Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life
Episodes
- Does it take 15,000 litres of water to produce a kilogram of beef?5/2/20269 min
- Have RFK and MAHA really changed American views on vaccines?4/25/20269 min
- Is Trump right that wind turbines are killing millions of birds?4/18/20269 min
- Dr Spock’s dangerous advice on baby sleep4/11/20269 min
- How likely is ‘likely’?4/4/20269 min
- How much water does AI consume?3/28/20269 min
- Paul Ehrlich: The man who bet England wouldn’t exist by the year 20003/21/20269 min
- Transgender women in sport: Does ‘comparable’ mean ‘equal’?3/14/20269 min
- US-Israel war with Iran: Do the gulf states have enough interceptor missiles?3/7/20269 min
- Has a company really discovered a million new species?2/28/20269 min
- Did AI researchers let AI hallucinations into scientific papers?2/21/20269 min
- Is an ancient charioteer the best paid sportsperson of all time?2/17/20269 min