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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford Episodes

  1. Masterly Inactivity Versus Micromanaging

    Lady Sale (Helena Bonham Carter) was part of a British retreat from Afghanistan in 1842.

  2. Martin Luther King Jr, the Jewellery Genius, and the Art of Public Speaking

    Some speeches help us dream of a better world鈥hile others become the stuff of nightmares

  3. Lights, Camera, Tax Break

    When Ernest Borgnine gets his big break, it's not the dream gig he thought it was.

  4. La La Land: Galileo's Warning

    Giving an Oscar to the wrong film proved that some safety systems can increase mistakes.

  5. Introducing... The Science of Happiness

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  6. Introducing... Short History Of...

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  7. Into the Black Lair: V2 Rocket (Part 2)

    How Nazi Germany was convinced that they couldn鈥檛 afford to ignore rocket technology.

  8. How the Radium Girls Fought Back

    Tim Harford and Kate Moore discuss how the "Radium Girls" took on their employers.

  9. How Britain Invented, Then Ignored, Blitzkrieg

    Why organizations can't always see a brilliant idea that's staring them in the face.

  10. Houdini's Detective and her 1500 Dead Husbands (Part 2)

    Harry Houdini - part 2/3.

  11. Houdini: The Phone Call from the Coffin (Part 3)

    In 1926, Houdini's death shocks the world, but what follows is even more astounding.

  12. Houdini: A Message from the Spirits (Part 1)

    Part 1 of 3: Harry Houdini

  13. Glowing Peril: The Magical Glitter That Poisoned a City

    No-one saw this horrifying radiation accident coming. Should they have?

  14. Frozen in a Burning 747 (Tenerife Air Disaster 2)

    Two airplanes have just collided on the runway at Tenerife Airport.

  15. Fritterin鈥� Away Genius

    Are restlessness and "fritterin'" important parts of a rich and creative life?

  16. Flying Too High: AI and Air France Flight 447

    Panic has erupted in the cockpit of Air France Flight 447...

  17. Florence Nightingale and Her Geeks Declare War on Death

    How the famed nurse battled to save lives...using statistics, graphs and colored pens.

  18. Embracing the Escape Fire (with Adam Grant)

    When the consequences of letting our ideas become part of our identity.

  19. Dr. Brinkley's Miracle Cure For Impotence (with Betwixt The Sheets)

    Tim Harford and Dr Kate Lister dive into the bizarre and grisly tale of Dr John Brinkley.

  20. Do Nothing, Then Do Less

    Sometimes doing less is the better option, as Chuck Yeager learned the hard way.

  21. Demonizing Dungeons & Dragons

    Dungeons & Dragons caused a global panic about the dangers of role-playing games.

  22. Darwin's Grandpa and the Art of Sex Appeal

    Charles Darwin was stumped by peacocks, due to his theory of evolution.

  23. DANGER: Rocks Ahead!

    Why did an oil tanker captain steer his ship toward a reef? It's an error many of us make

  24. Cleared For Take-Off? (Tenerife Air Disaster 1)

    The story behind one of the deadliest aviation disasters.

  25. Catching a KiIler Doctor

    A doctor who killed hundreds of patients left us clues... but why couldn't we see them?

  26. Captain Coward and the Blame Game

    A massive cruise ship is tilting off Italy, but where is the captain?

  27. Buried Evil: V2 Rocket (Part 3)

    The evil heart of the V2 manufacturing program is uncovered in a concentration camp.

  28. Buried by the Wall Street Crash

    Two men faced ruin due to thinking they could predict financial futures鈥ne bounced back.

  29. Bowie, Jazz and the Unplayable Piano

    At times we do our best work not when things are going well, but outside our comfort zone

  30. Airships, AI and Alan Cumming: Tim Answers Your Questions

    Why does economics get a bad rap?

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