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Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life
Vaccine numbers
8 mins; November 14, 2020
How deadly is Covid 19?
8 mins; November 07, 2020
Asymptomatic Covid19 Cases
8 mins; October 31, 2020
US election: facts or fiction
8 mins; October 24, 2020
Auction Theory - Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson
8 mins; October 17, 2020
A short history of probability
8 mins; October 10, 2020
Spreadsheet snafu, âLong Covidâ quantified, and the birth of probability
21 mins; October 07, 2020
âRecordâ Covid cases, Trump on the death count, and ant pheromones
28 mins; September 30, 2020
Covid curve queried, false positives, and the Queenâs head
29 mins; September 23, 2020
The magical maths of pool testing
8 mins; September 19, 2020
Covid testing capacity, refugee numbers, and mascara
28 mins; September 16, 2020
Covid cases rising, a guide to lifeâs risks, and racing jelly-fish
28 mins; September 09, 2020
Schools and coronavirus, test and trace, maths and reality
27 mins; September 02, 2020
Covid plasma therapy
27 mins; August 26, 2020
A-level algorithms, poker and buses
28 mins; August 19, 2020
Belarusâ contested election
9 mins; August 15, 2020
Hawaiian Pizza, obesity and a second wave?
27 mins; August 12, 2020
Melting Antarctic ice
8 mins; August 08, 2020
Covid in Africa
10 mins; August 01, 2020
Data in the time of cholera
8 mins; July 25, 2020
Covid misconceptions and US deaths
8 mins; July 18, 2020
Swedenâs lockdown lite
14 mins; July 11, 2020
Why Trump is wrong about the USAâs coronavirus case comeback
9 mins; July 04, 2020
Why did the UK have such a bad Covid-19 epidemic?
28 mins; July 01, 2020
A new Covid-19 drug and a second wave
9 mins; June 27, 2020
Child Poverty, School Inequality and a Second Wave
28 mins; June 24, 2020
Who Should be Quarantined?
9 mins; June 20, 2020
Quarantine, Test and Trace and BODMAS
28 mins; June 17, 2020
Antibody tests, early lockdown advice and European deaths
27 mins; June 10, 2020
Keep your distance
9 mins; June 06, 2020
False negatives, testing capacity and pheasants
27 mins; June 03, 2020
Obeying lockdown, flight arrivals and is this wave of the epidemic waning?
27 mins; May 27, 2020
60 Harvests and statistically savvy parrots
8 mins; May 23, 2020
School re-opening, Germanyâs Covid-19 success and statistically savvy parrots
28 mins; May 20, 2020
Social Distancing and Government Borrowing
9 mins; May 16, 2020
Vitamin D, explaining R and the 2 metre rule
27 mins; May 13, 2020
Covid-19 fatality rate
8 mins; May 09, 2020
Testing truth, fatality rates, obesity risk and trampolines.
27 mins; May 05, 2020
Climate change and birdsong
9 mins; May 02, 2020
Ethnic minority deaths, climate change and lockdown
28 mins; April 29, 2020
Comparing countries' coronavirus performance
9 mins; April 25, 2020
Bonus Podcast: Professor John Horton Conway
14 mins; April 23, 2020
Comparing countries, the risk to NHS staff, and birdsong
27 mins; April 22, 2020
Superforecasting the Coronavirus
8 mins; April 18, 2020
Should you wear a face mask?
8 mins; April 11, 2020
Coronavirus deaths, face masks and a potential baby boom
27 mins; April 08, 2020
Are more men dying from coronavirus?
8 mins; April 04, 2020
Supermarket stockpiling, A-level results and Covid-19 gender disparity
28 mins; March 31, 2020
The Risk
9 mins; March 28, 2020
Coronavirus Special
27 mins; March 25, 2020
Mitigation or Suppression: Whatâs best to tackle Coronavirus?
9 mins; March 21, 2020
The mystery of Iranâs coronavirus numbers
13 mins; March 14, 2020
How much heat do you lose from your head?
9 mins; March 09, 2020
Netflix vs the environment
8 mins; February 29, 2020
More or Less: Superforecasting, wood burning stoves and the real story of Hidden Figures
25 mins; February 28, 2020
Artificial (not so) Intelligence
8 mins; February 22, 2020
WS More or Less: Coronavirus - The Numbers
8 mins; February 15, 2020
Coronavirus, jam, AI and tomatoes
23 mins; February 14, 2020
WS More or Less: How fast are Alligators and Hippos?
10 mins; February 08, 2020
Tracking terror suspects
28 mins; February 07, 2020
WS More or Less: Coronavirus
8 mins; February 01, 2020
Coronavirus, emotions and guns.
28 mins; January 31, 2020
WS More or Less: Dozy Science
9 mins; January 25, 2020
Netflix and Chill
28 mins; January 24, 2020
WS More or Less: Japanâs 99% Conviction Rate
8 mins; January 18, 2020
Weighing the Cost of Brexit
16 mins; January 17, 2020
WS More or Less: Bushfire mystery
9 mins; January 11, 2020
Australian Animal Deaths, Carbon Emissions, Election Mystery
34 mins; January 10, 2020
C-sections and sharks
8 mins; January 04, 2020
Presidential candidates and dementia
8 mins; December 28, 2019
The Simpsons and maths
8 mins; December 20, 2019
Koalas
8 mins; December 13, 2019
Election Special (2/2)
27 mins; December 10, 2019
Tree Planting Pledges
8 mins; December 06, 2019
Election Special 1/2
27 mins; December 03, 2019
Testing tomatoes
8 mins; November 29, 2019
The worldâs busiest shipping lanes
9 mins; November 23, 2019
Bolivia: Can statistics help detect electoral fraud?
11 mins; November 15, 2019
Reducing your risk of death
8 mins; November 09, 2019
Unbelievable: The forgotten rape data
8 mins; November 01, 2019
Edith Abbott and crime statistics
8 mins; October 28, 2019
Esther Duflo and women in economics
20 mins; October 18, 2019
The Extra Episode: Minimum wage, drinking in Scotland and identical twins.
28 mins; October 11, 2019
WS More or Less: Does San Francisco have more rough sleepers than Britain?
8 mins; October 07, 2019
New hospitals promised, aid to Ukraine, and bacon sandwiches
27 mins; October 04, 2019
WS More or Less: Who fought in World War 1?
8 mins; September 30, 2019
Austerity Deaths, C-Sections and being struck by lightning
23 mins; September 27, 2019
WS More or Less: Peaty v. Bolt: Which is the greatest world record?
8 mins; September 23, 2019
Dementia, inflation and shark deaths
24 mins; September 20, 2019
WS More or Less: Cape Town murders
8 mins; September 16, 2019
Maternal deaths, taxi driver earnings and statistical pop music
24 mins; September 13, 2019
WS More or Less: Deforestation in Brazil
8 mins; September 09, 2019
Climate deaths, austerity and pet food
24 mins; September 06, 2019
WS More or Less: Amazon forest fires
8 mins; September 02, 2019
Amazon fires, state pension and American burgers
27 mins; August 30, 2019
WS More or Less: Ethiopiaâs 350m trees in a day
8 mins; August 26, 2019
Exam grades, Chernobyl and Ethiopian trees
24 mins; August 23, 2019
Mice and mind blowing maths
9 mins; August 16, 2019
Immigrant Crime Rate in the US
8 mins; August 09, 2019
The spread of fact-checking in Africa
8 mins; August 02, 2019
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