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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Supermarket stockpiling, A-level results and Covid-19 gender disparity
Tue 31 Mar 2020
Is the coronavirus pandemic having a different impact on men and women?
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The Risk
Sat 28 Mar 2020
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter puts the risks of Covid-19 into perspective.
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Coronavirus Special
Wed 25 Mar 2020
The risks of Covid-19 for different age groups and what restrictions mean for the economy
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Mitigation or Suppression: What鈥檚 best to tackle Coronavirus?
Sat 21 Mar 2020
How statistical modelling can help us respond to the Coronavirus pandemic
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The mystery of Iran鈥檚 coronavirus numbers
Sat 14 Mar 2020
Does Iran have a lot more covid-19 cases that its figures suggest?
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How much heat do you lose from your head?
Mon 9 Mar 2020
Is it true that 40% of your body's heat loss comes from your head?
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Netflix vs the environment
Sat 29 Feb 2020
Does watching 30 minutes of Netflix have the same carbon footprint as driving four miles?
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More or Less: Superforecasting, wood burning stoves and the real story of Hidden Figures
Fri 28 Feb 2020
Dipping into the archive for stories on the art of prediction and wood burner pollution
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WS More or Less: Coronavirus - The Numbers
Sat 15 Feb 2020
An update on Covid-19 statistics, with Tim Harford.
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Coronavirus, jam, AI and tomatoes
Fri 14 Feb 2020
Covid-19 stats, spreading jam far and wide, cooking with AI, and James Wong on vegetables
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WS More or Less: How fast are Alligators and Hippos?
Sat 8 Feb 2020
Can alligators run at 50kmph? Join us in clocking alligators鈥� gaits.
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Tracking terror suspects
Fri 7 Feb 2020
Costing counter-terrorism, interrogating tomatoes, the UK's reading age, politics and GDP
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Coronavirus, emotions and guns.
Fri 31 Jan 2020
Fact checking claims about coronavirus and whether more guns equal fewer homicides.
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Netflix and Chill
Fri 24 Jan 2020
The carbon consequence of streaming, stats on sepsis and stretching Bill Bryson to Pluto.
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WS More or Less: Japan鈥檚 99% Conviction Rate
Sat 18 Jan 2020
Quantifying justice in Japan with Tim Harford.
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Weighing the Cost of Brexit
Fri 17 Jan 2020
The cost of Brexit, alligator speed and Liverpool FC's luck
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WS More or Less: Bushfire mystery
Sat 11 Jan 2020
Have a billion animals died in Australia鈥檚 fires? And which ones are likely to survive?
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Australian Animal Deaths, Carbon Emissions, Election Mystery
Fri 10 Jan 2020
How many animals have died in Australia and how many Labour voters went Conservative?
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C-sections and sharks
Sat 4 Jan 2020
Hospital births in China and whether it鈥檚 true 50% are delivered by caesarean section
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Presidential candidates and dementia
Sat 28 Dec 2019
The health risks some of the frontrunners in the US presidential race face
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The Simpsons and maths
Fri 20 Dec 2019
We explore the maths secrets of The Simpsons on their 30th anniversary.
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Election Special (2/2)
Tue 10 Dec 2019
Labour's spending plans, Conservatives claims on homelessness, the SNP's education record
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Election Special 1/2
Tue 3 Dec 2019
50,000 nurses? 40 hospitals? Corporate tax rises? Tim Harford looks at Election pledges.
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