667 Episodes

  1. DOGE, apples and irregular migrants

    Published: 3/12/2025
  2. Is there really $500bn of Rare Earths in Ukraine?

    Published: 3/8/2025
  3. Defence Spending, Rare Earths and Trunk Truths

    Published: 3/5/2025
  4. Has the US really given Ukraine more aid than Europe?

    Published: 3/1/2025
  5. Are 150 year olds getting social security payments?

    Published: 2/22/2025
  6. Has the US sent $50 million worth of condoms to Gaza?

    Published: 2/15/2025
  7. Are black babies in the US really more likely to die under the care of white doctors?

    Published: 2/8/2025
  8. Are quantum computers already super-powerful?

    Published: 2/1/2025
  9. Did Trump make billions with his meme-coin?

    Published: 1/25/2025
  10. Can redheads handle 25% more pain than brunettes?

    Published: 1/18/2025
  11. Do 79% of Swedish asylum seekers go on holiday to the country they fled from?

    Published: 1/11/2025
  12. Numbers of the year part 2

    Published: 1/4/2025
  13. Numbers of the year 2024

    Published: 12/28/2024
  14. Did Mussolini make the trains run on time?

    Published: 12/21/2024
  15. How many Americans live ‘paycheck to paycheck’?

    Published: 12/14/2024
  16. Did one in 10 Greeks die in World War Two?

    Published: 12/7/2024
  17. Can Elon Musk save the US Government $2 trillion?

    Published: 11/30/2024
  18. Do fossil fuels get $7 trillion in subsidies?

    Published: 11/23/2024
  19. Did 20 million votes really go missing in the US election?

    Published: 11/16/2024
  20. Do we have enough clothes for the next six generations?

    Published: 11/9/2024

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