667 Episodes

  1. Did lockdowns save any lives?

    Published: 2/27/2022
  2. Vaccinating children, lockdowns, and ebikes

    Published: 2/23/2022
  3. Hospitalisation rates for children with Covid

    Published: 2/20/2022
  4. Questioning claims about Covid and children

    Published: 2/16/2022
  5. Testosterone and sport

    Published: 2/13/2022
  6. The prime minister in statistical bother

    Published: 2/9/2022
  7. Can you fool your brain?

    Published: 2/6/2022
  8. Does the UK have the fastest growing economy in the G7?

    Published: 2/2/2022
  9. Fertility rates: baby boom or bust?

    Published: 1/30/2022
  10. Should you follow the 5 second rule? And does inflation hit the poorest harder?

    Published: 1/26/2022
  11. Are female patients more likely to die if the surgeon is male?

    Published: 1/23/2022
  12. Are women 32% more likely to die after operation by a male surgeon?

    Published: 1/19/2022
  13. QAnon: Did 365,348 children go missing in the US in 2020?

    Published: 1/16/2022
  14. Omicron, pandemic birth rates and boosters

    Published: 1/12/2022
  15. How much plastic is in the Ocean and can Mr Beast make a difference?

    Published: 1/9/2022
  16. Will the population of Nigeria be larger than Europe’s?

    Published: 1/2/2022
  17. Numbers of 2021

    Published: 12/26/2021
  18. The psychological economics of gift giving

    Published: 12/19/2021
  19. Does catching covid give you more immunity than being vaccinated?

    Published: 12/12/2021
  20. Does wearing a mask halve your chances of getting Covid-19?

    Published: 12/5/2021

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Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life