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  1. 08/03/2025 GMT

    Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

  2. 01/03/2025 GMT

    Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

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    Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

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    Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

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    Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

  6. Are quantum computers already super-powerful?

    We investigate what a big claim about the speed of a quantum chip really means.

  7. Did Trump make billions with his meme-coin?

    We investigate if the US president鈥檚 crypto is really worth tens of billions of dollars.

  8. Can redheads handle 25% more pain than brunettes?

    We investigate if people with red hair have a hidden pain-blocking superpower

  9. Do 79% of Swedish asylum seekers go on holiday to the country they fled from?

    We investigate a refugee claim that is often being taken out of context.

  10. Numbers of the year: Part two

    Our listeners' favourite numbers of 2024

  11. Numbers of the year 2024

    We ask experts about their favourite stats from 2024.

  12. Did Mussolini make the trains run on time?

    Fact checking the fascist regime.

  13. How many Americans live 鈥榩aycheck to paycheck鈥�?

    How many Americans live 鈥榩aycheck to paycheck鈥�?

  14. Did one in 10 Greeks die in World War Two?

    We investigate if 10 percent of the Greek population died during the second world war

  15. Can Elon Musk save the US Government $2 trillion?

    We look at whether DOGE can successfully balance the US budget.

  16. Do fossil fuels get $7 trillion in subsidies?

    We investigate a huge estimate for how much governments pay to support coal, gas and oil

  17. Did 20 million votes really go missing in the US election?

    We investigate a viral graph that suggests turnout was drastically lower than in 2020

  18. Do we have enough clothes for the next six generations?

    We delve into the stats on the scale of the fashion industry

  19. What can economics learn from sport?

    From loss aversion to game theory, how sports provide evidence for economic theories

  20. Is Trump right about violent crime in Venezuela and the US?

    Donald Trump says Venezuela is becoming safer than the US. Is he right?

  21. Nobel Prize: Why are some countries so much richer than others?

    Why Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics

  22. Uncertainty, probability and double yoked eggs

    Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter on his new book, The Art of Uncertainty

  23. Are 672 billion pounds of corn eaten in the US every year?

    A lot of corn is eaten in the United States, but is it really 2.5kg per person per day?

  24. The puzzles you鈥檙e meant to get wrong

    Alex Bellos sets Tim Harford logical conundrums designed to deceive

  25. Do 85% of the world鈥檚 population practice a religion?

    Counting religions across the globe 鈥� is the world getting more religious or less?

  26. Nate Silver: Do risk-takers run the world?

    Poker player and polling analyst Nate Silver on his new book

  27. Who pays when trade wars heat up?

    We look at Donald Trump鈥檚 claim that tariffs are a tax on other countries

  28. Where have Cuba鈥檚 people gone?

    We investigate the collapse in the Caribbean island鈥檚 population.

  29. Do we eat a credit card's worth of microplastic each week?

    We look at whether humans really ingest five grams of microplastic on a weekly basis

  30. Are companies making more money from their customers?

    We investigate claims mark-ups are larger than ever

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