Tim Harford
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Cautionary Tales – Why Miners See Ghosts
In the late 1970s, Yorkshire miner Chris Campbell sees something that terrifies him. The spirit of a miner who died in a collapse is calling to him.
Why Miners See Ghosts | Cautionary Tales Podcast
In the late 1970s, Yorkshire miner Chris Campbell sees something that terrifies him. The spirit of a miner who died in a collapse is calling to him.
Liberated by technology (again)
Isaac Merritt Singer was an unlikely feminist. While married to Catherine for 30 years, he had 10 children with another partner (Mary Ann) and seven with a third (also called Mary).
Introducing... Unexplained: Lying in Wait
This episode comes to you from Unexplained, the podcast that explores mysterious and haunting true stories.
The Pedlar and the Witch | Cautionary Tales Podcast
In 1612, a young woman encounters a pedlar in the British countryside.
Cautionary Tales – The Pedlar and the Witch
In 1612, a young woman encounters a pedlar in the British countryside.
The Pedlar and the Witch | Halloween Season
In 1612, a young woman encounters a pedlar in the British countryside.
The problem with P(doom)
Will the robots kill us all? Hard to say. As the Dude wisely opined in The Big Lebowski, “a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous.
A Tale of Blood and Ashes: The Exeter Vampires | Cautionary Tales Podcast
In 1800s America, something terrifying is feeding on the quiet town of Exeter.
AI can forecast the future. Should we let it?
In the 1980s, the psychologist Philip Tetlock was struck by the fact that highly respected, highly credentialed geopolitical analysts often disagreed quite fundamentally about how the cold war was…