Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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Blood and Gold (with Dan Snow)

Bonus: When Spanish conquistadors arrived in Peru in 1526, it was the beginning of the end for the Inca. Their bloody pursuit of gold, fame and fortune was rife with treachery and deceit. Within a few short years, the once-thriving Inca empire had been decimated. Tim Harford is joined by Dan Snow for a special crossover episode of Cautionary Tales and Dan Snow's History Hit. Tim and Dan first recap the spectacular defeat of the French knights at the Battle of Crécy in 1346, and then draw surprising parallels with the fall of the Inca Empire two centuries later. 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