Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford Episodes Available now
Stalling for Survival - A Lonely Fight Against a Deadly Medicine
Oldham Kelsey is tasked with approving an application for a drug to be sold in America...
Disaster Favours the Daring: Shipwreck at Honda Point
In 1923, legendary navigator Captain Dolly Hunter led a squadron of warships...
Paradise Poisoned: How Utopias Fall Apart
Dore Strauch and Friedrich Ritter make an unconventional couple.
"Genius Still Unrecognised" - The Worst Poet in the World
William McGonagall's poems are something else.
Office Hell: The Demise of the Playful Workspace
In the early 90s, cutting-edge advertising agency Chiat/Day announced a radical plan.
The Man Who Played With Hurricanes
Why did we stop trying to control the weather? And might geoengineering help?
Fire at The Beverly Hills Supper Club (Update)
Tim recflects on the pandemic.
"Captain Kirk Forgot to put the Machine on Stun"
Lying on the cold metal table, Voyne Ray Cox knew the drill...
"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.
Grand Theft Automated: How to Save a Trillion Lives
Sam Bankman-Fried is either a humanitarian hero or a con artist at an astonishing scale.
