More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes Available now
A&E delays and deaths, religious identity in N Ireland and naming the monster numbers
How many people may be dying because of treatment delays in the NHS?
Can China's data on covid deaths be trusted?
Is China under-reporting data on Covid related deaths?
Irish pubs - a global numbers game
Are there more Irish pubs in Ireland than in all other countries combined?
Numbers of the Year 2022
Tim Harford and guests on the numbers that help tell the big stories of the year.
Qatar World Cup: the pressure of penalties
We analyse World Cup penalty data to ask what boosts the chance of scoring from the spot
Why are data so important in determining how we live?
How good policies depend on the availability of reliable statistics
The World Cup: how many migrant workers have died?
Examining the wildly varying estimates of deaths in the run-up to the tournament in Qatar
When do food shortages become a famine?
With Somalia in crisis, we ask how data is used to officially declare a famine
A $220 billion World Cup?
Has hosting the FIFA football World Cup really cost Qatar $220bn?
Bonus Episode: Understand the Economy
Tim Harford brings you the first episode of his new podcast and explains inflation
