678 Episodes

  1. Have more than 100 private schools been forced to close because of VAT?

    Published: 14/01/2026
  2. Does Venezuela really have the biggest oil reserves in the world?

    Published: 10/01/2026
  3. The Stats of the Nation: Immigration, benefits and inequality

    Published: 09/01/2026
  4. The Stats of the Nation: Older people, education, prisons and the weather

    Published: 08/01/2026
  5. The Stats of the Nation: Sex, drugs and empty homes

    Published: 07/01/2026
  6. The Stats of the Nation: Health

    Published: 06/01/2026
  7. The Stats of the Nation: The Economy

    Published: 05/01/2026
  8. Numbers of the year 2026

    Published: 03/01/2026
  9. Numbers of the year 2025

    Published: 31/12/2025
  10. Numbers of the year 2025

    Published: 27/12/2025
  11. Were there really Three Wise Men?

    Published: 24/12/2025
  12. The shocking world of US health costs

    Published: 20/12/2025
  13. Do we really have ‘superflu’?

    Published: 17/12/2025
  14. RCP 8.5: Why did the climate change model get it wrong?

    Published: 13/12/2025
  15. Is RFK right about US sperm counts?

    Published: 06/12/2025
  16. Richard Thaler and The Winner’s Curse

    Published: 29/11/2025
  17. Is there a stock market crash coming?

    Published: 22/11/2025
  18. Has there been a $50 trillion wealth transfer to the richest Americans?

    Published: 15/11/2025
  19. Is RFK Jr right about China's diabetes rate?

    Published: 08/11/2025
  20. Halloween special: How many people did the real Dracula impale?

    Published: 31/10/2025

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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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