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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DOUBLE BILL: A Monkey For Mayor / A Screw Loose At 17,000 Feet contributed by Lukas · Oct 13, 2023
"7000 horses are being flown across space..." - Cautionary Questions #2 contributed by Lukas · Sep 29, 2023
Cautionary Tales Presents: Getting out of Dodge from Revisionist History contributed by Lukas · Sep 19, 2023
A Chorus of Contempt at The Sydney Opera House contributed by Lukas · Sep 15, 2023
The City That Sold Itself To Wall Street contributed by Lukas · Sep 1, 2023
General Ludd's Rage Against the Machines contributed by Lukas · Aug 18, 2023
Andy Warhol's Factory of Truth contributed by Lukas · Aug 11, 2023
Poles Apart: How A Journalist Divided A City contributed by Lukas · Aug 4, 2023
The Father of Space Travel contributed by Lukas · Jul 28, 2023
A Fascination with Failure: Death On The Dancefloor (Classic) contributed by Lukas · Jul 21, 2023
When Parakeets Plundered New York contributed by Lukas · Jul 14, 2023
The Coup, the Poet and the Secret to Winning Wimbledon contributed by Lukas · Jul 7, 2023
The Man Who Played With Hurricanes contributed by Lukas · Jun 23, 2023
Cautionary Tales Presents: Lost Hills - The Dark Prince contributed by Lukas · Jun 15, 2023
Sonic Poison? The Genesis of Havana Syndrome contributed by Lukas · Jun 9, 2023
Airships, AI and Alan Cumming: Tim Answers Your Questions contributed by Lukas · May 26, 2023
The Man Who Bet His House on a Pop Song - A Eurovision Tale contributed by Lukas · May 12, 2023
The Dark Money Behind Mother's Day contributed by Lukas · Apr 28, 2023
The True Scandal of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound contributed by Lukas · Apr 14, 2023
What if Terrorists Could Weaponize Covid? contributed by Lukas · Apr 7, 2023
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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 #139 on Apple Podcasts in New Zealand, and appears on charts in 6 countries.

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

🇳🇿 New Zealand #139 🇮🇩 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