We're supposed to learn from our own mistakes that other people's errors can be instructive

too, from efforts to control the weather that went disastrously awry to the untimely death

of the Segway boss.

History is a treasure trove, mishaps and meltdowns that can teach us all.

I'm Tim Halford, host of cautionary tales, the podcast that mines the greatest fiascoes

of the past for their most valuable lessons.

Listen to cautionary tales on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you

get your podcasts.

Malcolm Gladwell here.

This season on revisionist history, I am diving into one of the weirdest and most infuriating

corners in American life, guns.

All the crazy myths we have about them, everything we get wrong, we're going to talk about

TV Westerns, about a crime and a little town in rural Alabama.

About the nuttiness of the Supreme Court, it's our biggest series ever, and one you won't

want to miss.

Listen to revisionist history on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you

get your podcasts.

Mama, what does the chicken say?

You're not going to get it all right.

Just make sure you know the big stuff, like making sure your kids are buckled correctly

in the right seat for their age and size.

Get it right.

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