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...

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A Deadly Day at the Races: What Radical Protest Can and Cannot Do contributed by Lukas · Sep 19, 2025
True Lies and Genuine Fakes contributed by Lukas · Sep 12, 2025
Stalling for Survival - A Lonely Fight Against a Deadly Medicine contributed by Lukas · Sep 5, 2025
Announcing: The Cautionary Club contributed by Lukas · Sep 2, 2025
Disaster Favours the Daring: Shipwreck at Honda Point contributed by Lukas · Aug 29, 2025
Paradise Poisoned: How Utopias Fall Apart contributed by Lukas · Aug 22, 2025
"Genius Still Unrecognised" - The Worst Poet in the World contributed by Lukas · Aug 15, 2025
Office Hell: The Demise of the Playful Workspace (Classic) contributed by Lukas · Aug 8, 2025
Number Fever: How Pepsi Nearly Went Pop (Classic) contributed by Lukas · Aug 1, 2025
Fire at The Beverly Hills Supper Club (Update) contributed by Lukas · Jul 25, 2025
"Captain Kirk Forgot to put the Machine on Stun" contributed by Lukas · Jul 18, 2025
"I get in trouble when I say things like this" - Michael Lewis on Sam Bankman-Fried contributed by Lukas · Jul 11, 2025
Grand Theft Automated: How to Save a Trillion Lives contributed by Lukas · Jul 4, 2025
The Man who Solved Kindness contributed by Lukas · Jun 27, 2025
The Shark That Ate Hollywood: Jaws at 50 contributed by Lukas · Jun 20, 2025
Le Mans 55: The Deadliest Race contributed by Lukas · Jun 13, 2025
The Nazis, the Bomb, and the Woman that Science Forgot contributed by Lukas · Jun 6, 2025
Give Politicians a Raise, Smuggle Smartphones into School, and go Full Donk! Cautionary Questions with Risky Business contributed by Lukas · May 30, 2025
Roosevelt and the Renegade (Panama Disaster 2) contributed by Lukas · May 23, 2025
The Great Frenchman's Folly (Panama Disaster 1) contributed by Lukas · May 16, 2025
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#33 Self-Improvement · United States

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4 episodes · last 30 days · avg 45 min

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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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As of 2026-09-16, Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford ranks #118 on Apple Podcasts in New Zealand, and appears on charts in 8 countries.

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🇳🇿 New Zealand #118 🇿🇦 South Africa #167 🇮🇩 Indonesia #169 🇨🇦 Canada #187 🇵🇭 Philippines #191 🇬🇧 United Kingdom #196 🇮🇪 Ireland #197 🇦🇺 Australia #199 History #13 Apple
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First charted2025-08-20
Best ever#31 on Apple Podcasts (New Zealand) · 2025-12-06
Days on chart363
Countries now8
CategoriesHistory