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Hannah Fry follows the numbers on thrilling journeys of data and discovery. Along the way we meet the remarkable people who dug into the data and unearthed something extraordinary.Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ data-driven mysteries • graphs exposing fraud, scandals, errors • economics, climate, AI harms • justice-system insights • medicine, longevity, happiness • networks, decision-making, love algorithms • oceans, earthquakes, geology, space signalsThis podcast uses real-world mysteries and high-stakes human stories to show how data, graphs, and statistical reasoning can reveal patterns that aren’t obvious at first glance. Across the episodes, Hannah Fry follows researchers, scientists, and analysts as they notice anomalies in charts, uncover hidden signals, or assemble messy evidence into something meaningful—often with significant consequences in politics, public policy, safety, health, or the environment.
A recurring theme is the way a single dataset or visualisation can trigger a chain reaction: prompting new scientific discoveries, exposing errors or fraud, challenging accepted wisdom, or revealing systemic problems. The stories span a wide range of domains, including finance and economics, artificial intelligence and automated decision systems, medicine and public health, criminal justice, climate and geology, transportation systems, and search-and-rescue scenarios. Some narratives focus on the difficulty of interpreting uncertainty—separating coincidence from causation, or distinguishing noise from a real signal—while others highlight how access to information, institutional resistance, and incentives can shape what conclusions are accepted.
The show also returns to questions about how numbers intersect with everyday life, such as decision-making under pressure, social networks and influence, online dating, ageing and wellbeing. Overall, the episodes portray data work as both technical and deeply human: driven by curiosity, constrained by imperfect information, and capable of changing what people believe about the world.
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20. The Confidence Trick2024-Sep-09 17 minutes |
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19. A Different Kind of Justice 2024-Sep-09 14 minutes |
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18. The Night the Earth Shook 2024-Sep-09 17 minutes |
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17. The Golden Spike 2024-Sep-09 15 minutes |
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16. A Drop in the Ocean 2024-Sep-09 16 minutes |
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15. Song of the Sea 2024-Sep-09 14 minutes |
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14. Whispers from the Cosmos 2024-Sep-09 15 minutes |
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13. The Grain of Truth 2024-Sep-09 15 minutes |
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12. Scandal in the Air 2024-Sep-09 15 minutes |
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11. Love Bytes 2024-Sep-09 17 minutes |
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Introducing... Uncharted with Hannah Fry Series 2 2024-Sep-02 2 minutes |
10. Devil in the Detail2023-Oct-02 14 minutes |
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9. Access Denied 2023-Oct-02 14 minutes |
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8. In the Habit 2023-Oct-02 14 minutes |
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7. The Gossip Mill 2023-Oct-02 13 minutes |
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6. The Happiness Curve 2023-Oct-02 13 minutes |
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5. The Choice 2023-Sep-25 14 minutes |
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4. This Train Has Been Delayed 2023-Sep-25 13 minutes |
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3. The Doctor Will See You Now 2023-Sep-25 14 minutes |
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2. The Hockey Stick 2023-Sep-25 13 minutes |
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1. The Returning Soldier 2023-Sep-25 14 minutes |
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Introducing... Uncharted with Hannah Fry 2023-Sep-18 less than a minute |