More or Less Episodes Episode guide
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Hans Rosling - the Extraordinary Life of a Statistical Guru
A tribute to Hans Rosling, a master communicator with a passion for global development.
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Is Democracy Failing in America?
Does North Carolina really rank alongside North Korea if you measure electoral integrity?
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Counting Crowds
How many went to celebrate 鈥� and how many to protest 鈥� the Trump inauguration?
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Why January makes us want to scream
Blue Monday and Oxfam鈥檚 claims about billionaires鈥搕he stories that come around every year
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Christian Martyrs
Were 90,000 Christians killed because of their faith in 2016?
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Should we really be drinking eight glasses of water a day?
How much water do we need and how much is too much?
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Does Sweden Really Have a Six Hour Day?
Can you reduce working hours without affecting productivity?
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Life, Death and Data
Improving data to target help for the world's poorest people
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Christmas Quiz
Tim Harford poses a tough statistical challenge.
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Yellow cards for Christmas
Are footballers trying to get suspended for Christmas?
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Have more famous people died this year?
Notable deaths, Rule Britannia and creating your own Christmas speech
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How risky is the contraceptive pill?
We look at the numbers behind the scary headlines about birth control.
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How wrong were the Brexit forecasts?
The economic doom that never was; childhood cancer figures and Ed Balls
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How not to test public opinion
The survey by the Indian PM that breaks all the polling rules.
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Are you related to Edward III鈥nd Danny Dyer?
Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the news.
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Good News on Renewables?
Renewable capacity has surpassed that of coal 鈥� is this good news?
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Pensioners aren't poor anymore
High-rolling pensioners, predicting norovirus, finding friends, and air pollution.
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Avoiding Asteroids
We鈥檙e getting better at spotting Earth-bound space rocks 鈥� but how safe are we?
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Is dementia the number one killer?
Is dementia on the rise? Plus immigration, incomplete contacts and chocolate muffins
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Liberia鈥檚 Rape Statistic Debunked
Is the claim that three out of four women were raped during Liberia's civil war true?
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US election, stray cats and puzzles
Who voted in the US elections? Plus are there nine million stray cats in the UK?
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Ice Cream Versus Aid
Does the world spend more on ice cream than on humanitarian aid?
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Trump tells the Truth
How the presidential hopeful has used statistics
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Child Marriage and Dangerous Algorithms
Is a girl under 15 married every seven seconds? And beware dangerous algorithms
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Escobar鈥檚 Cocaine Deaths
How many people die for every kilo of cocaine?
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Algorithms, Crime and Punishment
When maths can get you locked up.
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Sustainable Development Goals 鈥� Are There too Many?
Is there a better way of looking at the Sustainable Development Goals?
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Who Won the US Presidential Debate?
Polling on the Clinton-Trump TV showdown 鈥� and why not all polls are equal
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Trump鈥檚 crime claims
Are some US inner cities more dangerous than Afghanistan?
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The Cost of a Wedding Gift
How much should spend when a couple get married?
