Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford Episodes Episode guide
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A Deadly Day at the Races: What Radical Protest Can and Cannot Do
Suffragette Emily Davison鈥檚 bold actions sparked change鈥攄o we know the full story?
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鈥淚 love being the person who doesn鈥檛 know anything鈥� - Why Steven Levitt has swapped academia for podcasting
Why Steven Levitt swapped academia for podcasting.
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"What a mess we're in" - Britain's [REDACTED] Accident
Britain's nuclear dream becomes a deadly nightmare at Windscale.
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"They fall behind and are slowly crushed" - Board Games and Economics with Richard Garfield
Tim is joined by Richard Garfield for a special Q&A about economics and game design.
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"I get in trouble when I say things like this" - Michael Lewis on Sam Bankman-Fried
Acclaimed author Michael Lewis discusses his time with Sam Bankman-Fried.
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"Genius Still Unrecognised" - The Worst Poet in the World
William McGonagall's poems are something else.
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"Dangerously Near to Absolute Perfection"
Two friends in the flourishing Arts and Crafts Movement in London share a vision.
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"Captain Kirk Forgot to put the Machine on Stun"
Lying on the cold metal table, Voyne Ray Cox knew the drill...
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"And it went click" - Dawn of the Working Dead
Robert Propst wasn't just an inventor; he envisioned the modern office workstation.
