More or Less: Behind the Stats Podcast
Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
Episodes to download
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In Search of Woodall Primes
Fri 30 Jun 2017
Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker explains the obscure Woodall prime numbers
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How rare are deadly tower block fires?
Mon 26 Jun 2017
How statistics can help us understand the tragic fire at London鈥檚 Grenfell Tower.
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Trumpton Extra
Wed 21 Jun 2017
Tribute to the Voice of 1960s British children鈥檚 TV series 'Trumpton', Brian Cant
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Post-Election Special
Mon 19 Jun 2017
The results of the general election are in - but what do they mean?
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WS More or Less: Are African football players more likely to die on the field?
Mon 12 Jun 2017
After the death of Cheick Tiote, are African footballers more prone to heart attacks?
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UK Election extra
Wed 7 Jun 2017
This podcast is a compilation of interviews with Eddie Mair from Radio 4鈥檚 PM programme.
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WS More or Less: Samba, strings and the story of HIV
Mon 5 Jun 2017
Can medical statistics be transformed into a jazzy night out?
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Election Special: Tax, borders and climate
Fri 2 Jun 2017
Who pays income tax, cutting migration and where in the UK is cold?
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WS More or Less: Have 65% of future jobs not yet been invented?
Sun 28 May 2017
Education is failing our kids, claim experts. We go sleuthing around the world.
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Spies, care homes, and ending sneak peeks
Fri 26 May 2017
Can security services follow everyone known to them?
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WS More or Less: Uganda鈥檚 refugees
Mon 22 May 2017
Has Uganda accepted more refugees, daily than some European countries in an entire year?
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Tax, speed dating and sea ice
Fri 19 May 2017
Exploring the Labour manifesto's tax plans for high earners.
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WS More or Less: Is my Baby a Giant?
Fri 12 May 2017
Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
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Nurses' pay, Scottish seats, Penalty shootouts
Fri 12 May 2017
Are nurses paid more than the national average? We take a look.
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Is Crime Rising?
Fri 5 May 2017
It looks like homicides are on the rise - but better check the footnotes
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WS More or Less: The Maths of Dating
Mon 1 May 2017
How to use mathematics to find your partner. And, how reliable are pregnancy due dates?
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Fact-checking Boris Johnson
Fri 28 Apr 2017
Giant bombs, a war hero and the foreign secretary's stats.
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WS More or Less: The death rate of white Americans 鈥� What鈥檚 going on?
Fri 21 Apr 2017
Are middle-aged white Americans dying younger than other groups?
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Living standards and Kate Bush maths
Fri 21 Apr 2017
Are people's incomes falling? Plus singing Pi like Kate Bush
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Economics of Overbooking
Fri 14 Apr 2017
Why airlines bet that not everybody will turn up for a flight.
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WS More or Less: Could North Korea Wipe out 90% of Americans?
Mon 10 Apr 2017
Experts warn that North Korea could wipe out most Americans in one go.
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WS More or Less: Will one in four people develop a mental health problem?
Fri 31 Mar 2017
Is there evidence that one in four people will develop a mental health problem?
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WS More Or Less: Baby Boxes 鈥� are they really saving infant鈥檚 lives?
Fri 24 Mar 2017
They鈥檝e become a bit of a phenomenon but what鈥檚 the evidence that they work?
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More or Less: The concrete facts about Trump鈥檚 wall and China
Fri 17 Mar 2017
Did China use more concrete in three years than the US in the 20th Century?
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WS More or Less: The Attention Span of a Goldfish
Fri 10 Mar 2017
Are our attention spans now shorter than a goldfish's?
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WS More or Less: Why are Hollywood actresses paid less than men?
Fri 3 Mar 2017
Top Hollywood actresses have complained that they are paid less than their male co-stars
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WS More or Less: What happened last night in Sweden?
Fri 24 Feb 2017
What happened last night in Sweden?
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Hidden Figures: The Real Story
Fri 17 Feb 2017
.African American women's part in the space race of the '50s and '60s
