678 Episodes

  1. Did 35,000 Americans die building the Panama Canal?

    Published: 11/09/2023
  2. Covid deaths, North Sea gas and Chloe Kelly's World Cup penalty

    Published: 06/09/2023
  3. What percentage of our brain do we actually use?

    Published: 02/09/2023
  4. HS2 and electric cars, UK vs China emissions & massive maths errors

    Published: 30/08/2023
  5. How safe is the release of Fukushima nuclear plant water?

    Published: 26/08/2023
  6. How many butterflies are there in the world?

    Published: 19/08/2023
  7. Why is it so hard to predict the outcome of competitions like the Premier League?

    Published: 12/08/2023
  8. Are the media exaggerating how hot it is in the Mediterranean?

    Published: 05/08/2023
  9. Data, extreme weather and climate change

    Published: 29/07/2023
  10. Ukraine war: A new way of calculating Russian deaths

    Published: 22/07/2023
  11. Are more adult nappies sold in Japan than baby ones?

    Published: 15/07/2023
  12. Does it take 10,000 litres of water to make a pair of jeans?

    Published: 08/07/2023
  13. Immigration: A More or Less Special Programme

    Published: 05/07/2023
  14. Will there be just 6 grandchildren for every 100 South Koreans?

    Published: 01/07/2023
  15. Halving inflation, Scottish tidal power and have 1 in 3 women had an abortion?

    Published: 28/06/2023
  16. US National Debt: is $32 trillion a big number?

    Published: 24/06/2023
  17. Mortgages, birth rates and does space contribute 18% to UK GDP?

    Published: 21/06/2023
  18. Is breastfeeding the key to exam success?

    Published: 17/06/2023
  19. Electric vehicles, 600 million bottles and does oral sex cause cancer?

    Published: 14/06/2023
  20. Counting Hunger in India

    Published: 10/06/2023

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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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