Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
World Service,·752 episodes
Looking at the math's behind the myth
01 Nov 2025,·9 mins
Corinne Low explains the economics of women, men and housework
25 Oct 2025,·9 mins
Tim Harford explains the ideas behind the winners of the economics Nobel Prize
18 Oct 2025,·9 mins
Donald Trump says three quarters of Swiss prisoners are not Swiss. Is he right?
11 Oct 2025,·9 mins
Exploring global polling data that suggests people in more countries are "thriving"
04 Oct 2025,·9 mins
Why does it matter that US government datasets are being deleted and discontinued?
27 Sep 2025,·9 mins
Following the murder of Charlie Kirk, what is the data on political violence in the US?
20 Sep 2025,·9 mins
Is Nvidia boss Jensen Huang right about a looming labour shortfall?
13 Sep 2025,·9 mins
Investigating if 100 million sharks are killed by fishing nets every year.
06 Sep 2025,·9 mins
We look at claims that fully autonomous cars are 5 or ten times safer
30 Aug 2025,·9 mins
We investigate if air conditioning is set too cold for women.
23 Aug 2025,·9 mins
Did the Mediterranean experience a 1 in 216,000,000,000-year sea temperature anomaly?
16 Aug 2025,·9 mins
The US president fired Erika McEntarfer over job numbers. What’s the potential fallout?
09 Aug 2025,·9 mins
Looking at the data behind abortion in a post Dobbs America.
02 Aug 2025,·9 mins
01 Aug 2025,·8 mins
We investigate how much water and power are used by artificial intelligence
26 Jul 2025,·9 mins
A Unicef event said one in six children are living though war. What does that really mean?
19 Jul 2025,·9 mins
How a successful football club doesn’t always require a winning team
12 Jul 2025,·9 mins
Economist and author Duncan Weldon on his new book Blood and Treasure
05 Jul 2025,·9 mins
Making sense of the numbers around the Russian dead and wounded.
28 Jun 2025,·9 mins
Professor Alex Edmans on his book, May Contain Lies
21 Jun 2025,·9 mins
Investigating if 100,000 satellites could be orbiting earth in five years’ time
14 Jun 2025,·9 mins
Investigating if the global population is really 2 billion higher than previously thought
07 Jun 2025,·9 mins
Why has the rate of autism risen so dramatically in the last 30 years?
31 May 2025,·9 mins
How one graph shows the conservative side of the United Nations’ population estimates
24 May 2025,·9 mins
We investigate the claim that bots make up 50% of internet traffic
17 May 2025,·9 mins
How retiring Berkshire Hathaway boss Warren Buffett made his money and made a point
10 May 2025,·9 mins
Working out the reality behind President Trump’s claims on immigration, fentanyl and eggs
03 May 2025,·9 mins
Dispelling an incel myth that featured in the Netflix drama Adolescence
26 Apr 2025,·9 mins
Professor Adam Kucharski on his new book, Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty
19 Apr 2025,·9 mins
