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

Leaflets, taxes, oil workers and classrooms

2 years
Leaflets, taxes, oil workers and classrooms
28m

Why medical error is not the third leading cause of death in the US

2 years
Why medical error is not the third leading cause of death in the US
9m

Debate, Reform, tax evasion and ants

2 years
Debate, Reform, tax evasion and ants
30m

Data for India

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Data for India
8m

UK growth, prisons and Swiftonomics

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UK growth, prisons and Swiftonomics
28m

Is intermittent fasting going to kill you?

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Is intermittent fasting going to kill you?
10m

MP misconduct, NHS waiting lists and gold (gold)

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MP misconduct, NHS waiting lists and gold (gold)
29m

Are falling marriage rates causing happiness to fall in the US?

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Are falling marriage rates causing happiness to fall in the US?
9m

Is reading for pleasure the single biggest factor in how well a child does in life?

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Is reading for pleasure the single biggest factor in how well a child does in life?
10m

Do one in five young Americans think the holocaust is a myth?

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Do one in five young Americans think the holocaust is a myth?
9m

Has Milei fixed Argentina’s inflation problem?

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Has Milei fixed Argentina’s inflation problem?
8m

98%: Is misinformation being spread about a review of trans youth medicine?

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98%: Is misinformation being spread about a review of trans youth medicine?
11m

Tackling The Three-Body Problem

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Tackling The Three-Body Problem
8m

Is loneliness as bad for you as smoking?

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Is loneliness as bad for you as smoking?
8m

Remembering Daniel Kahneman

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Remembering Daniel Kahneman
8m

Bonus episode: Daniel Kahneman on Thinking, Fast and Slow

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Bonus episode: Daniel Kahneman on Thinking, Fast and Slow
9m

What's happening to Arctic ice?

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What's happening to Arctic ice?
9m

Does the Russian government really spend 40% of its budget on the military?

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Does the Russian government really spend 40% of its budget on the military?
8m

Is public speaking really our biggest fear?

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Is public speaking really our biggest fear?
8m

Ultramarathons: Are women faster than men?

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Ultramarathons: Are women faster than men?
8m

School spending, excess deaths and billions of animals at Heathrow

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School spending, excess deaths and billions of animals at Heathrow
28m

NBA basketball: Is height more important than skill?

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NBA basketball: Is height more important than skill?
8m

Per capita GDP, MP claims and the entire EU budget

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Per capita GDP, MP claims and the entire EU budget
28m

The digital ‘robots’ unlocking medical data

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The digital ‘robots’ unlocking medical data
9m

Debt, students, shark and chips

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Debt, students, shark and chips
28m

The global gender split in young people’s politics

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The global gender split in young people’s politics
8m

Council tax weirdness: Hartlepool vs Westminster

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Council tax weirdness: Hartlepool vs Westminster
28m

A pocket-size history of the calculator

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A pocket-size history of the calculator
9m

Measles, Traitors and the cost of Brexit

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Measles, Traitors and the cost of Brexit
28m

Is Oxfam right about the world’s richest and poorest people?

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Is Oxfam right about the world’s richest and poorest people?
10m