
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
History Podcasts
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.
Location:
United States
Description:
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.
Twitter:
@pushkinpods
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.pushkin.fm
"7000 horses are being flown across space..." - Cautionary Questions #2
Duration:00:35:37
Cautionary Tales Presents: Getting out of Dodge from Revisionist History
Duration:00:44:39
A Chorus of Contempt at The Sydney Opera House
Duration:00:39:57
The City That Sold Itself To Wall Street
Duration:00:38:28
General Ludd's Rage Against the Machines
Duration:00:36:20
Andy Warhol's Factory of Truth
Duration:00:36:48
Poles Apart: How A Journalist Divided A City
Duration:00:37:10
The Father of Space Travel
Duration:00:26:49
A Fascination with Failure: Death On The Dancefloor (Classic)
Duration:00:42:27
When Parakeets Plundered New York
Duration:00:36:12
The Coup, the Poet and the Secret to Winning Wimbledon
Duration:00:35:58
The Man Who Played With Hurricanes
Duration:00:38:02
Cautionary Tales Presents: Lost Hills - The Dark Prince
Duration:00:42:32
Sonic Poison? The Genesis of Havana Syndrome
Duration:00:37:04
Airships, AI and Alan Cumming: Tim Answers Your Questions
Duration:00:37:06
The Man Who Bet His House on a Pop Song - A Eurovision Tale
Duration:00:31:37
The Dark Money Behind Mother's Day
Duration:00:39:15
The True Scandal of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Duration:00:37:02
What if Terrorists Could Weaponize Covid?
Duration:00:38:41
The Vigilante and the Air Traffic Controller
Duration:00:34:51