More or Less Podcast
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
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How Richard Thaler changed Economics
Fri 13 Oct 2017
The behavioural economist who has inspired governments around the world.
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WS More or Less: Kilobyte to Brontobyte
Mon 9 Oct 2017
Naming the monster numbers - how the names of digital storage files evolved.
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WS More or Less: Big polluters - ships versus cars
Mon 2 Oct 2017
Do the largest ships emit as much pollution as all the cars in the world?
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Uber; EU passports; counting domestic violence
Fri 29 Sep 2017
Is Uber safe? The post Brexit dual nationality surge and measuring partner abuse.
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WS More or Less: Sperm - Are we going extinct?
Mon 25 Sep 2017
How much of a problem is falling sperm count?
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Statistics abuse, tuition fees and beer in 1887
Fri 22 Sep 2017
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is accused of mis-using official statistics.
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WS More or Less: How to measure a Hurricane
Fri 15 Sep 2017
What鈥檚 the best way to measure a hurricane?
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Are Natural Disasters on the Rise?
Fri 15 Sep 2017
Has the number of natural disasters really quadrupled in the last forty years?
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WS More or Less: More Horses than Tanks?
Mon 11 Sep 2017
Is the UK the only country with more horses than tanks in its army?
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Electric cars, school-ready and feedback
Fri 8 Sep 2017
Will we need more power stations? Plus, are children in Manchester ready for school?
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One in 500 Year Storm
Mon 4 Sep 2017
Experts say that Houston just suffered a one in 500 year storm but what does that mean?
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Grenfell Tower's Death Toll
Fri 1 Sep 2017
The difficulties of finding the true number of people who died in the fire.
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Fantasy Football - How to win
Mon 28 Aug 2017
Figuring out the best strategy as a wannabe team manager.
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A-levels, drowning and dress sizes
Fri 25 Aug 2017
Are boys getting more top A Level grades than girls? Plus why are dress sizes so weird?
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The Trump Bump
Sun 20 Aug 2017
President Trump has taken credit for a booming economy. But is that fair?
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Are there 15,000 transgender people serving in the US military?
Mon 14 Aug 2017
President Trump says transgender individuals cannot serve, but how many do already?
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Why is Kenya鈥檚 election so expensive?
Mon 14 Aug 2017
Why the cost of running the vote will be $25 a person.
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More boys than girls in Sweden?
Mon 31 Jul 2017
Exploring if an influx of teenage boys claiming asylum skewed the population鈥檚 sex ratio
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Maryam Mirzakhani 鈥� A Genius of Maths
Mon 24 Jul 2017
Celebrating the only woman to win the biggest prize in mathematics.
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Calling the shots at Wimbledon
Mon 17 Jul 2017
Using statistics to prove or disprove the wisdom of tennis.
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Is Steph Curry cheap and how random is random?
Mon 10 Jul 2017
Evaluating the biggest basketball contract in NBA history, plus Ryanair鈥檚 seat allocation
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In Search of Woodall Primes
Fri 30 Jun 2017
Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker explains the obscure Woodall prime numbers
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How rare are deadly tower block fires?
Mon 26 Jun 2017
How statistics can help us understand the tragic fire at London鈥檚 Grenfell Tower.
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Trumpton Extra
Wed 21 Jun 2017
Tribute to the Voice of 1960s British children鈥檚 TV series 'Trumpton', Brian Cant
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Post-Election Special
Mon 19 Jun 2017
The results of the general election are in - but what do they mean?
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WS More or Less: Are African football players more likely to die on the field?
Mon 12 Jun 2017
After the death of Cheick Tiote, are African footballers more prone to heart attacks?
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UK Election extra
Wed 7 Jun 2017
This podcast is a compilation of interviews with Eddie Mair from Radio 4鈥檚 PM programme.
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WS More or Less: Samba, strings and the story of HIV
Mon 5 Jun 2017
Can medical statistics be transformed into a jazzy night out?
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Election Special: Tax, borders and climate
Fri 2 Jun 2017
Who pays income tax, cutting migration and where in the UK is cold?
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WS More or Less: Have 65% of future jobs not yet been invented?
Sun 28 May 2017
Education is failing our kids, claim experts. We go sleuthing around the world.
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.
