Cautionary Tales – Finding grace in a burger bun: an incrediburgible quest
https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/playlists/podcast
Dick and Mac are content with their lives: they enjoy making burgers by day and stargazing by night. Ray Kroc is a workaholic chasing success at any cost. When the brothers’ folksy charm collides with Kroc’s
Cautionary Tales – Run, Switzer, Run: The Women Who Broke the Marathon Taboo (Classic)
https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/playlists/podcast
Until the 1960s, women couldn't compete in Olympic events any longer than a sprint - and commentators declared that a marathon would kill them, or leave them unable to have children. Rubbis
Cautionary Tales – Bravo, Comrade Lysenko! The Man Who Failed To Feed The USSR
Comrade Lysenko has seized control of Soviet agriculture with his radical ideas about genetics. He disdains traditional scientists who learn everything from books and nothing from the land, and those who question his methods soon find themselves in trouble with Stalin. Meanwhile, across the world the abrasive Iowan
https://timharford.com/2026/04/cautionary-tales-lysenko-and-borlaug/
Cautionary Tales – The Lovestruck Explorer’s Deadly Guessing Game
https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/playlists/podcast
In 1860, police officer Robert O'Hara Burke plans an expedition to map the ghastly blank in the centre of Australia. Joining him is scientist William Wills, and a ragtag team of hires. Burke falls out with virtually everyone around him, and demonstrates a
https://timharford.com/2026/04/cautionary-tales-burke-and-wills/
Cautionary Tales – The Mad Mystic and the Last Battle on English Soil – with Ian Breckon
https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/playlists/podcast
As the Victorian era dawns, modernisation erodes the old ways of life and poverty rises. In the unrest, an unlikely hero emerges, capturing the imagination of the countryside's w
Cautionary Tales – The Sightseeing Flight and the Invisible Mountain
https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/playlists/podcast
In November 1979, Flight 901 departs New Zealand on a sightseeing journey over Antarctica, heading directly towards a volcano. When the plane vanishes, investigators are left with a mystery: how could a seasoned pilot mi
https://timharford.com/2026/03/cautionary-tales-the-sightseeing-flight-and-the-invisible-mountain/
Cautionary Tales – “And it went click”: Dawn of the Working Dead
https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/playlists/podcast
Robert Propst is more than an inventor: he is a visionary, an innovator dreaming up how to make the perfect office workstation. When he reveals his bold design for a creative, flexible 'cockpit of tomorrow', he comes into con
https://timharford.com/2026/03/cautionary-tales-and-it-went-click-dawn-of-the-working-dead-2/
Cautionary Tales – When Muhammad Ali Met Henry’s Hammer
Before he became Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay was known as the "Louisville Loud-mouth", as famous for his sharp taunts and poetic put-downs as he was for his skills in the ring. In 1963, Clay arrived in England to take down beloved British Heavyweight, Henry Cooper. Clay is the clear favourite, but the showdown will be rem
https://timharford.com/2026/03/cautionary-tales-when-muhammad-ali-met-henrys-hammer/
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