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WS More or Less: Is my Baby a Giant?

Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

• 9 mins

Nurses' pay, Scottish seats, Penalty shootouts

Are nurses paid more than the national average? We take a look.

• 23 mins

Tax, speed dating and sea ice

Exploring the Labour manifesto's tax plans for high earners.

• 24 mins

WS More or Less: Uganda鈥檚 refugees

Has Uganda accepted more refugees, daily than some European countries in an entire year?

• 9 mins

Spies, care homes, and ending sneak peeks

Can security services follow everyone known to them?

• 23 mins

WS More or Less: Have 65% of future jobs not yet been invented?

Education is failing our kids, claim experts. We go sleuthing around the world.

• 9 mins

Election Special: Tax, borders and climate

Who pays income tax, cutting migration and where in the UK is cold?

• 29 mins

WS More or Less: Samba, strings and the story of HIV

Can medical statistics be transformed into a jazzy night out?

• 9 mins

UK Election extra

This podcast is a compilation of interviews with Eddie Mair from Radio 4鈥檚 PM programme.

• 14 mins

WS More or Less: Are African football players more likely to die on the field?

After the death of Cheick Tiote, are African footballers more prone to heart attacks?

• 9 mins

Post-Election Special

The results of the general election are in - but what do they mean?

• 29 mins

Trumpton Extra

Tribute to the Voice of 1960s British children鈥檚 TV series 'Trumpton', Brian Cant

• 16 mins

How rare are deadly tower block fires?

How statistics can help us understand the tragic fire at London鈥檚 Grenfell Tower.

• 8 mins

In Search of Woodall Primes

Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker explains the obscure Woodall prime numbers

• 20 mins

Is Steph Curry cheap and how random is random?

Evaluating the biggest basketball contract in NBA history, plus Ryanair鈥檚 seat allocation

• 8 mins

Calling the shots at Wimbledon

Using statistics to prove or disprove the wisdom of tennis.

• 8 mins

Maryam Mirzakhani 鈥� A Genius of Maths

Celebrating the only woman to win the biggest prize in mathematics.

• 9 mins

More boys than girls in Sweden?

Exploring if an influx of teenage boys claiming asylum skewed the population鈥檚 sex ratio

• 8 mins

Why is Kenya鈥檚 election so expensive?

Why the cost of running the vote will be $25 a person.

• 8 mins

Are there 15,000 transgender people serving in the US military?

President Trump says transgender individuals cannot serve, but how many do already?

• 8 mins

The Trump Bump

President Trump has taken credit for a booming economy. But is that fair?

• 10 mins

A-levels, drowning and dress sizes

Are boys getting more top A Level grades than girls? Plus why are dress sizes so weird?

• 27 mins

Fantasy Football - How to win

Figuring out the best strategy as a wannabe team manager.

• 10 mins

Grenfell Tower's Death Toll

The difficulties of finding the true number of people who died in the fire.

• 27 mins

One in 500 Year Storm

Experts say that Houston just suffered a one in 500 year storm but what does that mean?

• 6 mins

Electric cars, school-ready and feedback

Will we need more power stations? Plus, are children in Manchester ready for school?

• 25 mins

WS More or Less: More Horses than Tanks?

Is the UK the only country with more horses than tanks in its army?

• 9 mins

Are Natural Disasters on the Rise?

Has the number of natural disasters really quadrupled in the last forty years?

• 25 mins

WS More or Less: How to measure a Hurricane

What鈥檚 the best way to measure a hurricane?

• 9 mins

Statistics abuse, tuition fees and beer in 1887

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is accused of mis-using official statistics.

• 25 mins