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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WW2: How Britain Ignored the Mother of All Secrets contributed by Lukas · May 10, 2024
The Fraudster's Guide to Magic Money contributed by Lukas · Apr 26, 2024
Blood and Gold (with Dan Snow) contributed by Lukas · Apr 23, 2024
The Rise and Fall of a Megalomaniac contributed by Lukas · Apr 12, 2024
Inside the Bizarre World of Dictators contributed by Lukas · Mar 29, 2024
Do Nothing, Then Do Less contributed by Lukas · Mar 15, 2024
Buried Evil: V2 Rocket (Part 3) contributed by Lukas · Mar 1, 2024
Into the Black Lair: V2 Rocket (Part 2) contributed by Lukas · Feb 16, 2024
Supersonic Nazi Vengeance: V2 Rocket (Part 1) contributed by Lukas · Feb 2, 2024
Tenerife: The Most Deadly Air Disaster contributed by Lukas · Jan 30, 2024
Martin Luther King, the Jewelry Genius, and the Art of Public Speaking (Classic) contributed by Lukas · Jan 19, 2024
DANGER: Rocks Ahead! (Classic) contributed by Lukas · Jan 5, 2024
When Stalin Killed the Weekend (with The Happiness Lab) contributed by Lukas · Dec 22, 2023
How the Radium Girls Fought Back contributed by Lukas · Dec 8, 2023
Glowing Peril: The Magical Glitter That Poisoned a City contributed by Lukas · Nov 24, 2023
George Washington's Beard of Beetles (with The Dollop) contributed by Lukas · Nov 17, 2023
Laser Versus Parchment: Doomsday for the Disc contributed by Lukas · Nov 10, 2023
Cautionary Tales Presents The Dream contributed by Lukas · Nov 6, 2023
Killers of the Flower Moon: Osage Chief Jim Gray In Conversation contributed by Lukas · Oct 27, 2023
Oil and Blood: The Osage Murders contributed by Lukas · Oct 20, 2023
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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

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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 2026-09-17, Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford ranks #131 on Apple Podcasts in New Zealand, and appears on charts in 6 countries.

Ranking over time

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Where it charts

Current overall position by country · categories in 🇳🇿 New Zealand as of 2026-09-17

🇳🇿 New Zealand #131 🇮🇩 Indonesia #172 🇨🇦 Canada #187 🇿🇦 South Africa #193 🇬🇧 United Kingdom #196 🇦🇺 Australia #199 History #15 Apple
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First charted2025-08-20
Best ever#31 on Apple Podcasts (New Zealand) · 2025-12-06
Days on chart364
Countries now6
CategoriesHistory