669 Episodes

  1. The global gender split in young people’s politics

    Published: 10/02/2024
  2. Council tax weirdness: Hartlepool vs Westminster

    Published: 7/02/2024
  3. A pocket-size history of the calculator

    Published: 3/02/2024
  4. Measles, Traitors and the cost of Brexit

    Published: 31/01/2024
  5. Is Oxfam right about the world’s richest and poorest people?

    Published: 27/01/2024
  6. Shopping, shipping and wind chill-ing

    Published: 24/01/2024
  7. Are there more possible games of chess than atoms in the universe?

    Published: 20/01/2024
  8. Life expectancy, inheritance tax and the NHS vs winter

    Published: 17/01/2024
  9. Do we see 10,000 adverts per day?

    Published: 13/01/2024
  10. Deaths, taxes and missing cats

    Published: 10/01/2024
  11. How much money do the ‘Ndrangheta mafia make?

    Published: 6/01/2024
  12. Numbers of the year 2023

    Published: 30/12/2023
  13. Can chocolate be better than salad?

    Published: 23/12/2023
  14. China’s missing numbers

    Published: 16/12/2023
  15. Does endurance sport harm your heart?

    Published: 9/12/2023
  16. Will there be a billion climate refugees?

    Published: 2/12/2023
  17. A boy meets girl meets stats story

    Published: 25/11/2023
  18. Are women in the UK the biggest binge drinkers in the world?

    Published: 18/11/2023
  19. Can maths prove the existence of aliens?

    Published: 11/11/2023
  20. Do Indian women own 11% of the world’s gold?

    Published: 4/11/2023

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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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