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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Demonizing Dungeons & Dragons (Classic) contributed by Lukas · Dec 20, 2024
Captain Coward and the Blame Game contributed by Lukas · Dec 6, 2024
Get Happier, Help Others: Some Good Ideas About Giving contributed by Lukas · Dec 2, 2024
RoboPod and the Perpetual Money Machine - Cautionary Questions 2 contributed by Lukas · Nov 22, 2024
Darwin's Grandpa and the Art of Sex Appeal contributed by Lukas · Nov 8, 2024
The Edinburgh Body Snatchers: Murder at Halloween contributed by Lukas · Oct 25, 2024
Cautionary Tales Presents: Death Fraud and Other Risky Business contributed by Lukas · Oct 14, 2024
The Poet Who Toppled The British Empire contributed by Lukas · Oct 11, 2024
Reason, Wrath and Rebellion on the High Seas contributed by Lukas · Sep 27, 2024
Steel and Kindness: Clash of the Skyscrapers contributed by Lukas · Sep 13, 2024
The Nice Guy, the Bully and the Kiss contributed by Lukas · Sep 13, 2024
Tim's Tolkien Obsession & Amazon Prime's The Rings of Power contributed by Lukas · Aug 30, 2024
The Human Guinea Pigs of Camp Lazear contributed by Lukas · Aug 16, 2024
Embracing the Escape Fire (with Adam Grant) contributed by Lukas · Aug 2, 2024
Cautionary Tales Presents Vultures from Lost Hills: Dark Canyon contributed by Lukas · Jul 25, 2024
Flying Too High: AI and Air France Flight 447 contributed by Lukas · Jul 19, 2024
Run, Switzer, Run: The Women Who Broke the Marathon Taboo contributed by Lukas · Jul 5, 2024
Adidas v Puma: A Battle of Boots and Brothers contributed by Lukas · Jun 21, 2024
The Revenge of the Whales contributed by Lukas · Jun 7, 2024
When the Robots Take Over... - Cautionary Questions contributed by Lukas · May 24, 2024
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Charts

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#37 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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Rankings

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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.

Ranking over time

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Where it charts

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

🇳🇿 New Zealand #124 🇮🇩 Indonesia #172 🇨🇦 Canada #187 🇵🇭 Philippines #191 🇿🇦 South Africa #193 🇬🇧 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