678 Episodes

  1. Lib Dem ambulance claims, affordable rent and goat meat

    Published: 07/06/2023
  2. A short history of data

    Published: 03/06/2023
  3. Food prices, net migration and beef about beef

    Published: 31/05/2023
  4. Are young people more single than ever before?

    Published: 28/05/2023
  5. NHS waiting lists, Voter ID and measuring divorce

    Published: 24/05/2023
  6. Detecting Bad Science with Data

    Published: 20/05/2023
  7. Do 94% of marriages in Portugal really end in divorce?

    Published: 13/05/2023
  8. Why is life expectancy falling in the USA?

    Published: 06/05/2023
  9. How much is the Coronation crown worth?

    Published: 29/04/2023
  10. The Pentagon Leaks and Fox News

    Published: 22/04/2023
  11. How accurate is baby's due date?

    Published: 15/04/2023
  12. How to better understand and explain numbers

    Published: 08/04/2023
  13. A groundbreaking new proof for Pythagoras’ Theorem?

    Published: 01/04/2023
  14. Covid vaccines and false claims about miscarriage

    Published: 25/03/2023
  15. Silicon Valley Bank: a very modern bank run

    Published: 18/03/2023
  16. Do fungi kill three times as many people as malaria?

    Published: 11/03/2023
  17. Does your jewellery contain stolen Brink’s-Mat gold?

    Published: 04/03/2023
  18. UK vs European energy prices, falling excess deaths and is 5 grams of cocaine a lot?

    Published: 01/03/2023
  19. Do 29,000 coffee pods really go to landfill every minute?

    Published: 25/02/2023
  20. Reoffending rates, Welsh taxes and the menopause

    Published: 22/02/2023

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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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