More or Less Podcast
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
Episodes to download
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WS More or Less: Women, the Oscars and the Bechdel Test
Mon 5 Mar 2018
Ninety years鈥� worth of Best Picture winning films under the spotlight
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Women, the Oscars and the Bechdel Test
Fri 2 Mar 2018
Ninety years鈥� worth of Best Picture winning films under the spotlight.
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WS More or Less: The Winter Olympics
Sun 25 Feb 2018
Which is the most successful country? Plus the chances of a dead heat.
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WS More or Less: Debunking guide 鈥� on a postcard
Sun 18 Feb 2018
How to question dubious statistics in just a few short steps.
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UN rape claims, Stalin and Mr Darcy
Fri 16 Feb 2018
Back of the envelope calculations on rape, and how many died under Stalin?
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WS More or Less: Has Russian Drinking Fallen by 80% in five years?
Sun 11 Feb 2018
Alcohol consumption has fallen sharply according to Russia鈥檚 health ministry
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The Dow, Tampons, Parkrun part II
Fri 9 Feb 2018
Why the biggest ever fall in the Dow wasn't, and how much do women spend on tampons?
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WS More or Less: Is China On Track to End Poverty by 2020?
Mon 5 Feb 2018
We investigate whether the Chinese government can really achieve its extraordinary pledge
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Transgender Numbers, Parkrun and Snooker
Fri 2 Feb 2018
How many transgender people are there in the UK? Plus a statistical take on parkruns.
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Is the US Census Under Threat?
Mon 29 Jan 2018
The survey question that could affect the accuracy of its results.
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A Girl's First Time, Shark's Stomachs, Prime numbers
Fri 26 Jan 2018
First sexual experience - checking the facts.
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WS More or Less: Real Lives Behind the Numbers
Mon 22 Jan 2018
How individuals manage their money - the personal stories behind economic data.
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Gender Pay Gaps and How to Learn a Language
Fri 19 Jan 2018
Why are women paid less than men in specific industries and occupations?
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WS More or Less: How Louis Bachelier Scooped Economists by Half a Century
Mon 15 Jan 2018
A forgotten French mathematician鈥檚 unusual approach to the stock market.
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Missed appointments, graduate pay, plus cocaine on bank notes
Fri 12 Jan 2018
Do missed appointments cost the NHS 拢1 billion? And do you always earn more with a degree?
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WS More or Less: Just how rare is a hole-in-one?
Sun 7 Jan 2018
Why it isn鈥檛 as simple to work out as you think.
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More or Less: Statistics of the Year 2017
Sun 31 Dec 2017
Phones, lawn mowers and how Kim Kardashian helped the public understanding of risk.
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WS More or Less: Will Bitcoin use more electricity than the United States?
Christmas Eve 2017
Measuring the energy used to keep the cryptocurrency secure.
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WS More or Less: Diet Coke Habit; 'Contained' Wildfires
Mon 18 Dec 2017
Could the US President鈥檚 Diet Coke habit affect his health? and 'contained' wildfires
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Diet Coke Habit
Fri 15 Dec 2017
What effect could the US President鈥檚 Diet Coke habit have on his health?
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WS More or Less: Does Eating Chocolate Make Your Brain Younger?
Mon 11 Dec 2017
Are research findings misrepresented by funders, PR machines and the media?
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Does Eating Chocolate Make Your Brain Younger?
Sat 9 Dec 2017
Are research findings misrepresented by funders, PR machines and the media?
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WS More or Less: Just how lucky are regular lottery winners?
Mon 4 Dec 2017
Are some people just very lucky? The maths suggest that is unlikely.
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Just how lucky are regular lottery winners?
Sat 2 Dec 2017
How statistics were used to show how unlikely it is to win hundreds of times by chance.
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WS More or Less: How Rich was Jane Austen鈥檚 Mr Darcy?
Sun 26 Nov 2017
What the Pride and Prejudice character would have earned in today鈥檚 money.
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How expensive is Italy's World Cup failure?
Fri 17 Nov 2017
How much will Italy's surprise failure to make it to the world cup cost FIFA?
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WS More or Less: Why Albums are Getting Longer
Sun 12 Nov 2017
More or less finds out the numbers that are changing modern music.
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WS More or Less: Do Nigerian lawmakers get $1.7m and do Yams cause twins?
Sun 5 Nov 2017
Finding out if Nigerian politicians really get paid more than the American President.
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WS More or Less: Novelists in numbers
Mon 30 Oct 2017
Counting the favourite words of well-known authors: Stephen King, Hemingway and others
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WS More or Less: Are US millennials more politically engaged online?
Fri 20 Oct 2017
Did the 2016 US election galvanise young people to become more engaged in politics?
Unlock the history and truth behind the data with The OU
Explore how numbers shape, and sometimes mislead us, with The Open University.
When can you trust statistics?
蘑菇短视频 Ideas discovers three easy ways to help make sense of statistics.
