Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Pushkin Industries
History · Ongoing · ~40 min
Taste attributes: historicaldocumentaryfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesolving the riddle/not as it seemssocial commentary
Boxlist takeA grounded, emotional history podcast, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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About this podcast
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…
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- Publisher
- Pushkin Industries
- Format
- Ongoing
- Typical episode
- About 40 minutes
- Latest episode
- 6 November 2026
- Categories
- History, Society & Culture
- Taste scores
- How we score
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