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BBC,23 Mar 2026,43 mins

What to listen to next: Cautionary Tales

The History Bureau

Available for 23 days

Now that you’ve finished Putin and the Apartment Bombs, we’re bringing you a listening recommendation: Cautionary Tales. In this episode, Helena Merriman joins Cautionary Tales host Tim Harford to discuss the 1999 apartment bombs and how our understanding of the story – and the people at the centre of it – has changed over time. If you’re in the UK, you can find more episodes of Cautionary Tales on BBC Sounds. If you’re outside the UK, listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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