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... more
Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 123 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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Everything a podcast should aspire to be -excellent writing, research, production, sound production, acting and incredibly interesting topics. Truly fantastic!!
Outstanding! I've listened to 30 episodes so far and just subscribed to Pushkin+ as a way to say thank you - as well as eliminate the ads. I find myself copying some of Tim's voice inflections now when I read out loud. My young boys like listening to the episodes about the South Pole. Thank you, Tim!
Tim Hartford is one of the very best presenters and researchers of truly interesting facts and stories from human history. The structure of each show is so well paced leading to the cautionary point of the episode. more
Cautionary tales is so good. I listen 👂 to all the best podcasts and this is the best so far. I especially love ❤️ the mystery ones and the murder ones.😃😀😃😀😃😀
Perfect amounts of entertaining, informative, and intriguing
Apple Podcasts | #31 | United States/History |
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Apple Podcasts | #25 | Canada/History |
Spotify | #28 | Australia/History |
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