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 Friday.
Categories: Education
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Bonus: When Spanish conquistadors arrived in Peru in 1526, it was the beginning of the end for the Inca. Their bloody pursuit of gold, fame and fortune was rife with treachery and deceit. Within a few short years, the once-thriving Inca empire had been decimated.
Tim Harford is joined by Dan Snow for a special crossover episode of Cautionary Tales and Dan Snow's History Hit. Tim and Dan first recap the spectacular defeat of the French knights at the Battle of Crécy in 1346, and then draw surprising parallels with the fall of the Inca Empire two centuries later.
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Previous episodes
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136 - Blood and Gold (with Dan Snow) Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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135 - The Rise and Fall of a Megalomaniac Fri, 12 Apr 2024
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134 - Inside the Bizarre World of Dictators Fri, 29 Mar 2024
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133 - Pushkin Hosts Celebrate World Happiness Day Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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132 - Do Nothing, Then Do Less Fri, 15 Mar 2024
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131 - Buried Evil: V2 Rocket (Part 3) Fri, 01 Mar 2024
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130 - Into the Black Lair: V2 Rocket (Part 2) Fri, 16 Feb 2024
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129 - Supersonic Nazi Vengeance: V2 Rocket (Part 1) Fri, 02 Feb 2024
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128 - Tenerife: The Most Deadly Air Disaster Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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127 - Martin Luther King, the Jewelry Genius, and the Art of Public Speaking (Classic) Fri, 19 Jan 2024
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126 - DANGER: Rocks Ahead! (Classic) Fri, 05 Jan 2024
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125 - When Stalin Killed the Weekend (with The Happiness Lab) Fri, 22 Dec 2023
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124 - How the Radium Girls Fought Back Fri, 08 Dec 2023
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123 - Glowing Peril: The Magical Glitter That Poisoned a City Fri, 24 Nov 2023
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122 - George Washington's Beard of Beetles (with The Dollop) Fri, 17 Nov 2023
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121 - Laser Versus Parchment: Doomsday for the Disc Fri, 10 Nov 2023
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120 - Cautionary Tales Presents The Dream Mon, 06 Nov 2023
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119 - Killers of the Flower Moon: Osage Chief Jim Gray In Conversation Fri, 27 Oct 2023
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118 - Oil and Blood: The Osage Murders Fri, 20 Oct 2023
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117 - DOUBLE BILL: A Monkey For Mayor / A Screw Loose At 17,000 Feet Fri, 13 Oct 2023
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116 - "7000 horses are being flown across space..." - Cautionary Questions #2 Fri, 29 Sep 2023
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115 - Cautionary Tales Presents: Getting out of Dodge from Revisionist History Tue, 19 Sep 2023
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114 - A Chorus of Contempt at The Sydney Opera House Fri, 15 Sep 2023
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113 - The City That Sold Itself To Wall Street Fri, 01 Sep 2023
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112 - General Ludd's Rage Against the Machines Fri, 18 Aug 2023
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111 - Andy Warhol's Factory of Truth Fri, 11 Aug 2023
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110 - Poles Apart: How A Journalist Divided A City Fri, 04 Aug 2023
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109 - The Father of Space Travel Fri, 28 Jul 2023
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108 - A Fascination with Failure: Death On The Dancefloor (Classic) Fri, 21 Jul 2023
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107 - When Parakeets Plundered New York Fri, 14 Jul 2023
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106 - The Coup, the Poet and the Secret to Winning Wimbledon Fri, 07 Jul 2023
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105 - The Man Who Played With Hurricanes Fri, 23 Jun 2023
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104 - Cautionary Tales Presents: Lost Hills - The Dark Prince Thu, 15 Jun 2023
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103 - Sonic Poison? The Genesis of Havana Syndrome Fri, 09 Jun 2023
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102 - Airships, AI and Alan Cumming: Tim Answers Your Questions Fri, 26 May 2023
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101 - The Man Who Bet His House on a Pop Song - A Eurovision Tale Fri, 12 May 2023
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100 - The Dark Money Behind Mother's Day Fri, 28 Apr 2023
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99 - The True Scandal of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Fri, 14 Apr 2023
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98 - What if Terrorists Could Weaponize Covid? Fri, 07 Apr 2023
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97 - The Vigilante and the Air Traffic Controller Fri, 31 Mar 2023
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96 - America's Mata Hari? The Double Life of Esther Reed Fri, 24 Mar 2023
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95 - Office Hell: the Demise of the Playful Workspace Fri, 17 Mar 2023
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94 - La La Land: Galileo’s Warning (Classic) Fri, 10 Mar 2023
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93 - The Scientist and the Swindler Fri, 03 Mar 2023
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92 - The Hero Who Rode His Segway Off a Cliff Fri, 17 Feb 2023
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91 - The Mummy's Curse (Classic) Fri, 10 Feb 2023
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90 - The Final Illusion of the Great Lafayette Fri, 03 Feb 2023
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89 - LIVE: The Myth of the Million Dollar Tulip Bulb Fri, 20 Jan 2023
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88 - DOUBLE BILL: When a Plague Struck World of Warcraft/Blood on the Tracks Fri, 06 Jan 2023
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87 - "Snow Crashing Into The Metaverse" from Imaginary Worlds Tue, 03 Jan 2023