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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Rank
67
Score
13
People
19
Months
14
Years
2019–2025

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Why people recommend it

Both the episode and the podcast are an excellent catalogue and analysis of disaster.

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I changed my perspectives on it, a little, after hearing this podcast episode, highly recommend: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/cautionary-tales/a-tsunami-of-misery

His episode "LaLa Land: Galileo's Warning" is by far one of my favorite pieces of media.

Tim Harford [2] has an excellent Cautionary Tales podcast episode outlining the details within a wider context.

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