More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes Available now
Is it easy being green?
Expensive electricity, inadequate insulation, and a tale of tumbling trees.
Covid trends, face mask use, and the universal credit cut
A coronavirus check-in, our daily mask use measured, and the universal credit cut.
How many holes are there in a drinking straw?
Tim Harford talks to Jordan Ellenberg about the pandemic, geometry and drinking straws.
Death, Tax and Dishwashers
Why is estimating the number of unvaccinated people so tricky? And how deadly is 2021?
Vaccine waning, hot dogs and Afghanistan
How worried should we be about antibodies? Plus food that shortens life.
The Bill for Afghanistan
Did the war in Afghanistan cost the US $2 trillion?
Covid, HGV driver shortages and protest costs
Has Brexit caused a fall in lorry drivers? Plus policing Extinction Rebellion
Reason, numbers and Mr Spock
What role do numbers play in helping us think more rationally?
The extraordinary life of Robert Moses
The life of mathematics educator and civil rights organiser, Dr Robert Moses
How good were the performances at the Tokyo Olympics?
What can the data tell us about the quality of the Covid hit games?
