Tim Harford
@timharford.ft.com
FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
Cautionary Tales - The Treaure Hunt that Broke America (Pt 1)
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November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Cautionary Tales - The Treaure Hunt that Broke America (Pt 1)
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Treacle Tears: The Boston Molasses Disaster (Cautionary Club) timharford.com/2025/11/caut...
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Cautionary Tales: The TRUTH about Hansel and Gretel
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October 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Cautionary Tales: The TRUTH about Hansel and Gretel
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Cautionary Tales: Derek Bentley Must Hang
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October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Cautionary Tales: Derek Bentley Must Hang
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I'm delighted to be able to say that Cautionary Tales has won not one but THREE Signal awards.
History Podcast: GOLD
Music / Score: GOLD
Sound Design: SILVER
(This means that our composer and sound designer Pascal Wyse won more awards than the rest of the team put together.)
Hurrah!
History Podcast: GOLD
Music / Score: GOLD
Sound Design: SILVER
(This means that our composer and sound designer Pascal Wyse won more awards than the rest of the team put together.)
Hurrah!
October 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm delighted to be able to say that Cautionary Tales has won not one but THREE Signal awards.
History Podcast: GOLD
Music / Score: GOLD
Sound Design: SILVER
(This means that our composer and sound designer Pascal Wyse won more awards than the rest of the team put together.)
Hurrah!
History Podcast: GOLD
Music / Score: GOLD
Sound Design: SILVER
(This means that our composer and sound designer Pascal Wyse won more awards than the rest of the team put together.)
Hurrah!
The Canal, the Crash, and the Ketamine - I join forces with other Pushkin Industries podcasts for a REIGN OF ERROR
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October 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The Canal, the Crash, and the Ketamine - I join forces with other Pushkin Industries podcasts for a REIGN OF ERROR
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Cautionary Club release has dropped!
"Can You Make A Sherman Tank Float?"
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"Can You Make A Sherman Tank Float?"
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October 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Cautionary Club release has dropped!
"Can You Make A Sherman Tank Float?"
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"Can You Make A Sherman Tank Float?"
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Great fun at the Oxford Half today - and a good warm-up for the London Marathon.
Overwhelmed by the support so many people have given to Teenage Cancer Trust. We're through £7000 now! Thank you. If you fancy chipping in some more, here's the link:
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Overwhelmed by the support so many people have given to Teenage Cancer Trust. We're through £7000 now! Thank you. If you fancy chipping in some more, here's the link:
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October 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Great fun at the Oxford Half today - and a good warm-up for the London Marathon.
Overwhelmed by the support so many people have given to Teenage Cancer Trust. We're through £7000 now! Thank you. If you fancy chipping in some more, here's the link:
www.justgiving.com/page/tim-har...
Overwhelmed by the support so many people have given to Teenage Cancer Trust. We're through £7000 now! Thank you. If you fancy chipping in some more, here's the link:
www.justgiving.com/page/tim-har...
Cautionary Tales - Schrodinger's Spy
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October 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Cautionary Tales - Schrodinger's Spy
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New York billboards are advertising Cautionary Tales!
Wow. (I think this is Patreon's way of showing some love for my favourite podcast... www.patreon.com/c/Cautionary...)
Wow. (I think this is Patreon's way of showing some love for my favourite podcast... www.patreon.com/c/Cautionary...)
October 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
New York billboards are advertising Cautionary Tales!
Wow. (I think this is Patreon's way of showing some love for my favourite podcast... www.patreon.com/c/Cautionary...)
Wow. (I think this is Patreon's way of showing some love for my favourite podcast... www.patreon.com/c/Cautionary...)
Missing Fish and Fatal Feasts: Ritual and Ruin at the Sun King's Table (Cautionary Tales)
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October 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Missing Fish and Fatal Feasts: Ritual and Ruin at the Sun King's Table (Cautionary Tales)
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The "testicular pie chart". A lost art.
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September 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The "testicular pie chart". A lost art.
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Don't Panic!
Loved this conversation with Arvind Ethan David about how Douglas Adams was a master of the cautionary tale.
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Loved this conversation with Arvind Ethan David about how Douglas Adams was a master of the cautionary tale.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Don't Panic!
Loved this conversation with Arvind Ethan David about how Douglas Adams was a master of the cautionary tale.
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Loved this conversation with Arvind Ethan David about how Douglas Adams was a master of the cautionary tale.
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Cautionary Tales - A Deadly Day at the Races: What Radical Protest Can and Cannot Do
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September 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Cautionary Tales - A Deadly Day at the Races: What Radical Protest Can and Cannot Do
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Cautionary Tales: True Lies and Genuine Fakes
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September 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Cautionary Tales: True Lies and Genuine Fakes
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Cautionary Tales - Stallling for survival: a lonely fight against a deadly medicine
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September 5, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Cautionary Tales - Stallling for survival: a lonely fight against a deadly medicine
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One-way street signs are weird. They tell you if you're going the right way, but not if you're going the wrong way. I've tried to discover why this is, but haven't succeeded...
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September 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
One-way street signs are weird. They tell you if you're going the right way, but not if you're going the wrong way. I've tried to discover why this is, but haven't succeeded...
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Announcing the Cautionary Club
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September 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Announcing the Cautionary Club
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Cautionary Tales - Disaster Favours the Daring: Shipwreck at Honda Point
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August 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Cautionary Tales - Disaster Favours the Daring: Shipwreck at Honda Point
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Cautionary Tales - Paradise Lost: How Utopias Fall Apart
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August 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Cautionary Tales - Paradise Lost: How Utopias Fall Apart
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"Genius Still Unrecognised" - the worst poet in the world
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August 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"Genius Still Unrecognised" - the worst poet in the world
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A useful children's guide to basic shapes - the sqale, the hectanbie, and the renatle!
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August 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A useful children's guide to basic shapes - the sqale, the hectanbie, and the renatle!
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Very sorry to read of the death of Dame Stephanie "Steve" Shirley. What a life she lived! Escaped the holocaust via Kindertransport, computer pioneer, philanthropist, autism activist. Amazing, amazing.
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August 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Very sorry to read of the death of Dame Stephanie "Steve" Shirley. What a life she lived! Escaped the holocaust via Kindertransport, computer pioneer, philanthropist, autism activist. Amazing, amazing.
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Number Fever - How Pepsi Nearly Went Pop
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August 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Number Fever - How Pepsi Nearly Went Pop
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Cautionary Tales: Fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club (Update) timharford.com/2025/07/caut...
July 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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