
About this podcast
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
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About this podcast
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
Recent episodes
- Did Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres stop disinformation bots?17 Oct · 9 min
- Fact-check: Will Scottish pensioners really be funding English social care?14 Oct · 29 min
- Fact-check: Is China missing a billion people?10 Oct · 9 min
- Is the UK state pension really the lowest in Europe?7 Oct · 29 min
- The Uzbekistan-shaped hole in an influential climate cost paper3 Oct · 9 min
- Does the UK really have nine out of the ten poorest regions in Northern Europe?30 Sept · 30 min
- Trump fact-check: Do the US and Venezuela have 60% of the world’s oil?26 Sept · 9 min
- Has the UK’s productivity puzzle been solved?23 Sept · 29 min
- Are carrots becoming less nutritious?19 Sept · 9 min
- Are bad teeth the number one reason kids go to A&E?16 Sept · 28 min