669 Episodes

  1. Did 20 million votes really go missing in the US election?

    Published: 16/11/2024
  2. Do we have enough clothes for the next six generations?

    Published: 9/11/2024
  3. What can economics learn from sport?

    Published: 2/11/2024
  4. Are older drivers more dangerous?

    Published: 30/10/2024
  5. Is Trump right about violent crime in Venezuela and the US?

    Published: 26/10/2024
  6. Do US crime statistics miss out the most violent cities?

    Published: 23/10/2024
  7. Nobel prize: Why are some countries so much richer than others?

    Published: 19/10/2024
  8. When are numbers like a horse at a gymkhana?

    Published: 16/10/2024
  9. Uncertainty, probability and double yoked eggs

    Published: 12/10/2024
  10. Should the government target persnuffle?

    Published: 9/10/2024
  11. Are 672 billion pounds of corn eaten in the US every year?

    Published: 5/10/2024
  12. How do you breed seventeen octillion rats?

    Published: 2/10/2024
  13. The puzzles you’re meant to get wrong

    Published: 28/09/2024
  14. Could the winter fuel cut cost more than it saves?

    Published: 25/09/2024
  15. Do 85% of the world’s population practice a religion?

    Published: 21/09/2024
  16. How do you count millionaires?

    Published: 18/09/2024
  17. Nate Silver: Do risk-takers run the world?

    Published: 14/09/2024
  18. How long does it take to turn around an oil tanker?

    Published: 11/09/2024
  19. Who pays when trade wars heat up?

    Published: 7/09/2024
  20. Exclusions, black holes and dividing by zero

    Published: 4/09/2024

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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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