Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford Episodes Episode guide
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Glowing Peril: The Magical Glitter That Poisoned a City
No-one saw this horrifying radiation accident coming. Should they have?
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Fritterin’ Away Genius
Are restlessness and "fritterin'" important parts of a rich and creative life?
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Flying Too High: AI and Air France Flight 447
Panic has erupted in the cockpit of Air France Flight 447...
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Florence Nightingale and Her Geeks Declare War on Death
How the famed nurse battled to save lives...using statistics, graphs and colored pens.
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Embracing the Escape Fire (with Adam Grant)
When the consequences of letting our ideas become part of our identity.
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Do Nothing, Then Do Less
Sometimes doing less is the better option, as Chuck Yeager learned the hard way.
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Demonizing Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons caused a global panic about the dangers of role-playing games.
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Darwin's Grandpa and the Art of Sex Appeal
Charles Darwin was stumped by peacocks, due to his theory of evolution.
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DANGER: Rocks Ahead!
Why did an oil tanker captain steer his ship toward a reef? It's an error many of us make
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Catching a KiIler Doctor
A doctor who killed hundreds of patients left us clues... but why couldn't we see them?
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Captain Coward and the Blame Game
A massive cruise ship is tilting off Italy, but where is the captain?
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Buried Evil: V2 Rocket (Part 3)
The evil heart of the V2 manufacturing program is uncovered in a concentration camp.
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Buried by the Wall Street Crash
Two men faced ruin due to thinking they could predict financial futures…one bounced back.
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Bowie, Jazz and the Unplayable Piano
At times we do our best work not when things are going well, but outside our comfort zone
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Adidas v Puma: A Battle of Boots and Brothers
Adi and Rudi Dassler made sports shoes together - until a feud erupted between them.
