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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

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

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Latest Episodes

The Happiness Lab’s Dr. Laurie Santos brings together other Pushkin hosts to mark the International Day of Happiness. Revisionist History’s Malcolm Gladwell talks about the benefits of the misery of running in a Canadian winter. Dr. Maya Shankar from... more

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Chuck Yeager's plane pitched and rolled as it plummeted from the sky. He grappled with the controls inside the cockpit, but to no avail: he couldn't steady the aircraft. The test pilot was known for his nerves of steel but, as the barren Mojave Deser... more

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As US troops approached a Nazi prison camp, they could hear agonized wailing. The stench of rotting flesh filled their nostrils. Moments later they discovered a pile of smoldering corpses, alongside emaciated survivors. more

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In the 1920s, Germany’s Society for Spaceship Travel boasted some of the sharpest scientific minds – like the incandescently brilliant young Wernher von Braun. But it had very little money, and progress was slow. more

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4.8 out of 5 stars from 11.3k ratings
  • Fantastic - This is the best podcast

    Everything a podcast should aspire to be -excellent writing, research, production, sound production, acting and incredibly interesting topics. Truly fantastic!!

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    5
    Seamussf
    United Statesa month ago
  • 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!

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    jqr17.jqr98
    a month ago
  • Brilliant Telling

    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

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    vodkAtrace
    United Kingdoma month ago
  • The greatest podcast of all time

    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.😃😀😃😀😃😀

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    5
    nisqui
    Australiaa month ago
  • Highly recommended

    Perfect amounts of entertaining, informative, and intriguing

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    5
    geoincle
    United Statesa month ago

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