Cautionary Tales Returns Every Other Friday from March 25th
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To celebrate, Hellman's is sharing some easy, delicious plant-based recipes at hellmans.com. Hellman's Plant-Based Mayo Spread and Dressing. Same great taste, plant-based.

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History is littered with tragic stories such as this, stories we could all learn from and apply to our daily lives. I'm Tim Harford, and on March the 25th, I'll be returning with all new Cautionary Tales, drawing out valuable lessons from the greatest mistakes, disasters and fiascos of the past. Every other Friday, I'll transport you back in time.

Together, we'll find out why a tiny change in a hotel's blueprints went unnoticed. Sending tons of concrete, steel and glass crashing down on guests. We'll watch as an airline captain lets his child play with the controls of a packed passenger jet, gambling that the autopilot will save them all from doom.

and will have a front row seat as an award-winning choreographer and a rock music megastar, come close to opening the worst Broadway musical of all time. These new cautionary tales will explore the extremes of human behaviour and the extremes of what nature can throw at us too. We'll swelter as a deadly heatwave descends on Chicago, killing some residents but, oddly, sparing their near neighbours.

and then we'll shiver as we follow two very different men competing to reach the South Pole. An awful trek, well deserving of the title, The Worst Journey in the World.

In addition, I've created five cautionary tale shorts available exclusively to Pushkin Plus subscribers. To hear these smaller but still perfectly formed stories about deadly rail disasters and killer computer viruses, sign up for Pushkin Plus on the show page in Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm.com.

Be they long or short, I promise you that some of my stories will delight you, others may scare you, but all of them will make you wiser. So join me every other Friday from March the 25th onwards for Cautionary Tales. Find us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Malcolm Gladwell, and I'd like to take a moment to talk about an amazing new podcast I'm hosting called Medal of Honour.

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So I have some big news for vegans and vegetarians everywhere. It's Hellman's plant-based mayo spread and dressing. Made for people with a plant-based diet or anyone really who wants to enjoy the great taste of Hellman's real without the eggs. Hellman's plant-based is perfect for sandwiches, salads, veggie burgers, or any of your family favorites.

To celebrate, Hellman's is sharing some easy, delicious plant-based recipes at hellmans.com. Hellman's Plant-Based Mayo Spread and Dressing. Same great taste, plant-based.

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