More or Less Episodes Episode guide
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Are Food Links to Cancer Overstated? - A Dollar a Day - Reading Scores - Encryption
Tim Harford examines the science on lifestyle links to cancer.
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Quants Fortune - Dating By Numbers - Prize Winner
Tim Harford analyses the financial mathematicians known as "quants" for a second time.
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Predicting Bird Flu - Hospital Waiting Lists - Speed Cameras
Ruth Alexander reports on the methods used to predict the spread of avian flu.
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Measuring Happiness
Tim Harford investigates the economics of happiness.
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Migrant Figures - Surveys - A Kilo Crisis?
Tim Harford investigate the relationship between academic surveys and PR companies.
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Drinking Problems? - Making Millions From Maths - Weather Forecast
Tim Harford investigates how much alcohol is too much.
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Treating Patients on 'Gut Instinct' - Child's play
Is it better for a doctor to act on a hunch or rely on statistics?
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Calculating Crime and Perception - Chill Winds
Andrew Dilnot explores why people doubt crime statistics.
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The Great Health Divide
Andrew Dilnot investigate why lifestyle may not be they only factor to longevity.
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Measuring Children's Happiness - Black Market - Rain
Andrew Dilnot examines the numbers from a Unicef report about child welfare.
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The Science of Giving
Andrew Dilnot looks at how numbers influence how much people give to charity.
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The Politics of Number Crunching - Big Numbers - Lorenz Manifold
Andrew Dilnot analyses the government performance indicators over the last 10 years.
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Railways, Safety and Privatisation - Number Prejudices
Andrew Dilnot assess whether privatisation of the railways has made them more dangerous.
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Drug Trial Risks Assessed - Chimpanzee Numeracy
Andrew Dilnot examines the risks of taking part in a drug trial.
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Welcome to Think with Pinker
Steven Pinker in conversation with economist Tim Hartford and investor Charlie Munger.
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Hans Rosling - the extraordinary life of a statistical guru
A tribute to Han Rosling, a master communicator with a passion for global development.
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Eng26 More Or Less 2
Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
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Eng26 More Or Less 1
Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
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Are abortion numbers rising in the US?
Looking at the data behind abortion in a post Dobbs America.
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18/07/2026 04:50 GMT
Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
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15/05/2011
Investigating the public sector pay premium, statins and the 'decline effect'.
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12/05/2017 GMT
Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
