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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Lab Leak: Could Smallpox Come Back? contributed by Lukas · May 9, 2025
"Dangerously Near to Absolute Perfection" contributed by Lukas · May 2, 2025
Buried by the Wall Street Crash (Classic) contributed by Lukas · Apr 25, 2025
Presenting: You Must Remember This - Alfred Hitchcock contributed by Lukas · Apr 18, 2025
“I love being the person who doesn’t know anything” - Why Steven Levitt has swapped academia for podcasting contributed by Lukas · Apr 11, 2025
The Old Man and the Wrecking Crew contributed by Lukas · Apr 4, 2025
Houdini: The Phone Call from the Coffin (Part 3) contributed by Lukas · Mar 28, 2025
Houdini's Detective and her 1500 Dead Husbands (Part 2) contributed by Lukas · Mar 21, 2025
Houdini: A Message from the Spirits (Part 1) contributed by Lukas · Mar 14, 2025
Would You Trust a Gangster Nanny? - Cautionary Questions with Rachel Botsman contributed by Lukas · Mar 7, 2025
Lights, Camera, Tax Break contributed by Lukas · Feb 28, 2025
The Nursery Rhyme That Ruined a Rock Band contributed by Lukas · Feb 21, 2025
The Widow Who Disrupted Champagne (with Ben Walter) contributed by Lukas · Feb 19, 2025
The Thrill and the Drop: A First Date Rollercoaster contributed by Lukas · Feb 14, 2025
Dr. Brinkley's Miracle Cure For Impotence (with Betwixt The Sheets) contributed by Lukas · Feb 7, 2025
The Night of the Mugger contributed by Lukas · Jan 31, 2025
Missing on "Dead Mountain": A Cold War Cold Case contributed by Lukas · Jan 24, 2025
Frozen in a Burning 747 (Tenerife Air Disaster 2) contributed by Lukas · Jan 17, 2025
Cleared For Take-Off? (Tenerife Air Disaster 1) contributed by Lukas · Jan 10, 2025
Do NOT Pass GO! (Classic) contributed by Lukas · Jan 3, 2025
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#35 Self-Improvement · United States

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

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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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As of 2026-09-16, Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford ranks #124 on Apple Podcasts in New Zealand, and appears on charts in 8 countries.

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

🇳🇿 New Zealand #124 🇿🇦 South Africa #164 🇮🇩 Indonesia #172 🇨🇦 Canada #187 🇵🇭 Philippines #191 🇬🇧 United Kingdom #196 🇮🇪 Ireland #197 🇦🇺 Australia #199 History #13 Apple
Chart records
First charted2025-08-20
Best ever#31 on Apple Podcasts (New Zealand) · 2025-12-06
Days on chart363
Countries now8
CategoriesHistory