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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 episodes every other Friday.

Premiere Date |
2019-10-22
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Weekly
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95 Available Episodes (97 Total)Average duration: 00:33:38
Apr 14 | 00:37:02
The True Scandal of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Apr 07 | 00:38:41
What if Terrorists Could Weaponize Covid?
Mar 31 | 00:34:51
The Vigilante and the Air Traffic Controller
Mar 24 | 00:36:59
America's Mata Hari? The Double Life of Esther Reed
Mar 17 | 00:38:51
Office Hell: the Demise of the Playful Workspace
Mar 10 | 00:30:48
La La Land: Galileo’s Warning (Classic)
Mar 03 | 00:37:10
The Scientist and the Swindler
Feb 17 | 00:35:57
The Hero Who Rode His Segway Off a Cliff
Feb 10 | 00:37:25
The Mummy's Curse (Classic)
Feb 03 | 00:36:30
The Final Illusion of the Great Lafayette
Jan 20 | 00:38:47
LIVE: The Myth of the Million Dollar Tulip Bulb
Jan 06 | 00:34:20
DOUBLE BILL: When a Plague Struck World of Warcraft/Blood on the Tracks
Jan 03 | 00:29:19
"Snow Crashing Into The Metaverse" from Imaginary Worlds
Dec 09 | 00:35:36
The Company That Cancelled Christmas
Nov 25 | 00:39:13
The Wild Turkeys of Schleswig
Nov 18 | 00:32:51
Cautionary Conversation: The Blitz Spirit and the Blackout Ripper
Nov 11 | 00:36:47
The Inventor Who Almost Ended the World
Oct 28 | 00:35:23
The Halloween Poisoner
Oct 21 | 00:41:15
Cautionary Conversation: The Conspiracy Theorist Who Changed His Mind
Oct 14 | 00:41:01
Cautionary Tales Presents: Warfare, The Life of Anne Frank
Oct 07 | 00:37:13
The Online Date That's Too Good to be True
Sep 23 | 00:33:00
A Leap of Faith From the Eiffel Tower
Sep 09 | 00:32:06
Cautionary Conversation: Flying on Empty
Sep 02 | 00:38:37
Tim Talks Bicycles with Patented
Aug 26 | 00:35:44
"You’re Not Howard Hughes!"
Aug 19 | 00:25:14
"Who would you dine with? Scott or Amundsen?" Malcolm Gladwell and Tim Harford in Discussion.
Aug 12 | 00:33:48
South Pole Race: When the Limeys Get Scurvy
Aug 05 | 00:45:29
The Bowery Boys and the Black Tom Explosion
Jul 29 | 00:35:33
South Pole Race: “Mummy, is Amundsen a good man?”
Jul 15 | 00:33:20
South Pole Race: David and Goliath on Ice
Jul 08 | 00:48:08
Gladwell on Doctors' Prescriptions, Carbon Copies and the Opioid Crisis.
Jul 01 | 00:38:22
Chicago When It Sizzles
Jun 24 | 00:55:00
Cautionary Tales Presents: Hot Money
Jun 17 | 00:36:16
The French Knight’s Guide to Corporate Culture
Jun 10 | 00:38:25
A Corvair Cautionary Tale from Car Show
Jun 03 | 00:34:59
Frankenstein Versus the Volcano
May 20 | 00:33:57
Bless the Coal-black Hearts of the Broadway Critics
May 17 | 00:34:59
Respect the Polygon from Against the Rules
May 13 | 00:28:46
Monkey for Mayor from This Day in Esoteric Political History
May 06 | 00:33:06
When the Autopilot Switched Off
Apr 29 | 01:12:30
Cautionary Tales Presents: World's Greatest Con
Apr 22 | 00:37:07
Photographing Fairies
Apr 15 | 00:57:18
Tim Joins ‘No Such Thing As A Fish'
Apr 08 | 00:37:07
The False Dawn of the Electric Car
Mar 25 | 00:18:55
The Balloons That Ate Cleveland (A Cautionary Tales Short)
Mar 25 | 00:36:44
Death on the Dance Floor
Mar 17 | 00:28:59
The Future of Drones from What’s Your Problem
Mar 11 | 00:03:04
Cautionary Tales Returns Every Other Friday from March 25th
Jan 19 | 00:42:48
Cautionary Tales Presents: Endless Thread
Jan 05 | 00:56:05
Cautionary Tales Presents: The New Bazaar
Dec 01 | 00:09:22
Lost Hills Season 2: Dead in the Water
Nov 19 | 00:39:36
Cautionary Tales Presents Miracle And Wonder: Conversations With Paul Simon
Oct 29 | 00:36:51
The Mummy’s Curse
Oct 22 | 00:36:48
The Truth About Hansel and Gretel
Oct 05 | 00:55:35
The Ripper Retold: A Cautionary Tale
Aug 23 | 00:40:25
A Cautionary Tale of Kubrick and the Pain of Rejection
Jul 01 | 00:05:01
Malcolm Gladwell is All Riled Up
Jun 04 | 00:29:44
Cautionary Tales presents: I Spy
May 28 | 00:35:00
Do NOT Pass GO!
