667 Episodes

  1. A pocket-size history of the calculator

    Published: 2/3/2024
  2. Measles, Traitors and the cost of Brexit

    Published: 1/31/2024
  3. Is Oxfam right about the world’s richest and poorest people?

    Published: 1/27/2024
  4. Shopping, shipping and wind chill-ing

    Published: 1/24/2024
  5. Are there more possible games of chess than atoms in the universe?

    Published: 1/20/2024
  6. Life expectancy, inheritance tax and the NHS vs winter

    Published: 1/17/2024
  7. Do we see 10,000 adverts per day?

    Published: 1/13/2024
  8. Deaths, taxes and missing cats

    Published: 1/10/2024
  9. How much money do the ‘Ndrangheta mafia make?

    Published: 1/6/2024
  10. Numbers of the year 2023

    Published: 12/30/2023
  11. Can chocolate be better than salad?

    Published: 12/23/2023
  12. China’s missing numbers

    Published: 12/16/2023
  13. Does endurance sport harm your heart?

    Published: 12/9/2023
  14. Will there be a billion climate refugees?

    Published: 12/2/2023
  15. A boy meets girl meets stats story

    Published: 11/25/2023
  16. Are women in the UK the biggest binge drinkers in the world?

    Published: 11/18/2023
  17. Can maths prove the existence of aliens?

    Published: 11/11/2023
  18. Do Indian women own 11% of the world’s gold?

    Published: 11/4/2023
  19. The Overlooked Mathematicians of History

    Published: 10/28/2023
  20. What do windscreen splats tell us about insect decline?

    Published: 10/21/2023

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