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408 episodes · 20 with AI analysis

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

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Migration statistics and media misrepresentationVAT policy impact on private school enrollmentPost-Brexit labor market composition shiftsWelsh literacy performance and PISA testingBilingual education assessment methodologyA-level mathematics difficulty and grade boundariesYouth employment and NEET statisticsPrivate special schools growth and fundingEducation policy effectiveness measurementLabor market turnover and hiring statistics

Analyzed Episodes

Jun 10, 2026

Education, Education, Education (and immigration)

Migration statistics and media misrepresentationVAT policy impact on private school enrollmentPost-Brexit labor market composition shifts

Dec 17, 2025

Do we really have ‘superflu’?

Flu Wave Severity and Timing AnalysisNHS Winter Pressures and Capacity ManagementH3N2 Influenza Strain Characteristics

Dec 20, 2025

The shocking world of US health costs

US Hospital Pharmaceutical Markup Practices340B Drug Pricing ProgramMedical Billing Disaggregation

May 20, 2026

Are refugees more likely to commit crime?

Asylum Seeker Crime StatisticsAI Misinformation and Fact-CheckingGrok AI Accuracy and Hallucination

May 27, 2026

Does a fall in the UK's healthy life expectancy mean what you think it means?

Healthy Life Expectancy measurement and methodologyMental health trends in young people (UK)Self-reported health survey limitations

May 30, 2026

The known unknowns of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ebola virus epidemiology and transmissionDisease modelling and statistical estimation techniquesCase fatality rates and mortality analysis

Jun 3, 2026

Debunking the claim that migrants will get half of new homes

Immigration policy and housing supplyMisleading political claims and fact-checkingWelsh school literacy standards

Jun 13, 2026

Andrew Ross Sorkin: What can the Great Crash of 1929 tell us about today?

Stock Market Crashes and Historical ComparisonsLeverage and Debt in Financial SystemsPrice-to-Earnings Ratios and Valuation Metrics

Dec 24, 2025

Were there really Three Wise Men?

UK Census 2031 and administrative data transitionPopulation registers vs. decennial censusesMisleading statistics and data cherry-picking

Dec 27, 2025

Numbers of the year 2025

US Tariff Policy and Trade ProtectionismTariff Rate Calculation MethodologiesChina Solar Power Capacity

Dec 31, 2025

Numbers of the year 2025

Semiconductor Manufacturing and Moore's LawAI Chip Architecture and GPU DesignSpace Exploration and Commercial Spaceflight

Jan 3, 2026

Numbers of the year 2026

Dubai International Airport passenger growthGlobal aviation hub competitionUN population peak forecasting

Jan 5, 2026

The Stats of the Nation: The Economy

Cost-of-living crisis persistence and measurementUK economic growth forecasts and productivityLabour market weakness and hiring patterns

Jan 6, 2026

The Stats of the Nation: Health

Life expectancy stagnation and working-age mortality trendsNHS ambulance response times and emergency care capacityGP workforce shortages and primary care staffing

Jan 7, 2026

The Stats of the Nation: Sex, drugs and empty homes

Empty Homes Policy and Housing Stock UtilizationUK Housing Supply Targets and Net Additional DwellingsCouncil Tax Database and Property Exemption Categories

Jan 8, 2026

The Stats of the Nation: Older people, education, prisons and the weather

Pension wealth measurement and definitionState pension triple lock policy impactPensioner poverty statistics and trends

Jan 9, 2026

The Stats of the Nation: Immigration, benefits and inequality

Net migration and population growth projectionsPost-Brexit migration policy and visa restrictionsAsylum system backlogs and court appeals

Jan 10, 2026

Does Venezuela really have the biggest oil reserves in the world?

Oil Reserve Estimation MethodologyProven Reserves vs. Total Oil ResourcesHeavy Crude Oil Extraction Economics

Jan 14, 2026

Have more than 100 private schools been forced to close because of VAT?

Private School VAT Policy ImpactStatistical Modeling Uncertainty in Public InquiriesCOVID-19 Lockdown Timing Analysis

Jan 17, 2026

No, a study has not shown that the covid jab causes cancer

COVID-19 vaccine safety claims and debunkingStatistical methodology in medical researchPeer review standards for correspondence vs. full reports