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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Teenage Pregnancy
Fri 28 Nov 2014
"About one-third of American girls become pregnant as teenagers鈥� a recent article...
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WS MoreOrLess: Caps off to Rooney
Fri 21 Nov 2014
England captain Wayne Rooney made his 100th appearance last weekend but former England...
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WS MoreOrLess: Pregnancy and Homicide
Fri 14 Nov 2014
The movie Gone Girl claims homicide is a leading cause of death for pregnant women.
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Tracking and Tackling Ebola
Fri 7 Nov 2014
Hans Rosling, global health expert and data visionary, has just arrived in Liberia.
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WS MoreOrLess: Kidney Donation
Fri 31 Oct 2014
The chance of a successful kidney match between two unrelated people has increased in...
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Screening for Ebola
Fri 24 Oct 2014
Are airport screenings for Ebola really an effective way of stopping transmission of a...
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WS MoreOrLess: Big Data
Fri 17 Oct 2014
Big data has been enjoying a lot of hype, with promises it will help deliver from to...
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Species in Decline?
Fri 10 Oct 2014
The coverage of the Living Planet Index and its claim that species populations have in...
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WS MoreOrLess: Will Berlin see a sub-two-hour marathon?
Fri 3 Oct 2014
Why is Berlin the place to break the marathon world record and how long will it be we...
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WS MoreOrLess: How do we calculate the distance to the sun?
Fri 26 Sep 2014
Two young listeners emailed the programme to ask how we calculate the distance to the sun.
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The Barnett Formula
Fri 26 Sep 2014
This week Tim explains the Barnett Formula with a bit of help from Money Box's Paul Lewis.
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WS MoreOrLess: The UK vs Mississippi
Fri 19 Sep 2014
Is Britain poorer than every US state, except for Mississippi? Journalist Fraser the...
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Kidney donation: the chance of finding a match
Fri 19 Sep 2014
The chance of a successful kidney match between two unrelated people has increased in...
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Scottish referendum polls
Fri 12 Sep 2014
Tim Harford talks to pollsters about how they are trying to gauge the political mood...
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Shakespeare vs Rappers
Fri 12 Sep 2014
It's a 'fact' beloved of English teachers around the world: that Shakespeare, the in...
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WS MoreOrLess: To ice or not to ice?
Fri 5 Sep 2014
The ALS ice bucket challenge has become a viral phenomenon. People around the world in...
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To ice or not to ice?
Fri 5 Sep 2014
The ALS ice bucket challenge viral phenomenon has raised over $100m. Is this good for...
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How Deadly Is Ebola?
Fri 29 Aug 2014
Media reports are suggesting that as many as 12,000 people may have Ebola in West but...
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WS MoreOrLess: Do We Use Only 10% of Our Brains?
Fri 29 Aug 2014
Is it true that humans use just 10% of their brains? It芒鈧劉s the premise of the new...
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Troubled families?
Fri 22 Aug 2014
"Revealed: half a million problem families" reported The Sunday Times.
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WS MoreOrLess: Deaths in Gaza
Fri 22 Aug 2014
As the Gaza conflict continues, the fact that there are estimated to be nearly three...
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Student Loans
Fri 15 Aug 2014
The cost of the government's new student loan system is rising according to a recent...
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WS MoreOrLess: Anti-Semitism
Fri 15 Aug 2014
Is anti-semitism on the rise? Ruth Alexander and James Fletcher look at the numbers, a...
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WS MoreOrLess: Ebola
Sun 10 Aug 2014
What do we know about how deadly the Ebola virus is, and how likely is it that there...
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WS MoreOrLess: Fear of Flying
Fri 1 Aug 2014
After three tragic airline incidents in eight days, is flying becoming more dangerous?...
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WS MoreOrLess: The prevalence of paedophilia?
Fri 25 Jul 2014
The Pope was reported to have said that 2% of Catholic clergy were paedophiles.
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WS MoreOrLess: The Tour de France
Fri 18 Jul 2014
The Tour de France has reached the mountains, but what does it take to be a good and...
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WS MoreOrLess: Golden Ticket
Fri 11 Jul 2014
In Roald Dahl鈥檚 novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", Charlie Bucket wins a to...
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Will we die before our parents?
Fri 4 Jul 2014
Obesity may mean children have a shorter lifespan than their parents, it has been but...
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WS MoreOrLess: Is this the greatest world cup ever?
Fri 27 Jun 2014
As we reach the end of the group stage are we really witnessing the greatest world cup...
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