May 21 | 00:33:49
Wrong Tools Cost Lives
May 17 | 00:13:19
The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
May 14 | 00:36:41
Fritterin’ Away Genius
May 07 | 00:31:44
The Fan Who Infected a Movie Star
Apr 30 | 00:31:46
Whistleblower on the 28th Floor
Apr 23 | 00:32:08
Masterly Inactivity Versus Micromanaging
Apr 16 | 00:36:59
Demonizing Dungeons & Dragons
Apr 09 | 00:35:02
Number Fever: How Pepsi Nearly Went Pop
Apr 02 | 00:33:36
The Curse of Knowledge Meets The Valley of Death
Mar 26 | 00:33:12
The Dunning Kruger Hijack (and Other Criminally Stupid Acts)
Mar 19 | 00:33:40
Catching a KiIler Doctor
Mar 12 | 00:35:16
The Art Forger, the Nazi, and "The Pope"
Mar 05 | 00:36:00
Florence Nightingale and Her Geeks Declare War on Death
Feb 26 | 00:35:24
Martin Luther King Jr, the Jewelry Genius, and the Art of Public Speaking
Feb 19 | 00:02:34
Cautionary Tales returns February 26th
Feb 12 | 00:14:08
Bonus: Why We Believe What Isn't True (with Axios Today)
Feb 02 | 00:34:07
The Data Detective
Jan 21 | 00:02:56
Cautionary Tales Presents: Hasta la Vista, America
Oct 12 | 01:13:16
Cautionary Tales Presents: Brave New Planet
Sep 16 | 00:10:14
BONUS: Storks, Smoking and the Power of Doubt
Jul 17 | 00:25:05
How To End A Pandemic
Jul 10 | 00:24:16
That Turn To Pascagoula
Jul 03 | 00:21:58
The Village of Heroes
Jun 26 | 00:24:04
The Spreadsheet of Life and Death
Jun 19 | 00:21:07
A Tsunami of Misery
Jun 12 | 00:21:00
Fire at The Beverly Hills Supper Club
May 21 | 00:51:02
Cautionary Tales Presents: The Last Archive
May 12 | 00:45:20
Cautionary Tales presents: Against the Rules Season 2
Jan 31 | 00:18:11
Cautionary Tales Presents: TED Talk Daily
Dec 27 | 00:32:59
You Have Reached Your Destination
Dec 20 | 00:30:32
Bowie, Jazz and the Unplayable Piano
Dec 13 | 00:36:18
How Britain Invented, Then Ignored, Blitzkrieg
Dec 06 | 00:36:01
Buried by the Wall Street Crash
Nov 29 | 00:37:45
The Deadly Airship Race
Nov 22 | 00:31:02
La La Land: Galileo's Warning
Nov 15 | 00:33:16
The Rogue Dressed as a Captain
Nov 15 | 00:35:12
DANGER: Rocks Ahead!
Oct 22 | 00:02:57
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