Cautionary Tales with Tim HarfordEpisodes Available now
Treacle Tears: The Boston Molasses Disaster
It's only sugar. How dangerous could it be?
The Thief, the Jewels, and the Dublin Castle Conspiracy
In the 1900s, Irish Crown Jewels disappear from Dublin Castle, and are never recovered
The Dunning Canoe-ger Effect
When John Darwin walks into a shop in London, it causes an instant stir...
How Civilizations Die - with Paul Cooper
Tim is joined by Paul Cooperto explore why the Han dynasty and the Roman Empire collapsed
Can You Make a Sherman Tank Float?
Everyone from Churchill down thought swimming tanks were a great idea... but were they?
Wrong Tools Cost Lives
UK’s “world-beating” Covid tracker failed after using outdated Microsoft Excel.
Angels, Gold and Lust: John Dee and the Philosopher's Stone (Part 2)
Part Two: Tudor polymath John Dee meets a man who claims he can speak with angels...
The Queen's Astrologer: The Price of Prophecy (Part 1)
In Tudor England, the line between mathematics and the mystic arts is vanishingly thin.
Beware Tech Tycoons with Piranha Tanks - with Katie Prescott
Mike Lynch was often lauded as Britain's answer to Bill Gates...
Finding Grace in a Burger Bun: An Incrediburgible Quest
This is the story of two very different approaches to making hamburgers... and money.
