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Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life

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Episodes (1426)

How rare are deadly tower block fires?

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Jun 26, 20178:59pending

Trumpton Extra

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Jun 21, 201716:45pending

Post-Election Special

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Jun 19, 201729:33pending

WS More or Less: Are African football players more likely to die on the field?

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Jun 12, 20179:26pending

UK Election extra

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Jun 7, 201714:50pending

WS More or Less: Samba, strings and the story of HIV

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Jun 5, 20179:22pending

Election Special: Tax, borders and climate

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Jun 2, 201729:17pending

WS More or Less: Have 65% of future jobs not yet been invented?

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May 28, 20179:07pending

Spies, care homes, and ending sneak peeks

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May 26, 201723:59pending

WS More or Less: Uganda’s refugees

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May 22, 20179:19pending

Tax, speed dating and sea ice

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May 19, 201724:01pending

Nurses' pay, Scottish seats, Penalty shootouts

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May 13, 201723:50pending

WS More or Less: Is my Baby a Giant?

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May 12, 20179:26pending

WS More or Less: An urban maze

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May 8, 20179:33pending

Is Crime Rising?

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May 5, 201724:03pending

WS More or Less: The Maths of Dating

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May 1, 20179:16pending

Fact-checking Boris Johnson

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Apr 28, 201728:01pending

WS More or Less: The death rate of white Americans – What’s going on?

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Apr 21, 20179:20pending

Living standards and Kate Bush maths

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Apr 21, 201723:33pending

WS More or Less: The Ignorance Test

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Apr 14, 20179:12pending

Economics of Overbooking

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Apr 14, 201724:01pending

WS More or Less: Could North Korea Wipe out 90% of Americans?

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Apr 10, 20179:02pending

WS More or Less: Will one in four people develop a mental health problem?

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Mar 31, 20179:01pending

WS More Or Less: Baby Boxes – are they really saving infant’s lives?

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Mar 24, 20179:02pending

More or Less: The concrete facts about Trump’s wall and China

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Mar 17, 20179:02pending

WS More or Less: The Attention Span of a Goldfish

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Mar 10, 20178:59pending

WS More or Less: Why are Hollywood actresses paid less than men?

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Mar 3, 20178:59pending

WS More or Less: What happened last night in Sweden?

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Feb 24, 20179:03pending

Hidden Figures: The Real Story

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Feb 17, 20179:03pending

WS More or Less: Hans Rosling - the extraordinary life of a statistical guru

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Feb 13, 201726:29pending

WS More or Less: Is democracy failing in America?

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Feb 3, 20178:58pending

WS More or Less: Counting Crowds

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Jan 27, 20178:58pending

WS More or Less: Why January makes us want to scream

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Jan 20, 20179:03pending

WS More or Less: Christian Martyrs

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Jan 13, 20179:02pending

WS More or Less: Should we really be drinking eight glasses of water a day?

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Jan 6, 20179:02pending

WS More or Less: Does Sweden Really Have a Six Hour Day?

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Jan 3, 20179:11pending

The Haber-Bosch Process

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Dec 28, 20169:24pending

WS More or Less: Life, death and data

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Dec 26, 20169:09pending

Christmas Quiz

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Dec 23, 201628:09pending

WS More or Less: Yellow cards for Christmas

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Dec 16, 20169:01pending

Have more famous people died this year?

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Dec 16, 201623:13pending

WS More or Less: How risky is the contraceptive pill?

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Dec 12, 20169:16pending

How wrong were the Brexit forecasts?

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Dec 9, 201624:01pending

WS More or Less: How not to test public opinion

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Dec 2, 20169:20pending

Are you related to Edward III - and Danny Dyer?

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Dec 2, 201623:50pending

WS More or Less: Good news on renewables?

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Nov 28, 20169:31pending

Pensioners aren't poor anymore

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Nov 25, 201624:18pending

WS More or Less: Avoiding Asteroids

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Nov 21, 20169:15pending

Is dementia the number one killer?

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Nov 18, 201624:20pending

WS More or Less: Liberia’s Rape Statistic Debunked

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Nov 14, 20169:33pending
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