Do we have enough clothes for the next six generations?

We delve into the stats on the scale of the fashion industry

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Did 20 million votes really go missing in the US election?

We investigate a viral graph that suggests turnout was drastically lower than in 2020

• 9 mins

Do fossil fuels get $7 trillion in subsidies?

We investigate a huge estimate for how much governments pay to support coal, gas and oil

• 9 mins

Can Elon Musk save the US Government $2 trillion?

We look at whether DOGE can successfully balance the US budget.

• 9 mins

Did one in 10 Greeks die in World War Two?

We investigate if 10 percent of the Greek population died during the second world war

• 9 mins

How many Americans live ‘paycheck to paycheck’?

How many Americans live ‘paycheck to paycheck’?

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Did Mussolini make the trains run on time?

Fact checking the fascist regime.

• 9 mins

Numbers of the year 2024

We ask experts about their favourite stats from 2024.

• 9 mins

Numbers of the year: Part two

Our listeners' favourite numbers of 2024

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Do 79% of Swedish asylum seekers go on holiday to the country they fled from?

We investigate a refugee claim that is often being taken out of context.

• 9 mins

Can redheads handle 25% more pain than brunettes?

We investigate if people with red hair have a hidden pain-blocking superpower

• 9 mins

Did Trump make billions with his meme-coin?

We investigate if the US president’s crypto is really worth tens of billions of dollars.

• 9 mins

Are quantum computers already super-powerful?

We investigate what a big claim about the speed of a quantum chip really means.

• 9 mins

Are black babies in the US really more likely to die under the care of white doctors?

How baby mortality statistics gave a misleading impression about racism in healthcare

• 9 mins

Has the US sent $50 million worth of condoms to Gaza?

Are Hamas bombing Israel with condoms sent by the US?

• 9 mins

Are 150 year olds getting social security payments?

Is this ‘the biggest fraud in the whole of history'?

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Has the US really given Ukraine more aid than Europe?

Donald Trump says the US has given Ukraine more aid than Europe - what does the data say?

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Is there really $500bn of Rare Earths in Ukraine?

Trump wants access to Ukraine’s Rare Earth deposits.

• 9 mins

What is an IQ map and can we trust them?

We investigate maps that suggest extremely low average IQs in developing countries

• 9 mins

What are the chances of an asteroid hitting earth in 2032?

Why the likelihood of planetary impact changed as asteroid 2024 YR4 approached.

• 9 mins

What’s Trump’s problem with Canada?

Does the US subsidise Canada $200 billion a year and why does Trump call them nasty?

• 9 mins

Trump tariffs: All about the deficits

Explaining the maths and economics of the US ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

• 9 mins

How much is a human life worth?

The Price of Life author Jenny Kleeman on the cost of making and taking a life

• 9 mins

The pioneers of proof

Professor Adam Kucharski on his new book, Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty

• 9 mins

Are 80% of women really only attracted to 20% of men?

Dispelling an incel myth that featured in the Netflix drama Adolescence

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