Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford Episodes Available now

The Great Frenchman's Folly (Panama Disaster 1)
Ferdinand De Lesseps, is convinced that he is the man to build the Panama Canal...

Lab Leak: Could Smallpox Come Back?
When a photographer begins to feel ill, doctors are mystified.

"Dangerously Near to Absolute Perfection"
Two friends in the flourishing Arts and Crafts Movement in London share a vision.

Airships, AI and Alan Cumming: Tim Answers Your Questions
Why does economics get a bad rap?

Poles Apart: How A Journalist Divided A City
Heroic explorer Frederick Cook has just returned from the North Pole...

“I love being the person who doesn’t know anything” - Why Steven Levitt has swapped academia for podcasting
Why Steven Levitt swapped academia for podcasting.

The Old Man and the Wrecking Crew
Captain Tom inspired a nation — but where did the money really go?

Houdini: The Phone Call from the Coffin (Part 3)
In 1926, Houdini's death shocks the world, but what follows is even more astounding.

Houdini's Detective and her 1500 Dead Husbands (Part 2)
Harry Houdini - part 2/3.

Houdini: A Message from the Spirits (Part 1)
Part 1 of 3: Harry Houdini