https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/playlists/podcast https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/the-delorean-saga-fraud-drugs-and-marty-mcflys-car-with-business-history This is a special crossover episode with Business History. John...
Born into a poor, abusive household in 1838, Victoria Woodhull doesn't have much hope of a comfortable life. But she's smart, charismatic and has an uncanny ability to read people, managing to forge a path to Wall Street and the publishing world. When Woodhull decides...
https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/the-weight-of-fame-a-hollywood-tragedy Talented and beautiful, Molly O'Day is a rising star in 1920s Hollywood. But when Molly's teenage body starts to change and she can no longer fit into the dress she wore...
https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/arsenic-and-lace-the-trial-of-the-yorkshire-witch-with-maddy-pelling Mary Bateman lived in York in the late 18th Century, an age that prized rational thought. Many people still longed to believe in the old ways...
https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/the-doors-of-death-the-herald-of-free-enterprise? The Herald of Free Enterprise is a new class of ferry that allows cars to drive directly into the ship. The doors protecting the ship must be closed before every...
https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/what-a-bloody-mess-were-in-britains-redacted-accident? Windscale is supposed to be Britain’s big leap into the nuclear Age, bringing science fiction to life in 1950s Northern England. But in the race to catch up...
Chargin' Charlie Beckwith is an American colonel who expects nothing less than perfection from his squad. When hostages are seized during the 1979 Iranian revolution, Chargin' Charlie is given the chance to lead the rescue operation - and to show what a leader who...
https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/attack-of-the-night-people If you tuned in to late-night WOR radio in 1950s New York, you'd enter the secret world of Jean Shepherd. Shepherd's nonconformist style, off-beat humour and love of pranks gathered a...
https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/live-we-are-not-machines-with-sarah-oconnor When the Luddites smashed factory frames in a bid to defend their craft and livelihoods, the machines came out on top. Today, AI and automation threaten to wipe...