Are these cautionary tales for Grown-Ups?
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford on Apple Podcasts We tell our children unsettling fairy tales to teach them valuable life lessons, but these Cautionary Tales are for the education of the grown ups – and they are all true.
Why should you listen to Cautionary Tales?
They'll delight you, scare you, but also make you wiser. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries. We tell our children unsettling fairy tales to teach them valuable life lessons, but these Cautionary Tales are for the education of the grown ups – and they are all true.
Is cautionary tales based on a true story?
Coming November 15 from Tim Harford and Pushkin Industries, Cautionary Tales relates a true story of a time when something did not go according to plan. Some of these true stories are tragic, some are comic, but like the great fables and parables, each of them has a moral.
What are some good podcasts to listen to while waiting for Season 3?
While we're working away on new episodes for Season 3, check out Endless Thread, a podcast from WBUR. Endless Thread reveals untold histories, unsolved mysteries, and other wild stories from the internet. They recently did a whole series on internet memes.
What was Malcolm Gladwell's podcast about?
Malcolm Gladwell devoted four episodes of his podcast Revisionist History to the rise of air power during the Second World War. Listeners met Air Force general Curtis LeMay and heard about th…
What is Tim's aim with this podcast?
Tim’s aim with this podcast is to change and improve our lives, by providing food for thought using memorable stories that prove his points and stick in our memories. He achieves this with incredible success. I am so grateful for his dedication to meticulous research and excellent presentation. One of the very best podcasts I have ever listened to.
Who is the writer of Cautionary Tales?
Economist and writer Tim Harford returns with a new season of Cautionary Tales introducing us to idiotic hijackers, murderous doctors and brazen art forgers - as well as heroes such as Martin Luther King Jr and Florence Nightingale.
When will cautionary tales be released?
Oct 22, 2019. Introducing: Cautionary Tales. Coming November 15 from Tim Harford and Pushkin Industries, Cautionary Tales relates a true story of a time when something did not go according to plan. Some of these true stories are tragic, some are comic, but like the great fables and parables, each of them has a moral.
Who wrote the ostrich paradox?
Sources for this episode include Amanda Ripley's The Unthinkable, The Ostrich Paradox by Howard Kunreuther and Robert Meyer , Margaret Heffernan's Willful Blindness, and Predictable Surprises by Max Bazerman and Michael Watkins.
Who was the most prolific serial killer in history?
Family doctor Harold Shipman got away with murdering his patients for decades. He was one of the most prolific serial killers in history - but his hundreds of crimes largely went unnoticed despite a vast paper trail of death certificates he himself had signed.
What is the show Cassandra about?
On each episode they get a former spy to tell the story of one operation. The show we're bringing you is called The Cassandra. Frank Snepp, a CIA analyst based in Saigon, explains how he discovered that Communist forces were preparing to attack the city. His superiors refused to heed his warnings - resulting in a fr...
Who played Gene Tierney in the movie?
In 1943 - when the link was only just becoming clear - a young US marine decided to break rubella quarantine to meet the movie star Gene Tierney (played by Mircea Monroe). The marine was sick... and Gene was pregnant.
Who was the most prolific serial killer in history?
Family doctor Harold Shipman got away with murdering his patients for decades. He was one of the most prolific serial killers in history - but his hundreds of crimes largely went unnoticed despite a vast paper trail of death certificates he himself had signed.
Who played Florence Nightingale in 2021?
March 5, 2021 • 42 min. Victorian nurse Florence Nightingale (played by her distant cousin Helena Bonham Carter) is a hero of modern medicine - but her greatest contribution to combating disease and death resulted from the vivid graphs she made to back her public health campaigns.