<p>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 other Friday.</p>
| Title | Date published | ||
| Death on the Dance Floor | 2022-03-25 | ||
| Cautionary Tales Returns Every Other Friday from March 25th | 2022-03-11 | ||
| The Mummy’s Curse | 2021-10-29 | ||
| The Truth About Hansel and Gretel | 2021-10-22 | ||
| Do NOT Pass GO! | 2021-05-28 | ||
| Wrong Tools Cost Lives | 2021-05-21 | ||
| Fritterin’ Away Genius | 2021-05-14 | ||
| The Fan Who Infected a Movie Star | 2021-05-07 | ||
| Whistleblower on the 28th Floor | 2021-04-30 | ||
| Masterly Inactivity Versus Micromanaging | 2021-04-23 | ||
| Demonizing Dungeons & Dragons | 2021-04-16 | ||
| Number Fever: How Pepsi Nearly Went Pop | 2021-04-09 | ||
| The Curse of Knowledge Meets The Valley of Death | 2021-04-02 | ||
| The Dunning Kruger Hijack (and Other Criminally Stupid Acts) | 2021-03-26 | ||
| Catching a KiIler Doctor | 2021-03-19 | ||
| The Art Forger, the Nazi, and "The Pope" | 2021-03-12 | ||
| Florence Nightingale and Her Geeks Declare War on Death | 2021-03-05 | ||
| Martin Luther King Jr, the Jewelry Genius, and the Art of Public Speaking | 2021-02-26 | ||
| Bonus: Why We Believe What Isn't True (with Axios Today) | 2021-02-12 | ||
| The Data Detective | 2021-02-02 |