Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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When Parakeets Plundered New York

Cautionary Conversation: An invasive parakeet species began spreading in New York City - and the government decided to kill every last bird. Tim Harford is joined by Ben Naddaff-Hafrey, host of The Last Archive, to talk about the great parakeet panic of the 1970s and a history of anxieties about population growth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Darwin's Grandpa and the Art of Sex Appeal

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  The Edinburgh Body Snatchers: Murder at Halloween

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  Cautionary Tales Presents: Death Fraud and Other Risky Business

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  The Poet Who Toppled The British Empire

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  Reason, Wrath and Rebellion on the High Seas

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  Steel and Kindness: Clash of the Skyscrapers

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  The Nice Guy, the Bully and the Kiss

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  Tim's Tolkien Obsession & Amazon Prime's The Rings of Power

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  The Human Guinea Pigs of Camp Lazear

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  Embracing the Escape Fire (with Adam Grant)

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  Cautionary Tales Presents Vultures from Lost Hills: Dark Canyon

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  Flying Too High: AI and Air France Flight 447

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  Run, Switzer, Run: The Women Who Broke the Marathon Taboo

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  Adidas v Puma: A Battle of Boots and Brothers

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  The Revenge of the Whales

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  When the Robots Take Over... - Cautionary Questions