Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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Paradise Poisoned: How Utopias Fall Apart

Dore Strauch and Friedrich Ritter make an unconventional couple, united by their contempt for shoes, root vegetables and, above all, society. In 1929 they leave Germany and begin anew on the deserted Galapagos island of Floreana. At first, it feels like a paradise, but soon cracks begin to show. Parasitic fleas, bombastic interlopers, and buried tensions turn their escape into a nightmare. Can they learn to thrive away from civilisation, or will Floreana claim more than their dreams? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Flixborough: The Factory that was Wiped off the Map

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  The Disappearance of Grace Oakeshott

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  Your Chance to Attend a Cautionary Tales Table Read

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  How to Experience the Joy of Giving Right Now: A Giving Tuesday Special fr…

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  Homo deceptus: Science's Dirty Little Secret

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  Presenting Heavyweight: Etta

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  Kyoto: The Battle that Defined Climate Politics - with Joe Robertson

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  Presenting: Twenty Thousand Hertz

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  The Treasure Hunt that Broke America (Part 2)

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  The Treasure Hunt that Broke America (Part 1)

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  The Truth About Hansel and Gretel (Classic)

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  On Fire from the Inside - Lethal Injection Up Close with Malcolm Gladwell

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  Derek Bentley Must Hang

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  The Canal, the Crash and the Ketamine - Pushkin's Reign of Error

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  Schrödinger's Spy: Businessman, Fraud, or Russian Agent? - with Sam Jones

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  Missing Fish and Fatal Feasts: Ritual and Ruin at the Sun King’s Table