Chart records
First charted2025-08-20
Best ever#31 on Apple Podcasts (New Zealand) · 2025-12-06
Days on chart363
Countries now8
CategoriesHistory