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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)
Testosterone and sport
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Feb 13, 20228:57pending
The prime minister in statistical bother
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Feb 9, 202228:52pending
Can you fool your brain?
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Feb 6, 20228:58pending
Does the UK have the fastest growing economy in the G7?
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Feb 2, 202228:48pending
Fertility rates: baby boom or bust?
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Jan 30, 20228:57pending
Should you follow the 5 second rule? And does inflation hit the poorest harder?
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Jan 26, 202228:20pending
Are female patients more likely to die if the surgeon is male?
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Jan 23, 202210:31pending
Are women 32% more likely to die after operation by a male surgeon?
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Jan 19, 202228:34pending
QAnon: Did 365,348 children go missing in the US in 2020?
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Jan 16, 20228:58pending
Omicron, pandemic birth rates and boosters
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Jan 12, 202227:56pending
How much plastic is in the Ocean and can Mr Beast make a difference?
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Jan 9, 20228:58pending
Will the population of Nigeria be larger than Europe’s?
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Jan 2, 20228:58pending
Numbers of 2021
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Dec 26, 20218:58pending
The psychological economics of gift giving
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Dec 19, 20218:58pending
Does catching covid give you more immunity than being vaccinated?
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Dec 12, 20218:58pending
Does wearing a mask halve your chances of getting Covid-19?
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Dec 5, 20218:58pending
Simpson’s Paradox: How to make vaccinated death figures misleading
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Nov 28, 20218:58pending
A TikTok tale
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Nov 21, 20218:58pending
The carbon cost of breakfast at COP26
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Nov 14, 20218:57pending
Same data, opposite results. Can we trust research?
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Nov 7, 20218:58pending
The art of counting
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Oct 31, 20218:58pending
The numbers behind Squid Game
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Oct 24, 20218:58pending
The prize-winning economics of migration and the minimum wage
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Oct 17, 20218:58pending
Bonus episode: the first ever More or Less
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Oct 7, 202136:27pending
Twenty years of More or Less
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Oct 6, 202127:50pending
The Gender Pay Gap
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Oct 3, 20218:58pending
Is it easy being green?
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Sep 29, 202129:03pending
Covid trends, face mask use, and the universal credit cut
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Sep 22, 202127:33pending
How many holes are there in a drinking straw?
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Sep 19, 20218:58pending
Death, Tax and Dishwashers
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Sep 15, 202127:41pending
Vaccine waning, hot dogs and Afghanistan
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Sep 8, 202127:56pending
The Bill for Afghanistan
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Sep 4, 20218:58pending
Covid, HGV driver shortages and protest costs
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Sep 1, 202128:51pending
Reason, numbers and Mr Spock
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Aug 28, 20218:58pending
The extraordinary life of Robert Moses
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Aug 21, 20218:58pending
How good were the performances at the Tokyo Olympics?
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Aug 16, 20218:57pending
Jab fears explained: a base rate fallacy
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Aug 7, 20218:58pending
Breaking Climate Records
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Jul 31, 20218:58pending
The Rise of Delta
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Jul 24, 20218:58pending
The Freedom Day Gamble
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Jul 19, 202128:44pending
Are there 40 million Nigerians on Twitter?
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Jul 10, 20218:58pending
Is Ivermectin a Covid ‘wonder drug’?
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Jul 3, 20218:58pending
Scotland cases, flood risk and taxing the poor
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Jun 30, 202128:42pending
Maths and the Mayflower
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Jun 26, 20218:58pending
Delta cases, blue tits and that one-in-two cancer claim
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Jun 23, 202129:01pending
The origins of Covid
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Jun 19, 20218:58pending
Covid deaths, outdoor swimming and care homes
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Jun 16, 202128:56pending
The doubling of life-expectancy
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Jun 12, 20218:58pending
Third wave fears, smart motorways and bra sizes
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Jun 9, 202128:39pending
Bolton vaccines, Yorkshire versus Scotland and the average gamer
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Jun 2, 202128:58pending
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