Cautionary Tales with Tim HarfordEpisodes Available now

The Dunning Canoe-ger Effect

When John Darwin walks into a shop in London, it causes an instant stir...

Tim is joined by Paul Cooperto explore why the Han dynasty and the Roman Empire collapsed

Everyone from Churchill down thought swimming tanks were a great idea... but were they?

UK’s “world-beating” Covid tracker failed after using outdated Microsoft Excel.

Part Two: Tudor polymath John Dee meets a man who claims he can speak with angels...

In Tudor England, the line between mathematics and the mystic arts is vanishingly thin.

Mike Lynch was often lauded as Britain's answer to Bill Gates...

This is the story of two very different approaches to making hamburgers... and money.

Sir Clive Sinclair was a visionary who could do no wrong...

Robert O'Hara Burke plans an expedition to map the mysterious blank in Australia.