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  1. WS MoreOrLess: Modern Slavery

    Are there 21 million slaves in the world today? Director of 12 Years a Slave, Steve at...

  2. WS More or Less: You have 15,000 likes!

    A listener doubts her popularity on the dating app Tinder. We investigate the numbers.

  3. WS More or Less: Yellow cards for Christmas

    Are footballers trying to get suspended for Christmas?

  4. WS More or Less: Wrestlers - dying too young?

    Are WWE stars more likely to die sooner than their non-wrestling peers?

  5. WS More or Less: Worm wars

    Are mass deworming projects a good idea?

  6. WS More or Less: Women, the Oscars and the Bechdel Test

    Ninety years’ worth of Best Picture winning films under the spotlight

  7. WS More or Less: Will one in four people develop a mental health problem?

    Is there evidence that one in four people will develop a mental health problem?

  8. WS More or Less: Will Bitcoin use more electricity than the United States?

    Measuring the energy used to keep the cryptocurrency secure.

  9. WS More or Less: Why London’s Murder Rate is Being Compared to New York’s

    Finding out if London is now more deadly than New York.

  10. WS More or Less: Why January makes us want to scream

    Blue Monday and Oxfam's wealth of billionaires- the stories that come around every year

  11. WS More or Less: Why are Lesbians More Likely to Divorce than Gay Men?

    Tim Harford talks to economist Marina Ashdade about same-sex divorce statistics.

  12. WS More or Less: Why are Hollywood actresses paid less than men?

    Top Hollywood actresses have complained that they are paid less than their male co-stars

  13. WS More or Less: Why Albums are Getting Longer

    More or less finds out the numbers that are changing modern music.

  14. WS More or Less: Who Won the US Presidential Debate?

    Polling on the Clinton-Trump TV showdown – and why not all polls are equal.

  15. WS More or Less: Who fought in World War 1?

    Were a third of those that fought for Britain in WW1 black or Asian?

  16. WS More or Less: When maths mistakes really matter

    Tim Harford talks to Matt Parker on how simple maths mistakes can cause big problems.

  17. WS More or Less: When Companies Track Your Life

    How are companies using our personal data?

  18. WS More or Less: What happened last night in Sweden?

    What happened last night in Sweden?

  19. WS More or Less: Wedding gift economics

    How much should spend when a couple get married?

  20. WS More or Less: Volcanoes versus humans

    Does Mount Etna produce more carbon emissions than humans? We check the numbers.

  21. WS More or Less: Violence, shootings and the police in the US

    Tim Harford investigates the numbers surrounding police shootings in the USA.

  22. WS More or Less: Uganda’s refugees

    Has Uganda accepted more refugees, daily than some European countries in an entire year?

  23. WS More or Less: Tulipmania mythology

    What is the truth behind the 17th Century Dutch craze for Tulips?

  24. WS More or Less: Trump’s crime claims

    Are some US inner cities more dangerous than Afghanistan?

  25. WS More or Less: Trump and the Puerto Rico Death Toll

    How can we calculate excess mortality after a natural disaster?

  26. WS More or Less: The world’s most diverse city

    Is it true that London is the most diverse city in the world?

  27. WS More or Less: The World's Most Profitable Product

    Is the iPhone the most profitable product in history? What are the other contenders?

  28. WS More or Less: The Winter Olympics

    Which is the most successful country? Plus the chances of a dead heat.

  29. WS More or Less: The things we fail to see

    The hidden influences that a make a big difference to the way the world works.

  30. WS More or Less: The Sustainable Development Goals – are there just too many?

    Is there a better way of looking at the Sustainable Development Goals?

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