Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Pushkin Industries
Show overview
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford has been publishing since 2019, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 231 episodes, alongside 30 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 140 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 7th season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 35 min and 41 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language History show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 38 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 57 episodes published. Published by Pushkin Industries.
From the publisher
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 Friday.