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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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Episodes (1426)
Older People, Education, Prisons and the Weather
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Jan 8, 202628:53pending
Sex, Drugs and Empty Homes
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Jan 7, 202629:13pending
Health
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Jan 6, 202628:45pending
The Economy
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Jan 5, 202628:41pending
Numbers of the year 2026
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Numbers of the Year 2025
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Dec 31, 202527:57pending
Numbers of the year 2025
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Dec 27, 20258:58pending
Were there really Three Wise Men?
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Dec 24, 202528:04pending
The shocking world of US health costs
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Dec 20, 20258:59pending
Do we really have ‘superflu’?
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Dec 17, 202528:38pending
RCP 8.5: Why did the climate change model get it wrong?
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Dec 13, 20258:57pending
Is RFK right about US sperm counts?
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Dec 6, 20258:58pending
Richard Thaler and The Winner’s Curse
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Nov 29, 20258:57pending
Is there a stock market crash coming?
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Nov 22, 20258:58pending
Has there been a $50 trillion wealth transfer to the richest Americans?
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Nov 15, 20258:58pending
Is RFK Jr right about China's diabetes rate?
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Nov 8, 20258:56pending
Halloween special: How many people did the real Dracula impale?
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Oct 31, 20258:57pending
Is your housework split sexist?
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Oct 25, 20258:58pending
Nobel economics prize 2025: What's the big idea?
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Oct 18, 20258:56pending
Are millions of people getting Motability cars for anxiety and ADHD?
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Oct 15, 202528:38pending
Are 72% of prison inmates in Switzerland foreign?
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Oct 11, 20258:58pending
Does half the UK get more in benefits than they pay in tax?
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Is the world getting less miserable?
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Oct 4, 20258:58pending
Has Donald Trump ended seven 'unendable' wars?
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Oct 1, 202528:24pending
The case of the missing US data
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Sep 27, 20258:58pending
The Case of the Missing US Data
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Was it easier to deport migrants to France before Brexit?
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Sep 24, 202528:48pending
Is JD Vance right about left-wing violence?
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Sep 20, 20258:58pending
Is it true that out-of-work benefits have almost doubled?
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Sep 17, 202529:09pending
Will the world really be 50 million workers short by 2030?
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Sep 13, 20258:58pending
Are Afghan nationals more likely to be convicted of sexual offences?
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Do 11,000 sharks die every hour?
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Are self-driving cars safer than cars with drivers?
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Aug 30, 20258:58pending
Do women feel the cold more than men?
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Aug 23, 20258:57pending
How weird was the Mediterranean Sea heatwave?
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Aug 16, 20258:58pending
How weird was the Med Sea heatwave?
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Why it matters that Trump fired data chief
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Are abortion numbers rising in the US?
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Does a single AI query use a bottle of water?
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Are abortion numbers rising in the US?
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Are abortion numbers rising in the US?
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The messy history behind the modern calendar
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Jul 27, 20258:58pending
Are one in six children living through war?
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Jul 19, 20258:58pending
Why Manchester United can afford to play badly
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Jul 12, 20258:58pending
Can drinking one less bottle of coke a day halve obesity?
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The economics of war: Vikings, Conquistadors and Vietnam
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Is the UK seeing a Christian revival?
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Jul 2, 202528:17pending
Has Russia suffered a million casualties in the Ukraine war?
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Jun 28, 20258:59pending
Why is data on grooming gangs so bad?
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Jun 25, 202528:48pending
How to spot a suspicious statistic
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Jun 21, 20258:58pending
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