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 MoreOrLess: Global Footprint
Fri 12 Jun 2015
Do we need one and a half planets worth of resources? Tim Harford investigates.
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Obesity Projections, Global Footprint, Street Value of Drugs
Fri 12 Jun 2015
Tim Harford looks at how recent obesity projections were calculated.
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WS MoreOrLess: Qatar migrant worker deaths
Fri 5 Jun 2015
Tim Harford asks if the World Cup is really responsible for migrant deaths in Qatar.
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World Cup Migrant Deaths
Fri 5 Jun 2015
Tim Harford asks if the World Cup is really responsible for migrant deaths in Qatar.
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Seven-day NHS
Fri 29 May 2015
Tim Harford asks if people admitted to hospital at weekends are more likely to die.
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WS MoreOrLess: Death Penalty
Sat 23 May 2015
Death Row exoneration statistics. Recently it鈥檚 been claimed that for every nine in...
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Female Drink Drivers
Fri 22 May 2015
The Police Federation says female drivers aren鈥檛 heeding the drink drive warnings.
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WS MoreOrLess: Big Numbers
Sat 16 May 2015
How computers are fooled by big numbers. Chris Baraniuk, technology journalist, talks...
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Strokes, Teachers, Confused Computers 15 May15
Fri 15 May 2015
Are stroke numbers on the rise? This was according to recent headlines.
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WS MoreOrLess: Princess Charlotte
Fri 8 May 2015
The birth of Princess Charlotte could contribute 拢1 billion to the British economy,...
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Election and Adultery Special
Fri 8 May 2015
Tim Harford and a panel of experts discuss pre-election polls and election fact checking.
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UK election podcast 4
Wed 6 May 2015
Why don鈥檛 all the opinion polls give the same results? Plus, would Labour鈥檚 plan a...
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WS MoreOrLess: Nuns on the rise
Sat 2 May 2015
It was recently reported that the number of women training to become Catholic nuns in...
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Polls, nuns and life partners
Fri 1 May 2015
On the eve of the UK's general election, Tim Harford takes a look at what polling data...
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UK Election Podcast 3
Fri 24 Apr 2015
Are we witnessing a jobs 鈥榤iracle鈥�? Also under scrutiny - Scotland鈥檚 deficit; a...
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WS MoreOrLess: Xenophobia in South Africa
Fri 24 Apr 2015
Are migrants 鈥榮tealing鈥� jobs; does South Africa have more asylum seekers than any...
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UK election podcast 2
Fri 17 Apr 2015
Fact-checking the politicians during the election campaign on NHS funding; rail fares...
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WS MoreOrLess: Liver Transplant.
Fri 17 Apr 2015
A young listener who needs a liver transplant has received an offer from his brother a...
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UK election podcast 1
Mon 13 Apr 2015
Can you trust the figures given to you by the political parties during the UK's We and...
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WS MoreOrLess: The Ignorance Test
Fri 10 Apr 2015
Professor Hans Rosling - perhaps best-described as a kind of international development...
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WS MoreOrLess: Maths and Chess
Sat 4 Apr 2015
Is it really true that ability in mathematics and chess are somehow linked? Tim pits a...
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WS MoreOrLess: How safe is flying?
Sat 28 Mar 2015
The Germanwings A320 tragedy, in which 150 people died, is the latest in a series of...
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Does Breastfeeding Increase IQ?
Sat 21 Mar 2015
A major 30-year study claims to show breastfed babies become more intelligent, higher...
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WS MoreOrLess: Measuring World Health
Sat 14 Mar 2015
Babies born in Rwanda are likely to live healthier lives than those in the most 10% of...
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WS MoreOrLess: The future of food
Sat 7 Mar 2015
"In the next 40 years, humans will need to produce more food that they did in the a of...
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WS MoreOrLess: Black prisoners in the US
Sat 28 Feb 2015
Oscar-winner John Legend said that there are more black men "under correctional in the...
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WS MoreOrLess: Sleeping: the 8-hour myth
Sat 21 Feb 2015
It鈥檚 often said that we should all be aiming to get eight hours of sleep a night but...
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The mathematical secrets to relationships
Sat 14 Feb 2015
How maths can help you find love, and hold on to it. Plus, we hear a collection of our...
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WS MoreOrLess: Is strenuous jogging bad for you?
Sat 7 Feb 2015
Tim Harford asks whether claims that keen runners might be damaging their health are...
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