Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford Episodes Episode guide
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Cleared For Take-Off? (Tenerife Air Disaster 1)
The story behind one of the deadliest aviation disasters.
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Catching a KiIler Doctor
A doctor who killed hundreds of patients left us clues... but why couldn't we see them?
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Captain Coward and the Blame Game
A massive cruise ship is tilting off Italy, but where is the captain?
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Buried Evil: V2 Rocket (Part 3)
The evil heart of the V2 manufacturing program is uncovered in a concentration camp.
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Buried by the Wall Street Crash
Two men faced ruin due to thinking they could predict financial futures鈥ne bounced back.
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Bowie, Jazz and the Unplayable Piano
At times we do our best work not when things are going well, but outside our comfort zone
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Airships, AI and Alan Cumming: Tim Answers Your Questions
Why does economics get a bad rap?
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Adidas v Puma: A Battle of Boots and Brothers
Adi and Rudi Dassler made sports shoes together - until a feud erupted between them.
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鈥淚 love being the person who doesn鈥檛 know anything鈥� - Why Steven Levitt has swapped academia for podcasting
Why Steven Levitt swapped academia for podcasting.
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"Dangerously Near to Absolute Perfection"
Two friends in the flourishing Arts and Crafts Movement in London share a vision.
