667 Episodes

  1. Greedy jobs and the gender pay gap

    Published: 10/14/2023
  2. Are half the words in English from French?

    Published: 10/7/2023
  3. Vaccine claims, Alzheimer's treatment and Tim's Parkrun times

    Published: 10/4/2023
  4. Is the UK really ahead in cutting carbon emissions?

    Published: 9/30/2023
  5. NHS consultant pay, Net Zero claims and Scotland's ferry woes

    Published: 9/27/2023
  6. Which city has the longest canals?

    Published: 9/23/2023
  7. Social housing, NHS workforce and Liz Truss debt claims

    Published: 9/20/2023
  8. How to approach the world through numbers

    Published: 9/16/2023
  9. Skin cancer, London rents and your great great great granddaughter

    Published: 9/13/2023
  10. Did 35,000 Americans die building the Panama Canal?

    Published: 9/11/2023
  11. Covid deaths, North Sea gas and Chloe Kelly's World Cup penalty

    Published: 9/6/2023
  12. What percentage of our brain do we actually use?

    Published: 9/2/2023
  13. HS2 and electric cars, UK vs China emissions & massive maths errors

    Published: 8/30/2023
  14. How safe is the release of Fukushima nuclear plant water?

    Published: 8/26/2023
  15. How many butterflies are there in the world?

    Published: 8/19/2023
  16. Why is it so hard to predict the outcome of competitions like the Premier League?

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

    Published: 8/5/2023
  18. Data, extreme weather and climate change

    Published: 7/29/2023
  19. Ukraine war: A new way of calculating Russian deaths

    Published: 7/22/2023
  20. Are more adult nappies sold in Japan than baby ones?

    Published: 7/15/2023

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