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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Hyperinflation in Venezuela
Sat 9 Feb 2019
Tim Harford on the astonishing speed of price rises in Venezuela; teenagers鈥� screen use
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You Have 15,000 Likes!
Sat 2 Feb 2019
When listener Helen got 15,000 likes on Tinder she questioned the stats behind swiping
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Is Suicide Seasonal?
Sat 26 Jan 2019
Tim Harford asks which times of the year are riskiest for suicide.
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The Mathematics of Fever
Sat 12 Jan 2019
We look at the numbers behind body temperature 鈥� what is normal?
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Numbers of the Year Part Two
Sat 5 Jan 2019
Helena Merriman with numbers about water shortage, plastic recycling and American jobs
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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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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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Do Assassinations Work?
Sat 10 Nov 2018
How likely are assassination attempts on heads of state to succeed?
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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鈥檚 The Most Generous?
Sat 20 Oct 2018
In foreign aid terms what鈥檚 the best way of measuring how generous a country is?
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Are Wildfires Really Burning More Land?
Sat 18 Aug 2018
Are Wildfires in the United States and Southern Europe burning more land than before?
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Should We Have Smaller Families To Save The Planet?
Sat 14 Jul 2018
Having one fewer child could be the biggest thing you do to reduce your carbon footprint
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Women, the Oscars and the Bechdel Test
Fri 2 Mar 2018
Ninety years鈥� worth of Best Picture winning films under the spotlight.
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Diet Coke Habit
Fri 15 Dec 2017
What effect could the US President鈥檚 Diet Coke habit have on his health?
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Does Eating Chocolate Make Your Brain Younger?
Sat 9 Dec 2017
Are research findings misrepresented by funders, PR machines and the media?
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Just how lucky are regular lottery winners?
Sat 2 Dec 2017
How statistics were used to show how unlikely it is to win hundreds of times by chance.
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Has Islamic State been Losing Territory?
Fri 20 Nov 2015
Has so-called Islamic State been losing territory?
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Greece Special
Sun 12 Jul 2015
Tim Harford looks at the numbers to tell the story of the Greek crisis.
Unlock the history and truth behind the data with The OU
Explore how numbers shape, and sometimes mislead us, with The Open University.
When can you trust statistics?
91福利社 Ideas discovers three easy ways to help make sense of statistics.
