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Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
Episodes (837 available)
Mathematician Terence Tao on the value of academic maths and the threat it faces from AI
11 mins
We investigate claims that strikes on Yandex disrupted Russian disinformation campaigns.
9 mins
Tim Harford investigates Scottish pensions, maternity injuries, UK deficit and baked beans
29 mins
We investigate viral claims that the population of China is really only 500 million.
9 mins
Tim Harford investigates UK pensions, Russia’s GDP and heatwave deaths.
29 mins
How a global study on the cost of climate change fell apart when one country was removed
9 mins
Tim Harford investigates regional inequality, migrant costs, donkey donations and honey.
30 mins
Is Donald Trump right to say the US and Venezuela have 60% of the world’s oil?
9 mins
Tim Harford investigates bad productivity data, AI carbon, nuns and quiet album ends.
29 mins
Have crops lost nutrients since the 1950s? We dig into the evidence.
9 mins
