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LIVE: The Myth of the Million Dollar Tulip Bulb
Season 4 Episode 2
Recorded before an audience at the Bristol Festival of Economics (11/17/2022)
The Dutch went so potty over tulip bulbs in the 1600s that many were ru…
3 years, 1 month ago
DOUBLE BILL: When a Plague Struck World of Warcraft/Blood on the Tracks
Season 4 Episode 1
As a special New Year treat we're presenting two Cautionary Tales Shorts - which have previously only been available to paying Apple and Pushkin+ sub…
3 years, 2 months ago
"Snow Crashing Into The Metaverse" from Imaginary Worlds
Season 3
This week, we’re sharing an episode of Imaginary Worlds. For the last 30 years, the real world has been catching up to Neal Stephenson’s vision of th…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Company That Cancelled Christmas
Season 3 Episode 21
More than 100,000 families - many of them amongst the poorest in Britain - put money aside for Christmas gifts and other seasonal treats in a savings…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Wild Turkeys of Schleswig
Season 3 Episode 20
There are eight American turkeys painted on the walls of Schleswig's Cathedral of St Peter - which is odd... since the frescoes were created two cent…
3 years, 3 months ago
Cautionary Conversation: The Blitz Spirit and the Blackout Ripper
Season 3 Episode 19
In a crisis most people respond with decency and solidarity. The bombing of British cities in the Second World War did not cause society to crumble a…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Inventor Who Almost Ended the World
Season 3 Episode 18
Thomas Midgley's inventions caused his own death, hastened the deaths of millions of people around the world, and very nearly extinguished all life o…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Halloween Poisoner
Season 3 Episode 17
Candy laced with cyanide and needles in marshmallows, we've long been warned to be suspicious of the sweet treats handed out by strangers at Hallowee…
3 years, 4 months ago
Cautionary Conversation: The Conspiracy Theorist Who Changed His Mind
Season 3 Episode 16
Charlie Veitch was certain that 9/11 was an inside job. The attack on the World Trade Center wasn't the work of Al-Qaeda, but an elaborate conspiracy…
3 years, 4 months ago
Cautionary Tales Presents: Warfare, The Life of Anne Frank
Season 3 Episode 14
This week, it's an episode from Warfare, a podcast from our friends at History Hit. It's 1942. The year Anne Frank and her family went into hiding du…
3 years, 4 months ago