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DISCUSSED: As The Lone Star state struggles with a surfeit of anomalous weather events, your hosts dig into the challenges inherent to all sorts of complex, interconnected systems.

Links for this episode:

• Brandon Friedman on Twitter: "Water stored in the bathtub froze solid last night. That's how it's going in Dallas. https://t.co/cJdUMDT6pN" / Twitter
  (Show art swiped from this tweet by Brandon Friedman.)
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• Coldest temperatures in decades continue; more wintry weather mid-week | kvue.com
  
• Causality
  Chain of Events. Cause and Effect. We analyse what went right and what went wrong as we discover that many outcomes can be predicted, planned for and even prevented.
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• Cautionary Tales \u2013 Pushkin
  We tell our children unsettling fairy tales to teach them valuable life lessons, but these cautionary tales are for the education of the grown-ups \u2014 and they are all true. Tim Harford (Financial Times, BBC, author of \u201cMessy\u201d and \u201cThe Undercover Economist\u201d) brings you stories of awful human error, tragic catastrophes, daring heists and hilarious fiascos. They\u2019ll delight you and scare you, but also make you wiser.
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• Causality \u2014 Overcast
  Chain of Events. Cause and Effect. We analyse what went right and what went wrong as we discover that many outcomes can be predicted, planned for and even prevented.
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• Cautionary Tales \u2014 Overcast
  We tell our children unsettling fairy tales to teach them valuable life lessons, but these Cautionary Tales are for the education of the grown ups \u2013 and they are all true. Tim Harford (Financial Times, BBC, author of \u201cThe Data Detective\u201d and \u201cThe Undercover Economist\u201d) brings you stories of awful human error, tragic catastrophes, daring heists and hilarious fiascos. They\u2019ll delight you, scare you, but also make you wiser. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.