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Zimbabwe’s economy: Are sanctions to blame?

We look at politicians’ claims that sanctions are to blame for Zimbabwe’s difficulties.

• 8 mins

Missing women from drug trials

How medical testing on just men causes problems.

• 9 mins

Pregnancy prohibitions – the evidence

Taking a statistical look at what expectant mothers should avoid.

• 8 mins

The spread of fact-checking in Africa

With misinformation so easy to spread, how can it be stopped or challenged?

• 8 mins

Immigrant Crime Rate in the US

Do immigrants commit more crime than native-born Americans in the United States?

• 8 mins

Mice and mind blowing maths

Re-inserting a caveat and discussing a really cool numbers trick.

• 9 mins

Exam grades, Chernobyl and Ethiopian trees

Was your A Level grade correct? Plus were 350m trees planted in one day in Ethiopia?

• 24 mins

WS More or Less: Ethiopia’s 350m trees in a day

Were millions of trees planted in just one day in Ethiopia?

• 8 mins

Amazon fires, state pension and American burgers

Are forest fires in Brazil the worst in recent times? What is the state pension worth?

• 27 mins

WS More or Less: Amazon forest fires

Are they really 85 percent worse than last year?

• 8 mins

Climate deaths, austerity and pet food

Challenging the idea of six billion deaths due to climate change; plus what pets eat.

• 24 mins

WS More or Less: Deforestation in Brazil

Has it increased significantly since President Bolsonaro took office in January?

• 8 mins

Maternal deaths, taxi driver earnings and statistical pop music

Are black women five times more likely to die in childbirth? Plus making pop music.

• 24 mins

WS More or Less: Cape Town murders

Are eight people a day murdered in Cape Town and is that number unusually high?

• 8 mins

Dementia, inflation and shark deaths

Health risks for Presidential hopefuls, falling inflation, shark deaths and salary claims

• 24 mins

WS More or Less: Peaty v. Bolt: Which is the greatest world record?

Using statistics to compare world records in athletics and swimming.

• 8 mins

Austerity Deaths, C-Sections and being struck by lightning

Has Austerity caused 120 thousand deaths in the UK and does God hate men?

• 23 mins

WS More or Less: Who fought in World War 1?

Were a third of those that fought for Britain in WW1 black or Asian?

• 8 mins

New hospitals promised, aid to Ukraine, and bacon sandwiches

Dissecting the government’s hospitals announcement and President Trump’s Ukraine claims.

• 27 mins

WS More or Less: Does San Francisco have more rough sleepers than Britain?

Are the shocking statistics true? and how do you count people who don't wish to be found?

• 8 mins

The Extra Episode: Minimum wage, drinking in Scotland and identical twins.

Exploring how long one identical twin lives after the other twin dies.

• 28 mins

Esther Duflo and women in economics

Discussing Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer’s economics Nobel Prize.

• 20 mins

Edith Abbott and crime statistics

Social worker and economist Edith Abbott and her contribution to crime statistics.

• 8 mins

Unbelievable: The forgotten rape data

How shelved data from rape cases in America is helping the police catch criminals now.

• 8 mins

Reducing your risk of death

Can running and owning a dog reduce your risk of an early death?

• 8 mins

Bolivia: Can statistics help detect electoral fraud?

We look at the numbers and statistics from Bolivia’s disputed presidential election.

• 11 mins

The world’s busiest shipping lanes

Which is the busiest shipping lane in the world?

• 9 mins

Testing tomatoes

Have these saucy fruits become less healthy over time?

• 8 mins

Election Special 1/2

50,000 nurses? 40 hospitals? Corporate tax rises? Tim Harford looks at Election pledges.

• 27 mins

Tree Planting Pledges

Planting trees by numbers: UK style.

• 8 mins