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: 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
Fri 28 Sep 2018
Tim Harford on Spitfire pilots, and whether football triggers violence in the home.
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WS More or Less: Trump and the Puerto Rico Death Toll
Mon 24 Sep 2018
How can we calculate excess mortality after a natural disaster?
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How Many Schoolchildren are Carers? Shareholder Income, and Museum Visitors Vs Football Fans
Fri 21 Sep 2018
Tim Harford on child carers, shareholder income, football vs museums and dangerous sports
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WS More or Less: DNA - Are You More Chimp or Neanderthal?
Mon 17 Sep 2018
What is the difference between 96% similarity or sharing 20% of our DNA?
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Male suicide, school ratings, are female tennis players treated unfairly by umpires?
Fri 14 Sep 2018
Tim Harford with statistics on suicide, good schools and sexism in tennis. Plus goats
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WS More or Less: The Safest Car in the World?
Mon 10 Sep 2018
A listener asks whether his Volvo is the safest car on the road?
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