We tell our children unsettling fairy tales to teach them valuable lessons, but these Cautionary Tales are for the education of the grown ups – and they are all true. Tim Harford (Financial Times, BBC, author of “The Data Detective”) brings you stories of awful human error, tragic catastrophes, and hilarious fiascos. They'll delight you, scare you, but also make you wiser. New episodes every Friday.
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In the final days of the Sixties, The Rolling Stones join forces with other rock legends to plan a free concert at Altamont Speedway that will rival Woodstock. The "bad boys of rock" don't have the wa...
Powered by Orgasm: The Rise and Fall of a Sex Cult - with Ellen Huet (00:41:19)
Run by the charismatic Nicole Deadone, OneTaste billed itself as a sexual wellness startup celebrating the power of female orgasm. But behind the celebrity endorsements and promises of healing, lay a ...
The WOW Machine Stops (Pt 2) (00:40:01)
Tony Hsieh, the billionaire CEO of Zappos, is passionate about community. He pours his time, energy and fortune into building a network of like-minded people - first in Las Vegas, then Park City, Utah...
Shoes, Booze and the Pursuit of Happiness (Pt 1) (00:38:30)
They say the company Zappos is harder to get into than Harvard. Zappos may sell shoes, but its mission is to deliver WOW through a fun-focused company culture, making it one of the most coveted places...
Liar, Bigamist, Brute: How Isaac Singer Liberated Women (00:37:30)
The sewing machine was once thought to be an impossible invention. It was such a complicated contraption that it would take more than one inventor, with more than one good idea, to make it work. Each ...
Fritterin' Away Genius (Classic) (00:37:20)
Claude Shannon was brilliant. He was the Einstein of computer science... only he loved "fritterin' away" his time building machines to play chess, solve Rubik's cubes and beat the house at roulette.If...
Photographing Fairies (Classic) (00:37:44)
Sherlock Holmes is known for approaching all mysteries with cool logic - and yet when his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle saw photographs taken by two young girls purporting to show real life fairies a...
"They fall behind and are slowly crushed" - Board Games and Economics with Richard Garfield (00:47:33)
Playing board games and spending too much money are time-honored Christmas traditions, so to mark the festive season, Tim is joined by the creator of Magic: The Gathering - Richard Garfield - for a sp...
Flixborough: The Factory that was Wiped off the Map (00:38:30)
A megaplant near the small village of Flixborough, England, is busy churning out a key ingredient of nylon 6, a material used in everything from stockings to toothbrushes to electronics. When a reacto...
The Disappearance of Grace Oakeshott (00:38:20)
At the start of the 20th century, Britain was slowly becoming a freer place for women. Young Grace Oakeshott seized every opportunity to learn and improve the world around her - though she found those...
Your Chance to Attend a Cautionary Tales Table Read (00:01:41)
Ever wished you could be a fly on the wall while Cautionary Tales is being made? Now you can. We just launched the Cautionary Club - our new Patreon community for Cautionary Tales fans who want to go ...
Homo deceptus: Science's Dirty Little Secret (00:38:56)
In 1912, a fossil discovery shakes the scientific world. Piltdown Man is the elusive missing link between humans and their ape-like ancestors. Forty years later, a researcher at the Natural History Mu...
Kyoto: The Battle that Defined Climate Politics - with Joe Robertson (00:39:19)
Misinformation, double-dealing, character assassination - lobbyist Don Pearlman will stop at nothing to prevent the world from agreeing to cut carbon emissions. This arch disrupter, who works for foss...
Presenting: Twenty Thousand Hertz (00:29:13)
When Satanic Panic ripped through America, rock music was in the crosshairs. Could songs contain secret backwards messages urging children to take drugs and worship the devil? This special episode is ...
The Treasure Hunt that Broke America (Part 2) (00:40:42)
Forrest Fenn’s legendary treasure hunt ignites a nationwide obsession. The thrill of adventure, the promise of gold, and the call of the wild entice many seekers into the quest. Over time, excitement ...
The Treasure Hunt that Broke America (Part 1) (00:38:27)
Forrest Fenn never does things the regular way. Despite no formal training and little knowledge of art, he becomes a millionaire gallery owner. An outsider by nature, Fenn’s charm, audacity, and disre...
The Truth About Hansel and Gretel (Classic) (00:36:48)
Was the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel - the story of a woodcutter’s children abandoned in the woods and left at the mercy of a witch - in fact, early true crime? A hit book - The Truth About Hansel ...
On Fire from the Inside - Lethal Injection Up Close with Malcolm Gladwell (00:27:04)
Last week, Cautionary Tales told the tragic story of Derek Bentley, exploring Britain's troubled relationship with capital punishment. Across the Atlantic, Revisionist History has also been scrutinizi...
Derek Bentley Must Hang (00:38:32)
An amateurish burglary in 1950s London ends in murder. One of the men involved is a 19-year-old named Derek Bentley. Bentley has the understanding of a child - and he wasn't the killer. But the Britis...
The Canal, the Crash and the Ketamine - Pushkin's Reign of Error (00:44:25)
In 1983, a plane takes off from Ottawa with less than half the required fuel on board. As the engines cut out one by one, the pilot is left with a ticking clock and an impossible task. But what does a...
Schrödinger's Spy: Businessman, Fraud, or Russian Agent? - with Sam Jones (01:01:30)
When the Financial Times uncovered the billion-dollar Wirecard fraud, it seemed like the story was over. But then the company’s Chief Operating Officer, Jan Marsalek, vanished - leaving behind clues t...
Missing Fish and Fatal Feasts: Ritual and Ruin at the Sun King’s Table (00:42:46)
In the gilded court of Louis XIV, 17th Century France, manners are everything. Where to sit, how to eat, what to wear - any misstep is costly. No one knows this better than François Vatel, the greates...
Don't Panic! Douglas Adams' Guide to Tomorrow - with Arvind Ethan David (00:37:54)
Writer Douglas Adams, best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, used science fiction and satire to warn us about potential dangers in our future, from artificial intelligence to social medi...
A Deadly Day at the Races: What Radical Protest Can and Cannot Do (00:41:17)
After years of campaigning for votes for women, the Suffragettes emerge at the turn of the 20th Century. Their motto, 'Deeds Not Words', heralds the start of more radical actions, including fire bombi...
True Lies and Genuine Fakes (00:41:06)
In 1998, an art gallery gets a mysterious phone call. The caller claims they have been fooled by a master forger and that many of their prized paintings are fakes. Or are they? This is the story of th...
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