Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
Radio 4,·685 episodes
Planting trees by numbers: UK style.
06 Dec 2019,·8 mins
50,000 nurses? 40 hospitals? Corporate tax rises? Tim Harford looks at Election pledges.
03 Dec 2019,·27 mins
Have these saucy fruits become less healthy over time?
29 Nov 2019,·8 mins
Which is the busiest shipping lane in the world?
23 Nov 2019,·9 mins
We look at the numbers and statistics from Bolivia’s disputed presidential election.
15 Nov 2019,·11 mins
Can running and owning a dog reduce your risk of an early death?
08 Nov 2019,·8 mins
How shelved data from rape cases in America is helping the police catch criminals now.
01 Nov 2019,·8 mins
Social worker and economist Edith Abbott and her contribution to crime statistics.
28 Oct 2019,·8 mins
Discussing Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer’s economics Nobel Prize.
18 Oct 2019,·20 mins
Exploring how long one identical twin lives after the other twin dies.
11 Oct 2019,·28 mins
Are the shocking statistics true? and how do you count people who don't wish to be found?
07 Oct 2019,·8 mins
Dissecting the government’s hospitals announcement and President Trump’s Ukraine claims.
04 Oct 2019,·27 mins
Were a third of those that fought for Britain in WW1 black or Asian?
30 Sep 2019,·8 mins
Has Austerity caused 120 thousand deaths in the UK and does God hate men?
27 Sep 2019,·23 mins
Using statistics to compare world records in athletics and swimming.
23 Sep 2019,·8 mins
Health risks for Presidential hopefuls, falling inflation, shark deaths and salary claims
20 Sep 2019,·24 mins
Are eight people a day murdered in Cape Town and is that number unusually high?
16 Sep 2019,·8 mins
Are black women five times more likely to die in childbirth? Plus making pop music.
13 Sep 2019,·24 mins
Has it increased significantly since President Bolsonaro took office in January?
09 Sep 2019,·8 mins
Challenging the idea of six billion deaths due to climate change; plus what pets eat.
06 Sep 2019,·24 mins
Are they really 85 percent worse than last year?
02 Sep 2019,·8 mins
Are forest fires in Brazil the worst in recent times? What is the state pension worth?
30 Aug 2019,·27 mins
Were millions of trees planted in just one day in Ethiopia?
26 Aug 2019,·8 mins
Was your A Level grade correct? Plus were 350m trees planted in one day in Ethiopia?
23 Aug 2019,·24 mins
Re-inserting a caveat and discussing a really cool numbers trick.
16 Aug 2019,·9 mins
Do immigrants commit more crime than native-born Americans in the United States?
09 Aug 2019,·8 mins
With misinformation so easy to spread, how can it be stopped or challenged?
02 Aug 2019,·8 mins
Taking a statistical look at what expectant mothers should avoid.
26 Jul 2019,·8 mins
How medical testing on just men causes problems.
19 Jul 2019,·9 mins
We look at politicians’ claims that sanctions are to blame for Zimbabwe’s difficulties.
19 Jul 2019,·8 mins
