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: The Mathematics of Fever
Sat 12 Jan 2019
We look at the numbers behind body temperature – what is normal?
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Sugar, Outdoors Play and Planets
Fri 11 Jan 2019
Tim Harford on sugar, train fares, children's outdoors play and Earth's closest neighbour.
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Numbers of the Year Part Two
Sat 5 Jan 2019
Helena Merriman with numbers about water shortage, plastic recycling and American jobs
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WS More or Less: Numbers of the Year Part 2
Fri 4 Jan 2019
Helena Merriman with numbers about water shortage, plastic recycling and American jobs.
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WS More or Less: Mission Impossible - Quantifiying Santa
Sat 22 Dec 2018
What to look out for on Christmas Eve.
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Lennon or McCartney?
Sat 8 Dec 2018
How statistical modelling can work out which Beatle wrote which song
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WS More or Less: Sex and Heart Attacks
Fri 30 Nov 2018
Are women more likely to die from a heart attack than men?
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Are 90% of War Fatalities Civilians?
Sat 24 Nov 2018
Xavier Zapata examines what the data tells us about the deadly impact of war on civilians
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WS More or Less: Are 90% of War Fatalities Civilians?
Fri 23 Nov 2018
Xavier Zapata examines what the data tells us about the deadly impact of war on civilians
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Do Assassinations Work?
Sat 10 Nov 2018
How likely are assassination attempts on heads of state to succeed?
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WS More or Less: Do Assassinations Work?
Fri 9 Nov 2018
How likely are assassination attempts on heads of state to succeed?
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WS More or Less: Vaccines - The importance of the herd and social media
Sun 28 Oct 2018
What proportion of a population needs to be vaccinated to stop a disease spreading?
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Vaccines: The Importance of The Herd and Social Media
Sat 27 Oct 2018
What proportion of a population needs to be vaccinated to stop a disease spreading?
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Foreign Aid: Who’s The Most Generous?
Sat 20 Oct 2018
In foreign aid terms what’s the best way of measuring how generous a country is?
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WS More or Less: Foreign Aid: Who’s the most generous?
Fri 19 Oct 2018
In foreign aid terms what’s the best way of measuring how generous a country is?
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WS More or Less: Paul Romer and William Nordhaus’ Big Ideas
Fri 12 Oct 2018
The economists tackling climate change and growth.
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Loneliness, School Funding, Same-Sex Divorce
Tue 9 Oct 2018
A BBC loneliness survey, school funding, same-sex divorce and the loyalty of listeners.
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WS More or Less: Why are Lesbians More Likely to Divorce than Gay Men?
Sun 7 Oct 2018
Tim Harford talks to economist Marina Ashdade about same-sex divorce statistics.
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Loneliness, School funding, Same-sex divorce
Fri 5 Oct 2018
Tim Harford on a BBC loneliness survey, school funding, same-sex divorce, loyal listeners.
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WS More of Less: Surviving the Battle of Britain
Mon 1 Oct 2018
Were Spitfire pilots killed after an average of four weeks in the World War Two battle?
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Surviving the Battle of Britain, The World Cup and domestic violence, Buckfast and arrests in Scotland
Sun 30 Sep 2018
Tim Harford on Spitfire pilots, and whether football triggers violence in the home.
Unlock the history and truth behind the data with The OU
Explore how numbers shape, and sometimes mislead us, with The Open University.
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BBC Ideas discovers three easy ways to help make sense of statistics.
