669 Episodes

  1. How did lockdown impact children?

    Published: 17/03/2025
  2. What is an IQ map and can we trust them?

    Published: 15/03/2025
  3. DOGE, apples and irregular migrants

    Published: 12/03/2025
  4. Is there really $500bn of Rare Earths in Ukraine?

    Published: 8/03/2025
  5. Defence Spending, Rare Earths and Trunk Truths

    Published: 5/03/2025
  6. Has the US really given Ukraine more aid than Europe?

    Published: 1/03/2025
  7. Are 150 year olds getting social security payments?

    Published: 22/02/2025
  8. Has the US sent $50 million worth of condoms to Gaza?

    Published: 15/02/2025
  9. Are black babies in the US really more likely to die under the care of white doctors?

    Published: 8/02/2025
  10. Are quantum computers already super-powerful?

    Published: 1/02/2025
  11. Did Trump make billions with his meme-coin?

    Published: 25/01/2025
  12. Can redheads handle 25% more pain than brunettes?

    Published: 18/01/2025
  13. Do 79% of Swedish asylum seekers go on holiday to the country they fled from?

    Published: 11/01/2025
  14. Numbers of the year part 2

    Published: 4/01/2025
  15. Numbers of the year 2024

    Published: 28/12/2024
  16. Did Mussolini make the trains run on time?

    Published: 21/12/2024
  17. How many Americans live ‘paycheck to paycheck’?

    Published: 14/12/2024
  18. Did one in 10 Greeks die in World War Two?

    Published: 7/12/2024
  19. Can Elon Musk save the US Government $2 trillion?

    Published: 30/11/2024
  20. Do fossil fuels get $7 trillion in subsidies?

    Published: 23/11/2024

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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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