669 Episodes

  1. Numbers of the year 2025

    Published: 27/12/2025
  2. Were there really Three Wise Men?

    Published: 24/12/2025
  3. The shocking world of US health costs

    Published: 20/12/2025
  4. Do we really have ‘superflu’?

    Published: 17/12/2025
  5. RCP 8.5: Why did the climate change model get it wrong?

    Published: 13/12/2025
  6. Is RFK right about US sperm counts?

    Published: 6/12/2025
  7. Richard Thaler and The Winner’s Curse

    Published: 29/11/2025
  8. Is there a stock market crash coming?

    Published: 22/11/2025
  9. Has there been a $50 trillion wealth transfer to the richest Americans?

    Published: 15/11/2025
  10. Is RFK Jr right about China's diabetes rate?

    Published: 8/11/2025
  11. Halloween special: How many people did the real Dracula impale?

    Published: 31/10/2025
  12. Is your housework split sexist?

    Published: 25/10/2025
  13. Nobel economics prize 2025: What's the big idea?

    Published: 18/10/2025
  14. Are millions of people getting Motability cars for anxiety and ADHD?

    Published: 15/10/2025
  15. Are 72% of prison inmates in Switzerland foreign?

    Published: 11/10/2025
  16. Does half the UK get more in benefits than they pay in tax?

    Published: 8/10/2025
  17. Is the world getting less miserable?

    Published: 4/10/2025
  18. Has Donald Trump ended seven 'unendable' wars?

    Published: 1/10/2025
  19. The Case of the Missing US Data

    Published: 27/09/2025
  20. Was it easier to deport migrants to France before Brexit?

    Published: 24/09/2025

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Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life

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