More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes Available now
Esther Duflo and women in economics
Discussing Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer鈥檚 economics Nobel Prize.
The Extra Episode: Minimum wage, drinking in Scotland and identical twins.
Exploring how long one identical twin lives after the other twin dies.
WS More or Less: Does San Francisco have more rough sleepers than Britain?
Are the shocking statistics true? and how do you count people who don't wish to be found?
New hospitals promised, aid to Ukraine, and bacon sandwiches
Dissecting the government鈥檚 hospitals announcement and President Trump鈥檚 Ukraine claims.
WS More or Less: Who fought in World War 1?
Were a third of those that fought for Britain in WW1 black or Asian?
Austerity Deaths, C-Sections and being struck by lightning
Has Austerity caused 120 thousand deaths in the UK and does God hate men?
WS More or Less: Peaty v. Bolt: Which is the greatest world record?
Using statistics to compare world records in athletics and swimming.
Dementia, inflation and shark deaths
Health risks for Presidential hopefuls, falling inflation, shark deaths and salary claims
WS More or Less: Cape Town murders
Are eight people a day murdered in Cape Town and is that number unusually high?
Maternal deaths, taxi driver earnings and statistical pop music
Are black women five times more likely to die in childbirth? Plus making pop music.
