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cautionary tales podcast

by Cortney Effertz Published 2 years ago Updated 1 year ago
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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.

What is cautionary tales?

Cautionary Tales is my new podcast from Pushkin Industries, makers of Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History, Michael Lewis’s Against The Rules, and Laurie Santos’s Happiness Lab.

Who are the actors in the cautionary tales?

Helping me tell these Cautionary Tales are some marvellous actors, including Alan Cumming (Instinct), Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife), Toby Stephens (Die Another Day) and Russell Tovey (Quantico). We also present the acting debut of a certain Mr Malcolm Gladwell. Together we weave stories of human error, of tragic catastrophes and hilarious fiascos.

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.

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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.

Episodes

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.

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Who created Dead Ringers?

Fabulous series.”. – Bill Dare, creator of “Dead Ringers”. “Tim Harford (presenter of the brilliant number-crunching series More or Less on Radio 4) has come up with this fascinating series in which he tries to find lessons from history.

Who presented "more or less"?

More or Less was originally presented by the economist Sir Andrew Dilnot. I took over as presenter in October 2007, and More or Less is now a permanent part of the schedule with three series annually on Radio 4, and a shorter version of the program broadcast all year round on the BBC World Service.

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