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

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2072 - Did Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres stop disinformation bots?

Sat, 17 Oct 2026
2071 - Fact-check: Will Scottish pensioners really be funding English social care?

Wed, 14 Oct 2026
2070 - Fact-check: Is China missing a billion people?

Sat, 10 Oct 2026
2069 - Is the UK state pension really the lowest in Europe?

Wed, 07 Oct 2026
2068 - The Uzbekistan-shaped hole in an influential climate cost paper

Sat, 03 Oct 2026
2067 - Does the UK really have nine out of the ten poorest regions in Northern Europe?

Wed, 30 Sep 2026
2066 - Trump fact-check: Do the US and Venezuela have 60% of the world’s oil?

Sat, 26 Sep 2026
2065 - Has the UK’s productivity puzzle been solved?

Wed, 23 Sep 2026
2064 - Are carrots becoming less nutritious?

Sat, 19 Sep 2026
2063 - Are bad teeth the number one reason kids go to A&E?

Wed, 16 Sep 2026
2062 - Could this be the strongest El Niño in 1,000 Years?

Sat, 12 Sep 2026
2061 - Why are so many ex-prisoners being sent back to prison?

Wed, 09 Sep 2026
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Sat, 05 Sep 2026
2059 - Bonus podcast: Norman Numbers

Fri, 04 Sep 2026
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Sat, 29 Aug 2026
2057 - How much of the world isn’t owned by anyone?

Sat, 22 Aug 2026
2056 - 14 million deaths or zero deaths? The impact of the USAID cuts

Sat, 15 Aug 2026
2055 - How much of all the money in the world does Elon Musk have?

Sat, 08 Aug 2026
2054 - Would you take £50,000 or a 50/50 chance of £1m?

Sat, 01 Aug 2026
2053 - Is crime in London ‘through the roof’?

Sat, 25 Jul 2026
2052 - Benefits v minimum wage: Which pays more?

Wed, 24 Jun 2026
2051 - Is the US worse than North Korea for malnutrition deaths?

Sat, 20 Jun 2026
2050 - Does Europe suffer more heat deaths than the US?

Wed, 17 Jun 2026
2049 - Andrew Ross Sorkin: What can the Great Crash of 1929 tell us about today?

Sat, 13 Jun 2026
2048 - Education, Education, Education (and Immigration)

Wed, 10 Jun 2026
2047 - Factchecking claims that 400 churches were burned to the ground in France

Sat, 06 Jun 2026
2046 - Debunking the claim that migrants will get half of new homes

Wed, 03 Jun 2026
2045 - The known unknowns of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sat, 30 May 2026
2044 - Does a fall in the UK's healthy life expectancy mean what you think it means?

Wed, 27 May 2026
2043 - Is the ‘loneliness epidemic’ real?

Sat, 23 May 2026
2042 - Are refugees more likely to commit crime?

Wed, 20 May 2026
2041 - Erdos Problem 1196: Can AI now solve maths that no human can?

Sat, 16 May 2026
2040 - Why it’s wrong to say vaping is as bad for you as smoking

Sat, 09 May 2026
2039 - Does it take 15,000 litres of water to produce a kilogram of beef?

Sat, 02 May 2026
2038 - Have RFK and MAHA really changed American views on vaccines?

Sat, 25 Apr 2026
2037 - Examining the numbers behind Andy Burnham’s ‘Manchester Miracle’

Wed, 01 Jul 2026
2036 - The messy history behind the modern calendar

Sun, 27 Jul 2025
2035 - How much luck do you need to win the World Cup?

Sat, 18 Jul 2026
2034 - Does playing tennis make you live 9.7 years longer?

Sat, 11 Jul 2026
2033 - Does the average teacher really earn £54,000?

Wed, 08 Jul 2026
2032 - Does a full moon make crime rates go up?

Sat, 04 Jul 2026
2031 - The case of the missing US data

Sat, 27 Sep 2025
2030 - How weird was the Mediterranean Sea heatwave?

Sat, 16 Aug 2025
2029 - Are abortion numbers rising in the US?

Sat, 02 Aug 2025
2028 - Are abortion numbers rising in the US?

Sat, 02 Aug 2025
2027 - The mistake in Trump’s tariff formula

Thu, 30 Jul 2026
2026 - DOGE, apples and irregular migrants

Wed, 12 Mar 2025
2025 - Do US crime statistics miss out the most violent cities?

Wed, 23 Oct 2024
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Wed, 11 Jan 2023
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