
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


When the government announced that fees charged by pension providers could be capped, some listeners were sceptical that the benefits could be as great as was being claimed. Tim Harford and Money Box presenter Paul Lewis explain why the numbers do add up. It's claimed that an average of 100,000 Christians die as martyrs every year; Ruth Alexander and Tim Harford fact-check the widely-quoted statistic. Plus, Number Hub mathematician Matt Parker presents his guide to imperial measures; is Britain's railway really Europe's 'most improved'? And when six cyclists died in just two weeks in London, was that a cluster in a random distribution, or a sign that something is systematically wrong with road safety in the capital?
By BBC Radio 44.7
770770 ratings
When the government announced that fees charged by pension providers could be capped, some listeners were sceptical that the benefits could be as great as was being claimed. Tim Harford and Money Box presenter Paul Lewis explain why the numbers do add up. It's claimed that an average of 100,000 Christians die as martyrs every year; Ruth Alexander and Tim Harford fact-check the widely-quoted statistic. Plus, Number Hub mathematician Matt Parker presents his guide to imperial measures; is Britain's railway really Europe's 'most improved'? And when six cyclists died in just two weeks in London, was that a cluster in a random distribution, or a sign that something is systematically wrong with road safety in the capital?

7,747 Listeners

378 Listeners

525 Listeners

1,066 Listeners

302 Listeners

5,475 Listeners

2,109 Listeners

2,079 Listeners

485 Listeners

345 Listeners

405 Listeners

427 Listeners

823 Listeners

232 Listeners

333 Listeners

74 Listeners

477 Listeners

367 Listeners

233 Listeners

123 Listeners

331 Listeners

3,220 Listeners

66 Listeners

844 Listeners

547 Listeners

622 Listeners

120 Listeners

353 Listeners

267 Listeners

61 Listeners

76 Listeners

65 Listeners

2 Listeners