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Maternal deaths, taxi driver earnings and statistical pop music

Are black women five times more likely to die in childbirth? Plus making pop music.

• 24 mins

WS More or Less: Cape Town murders

Are eight people a day murdered in Cape Town and is that number unusually high?

• 8 mins

Dementia, inflation and shark deaths

Health risks for Presidential hopefuls, falling inflation, shark deaths and salary claims

• 24 mins

WS More or Less: Peaty v. Bolt: Which is the greatest world record?

Using statistics to compare world records in athletics and swimming.

• 8 mins

Austerity Deaths, C-Sections and being struck by lightning

Has Austerity caused 120 thousand deaths in the UK and does God hate men?

• 23 mins

WS More or Less: Who fought in World War 1?

Were a third of those that fought for Britain in WW1 black or Asian?

• 8 mins

New hospitals promised, aid to Ukraine, and bacon sandwiches

Dissecting the government鈥檚 hospitals announcement and President Trump鈥檚 Ukraine claims.

• 27 mins

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?

• 8 mins

The Extra Episode: Minimum wage, drinking in Scotland and identical twins.

Exploring how long one identical twin lives after the other twin dies.

• 28 mins

Esther Duflo and women in economics

Discussing Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer鈥檚 economics Nobel Prize.

• 20 mins

Edith Abbott and crime statistics

Social worker and economist Edith Abbott and her contribution to crime statistics.

• 8 mins

Unbelievable: The forgotten rape data

How shelved data from rape cases in America is helping the police catch criminals now.

• 8 mins

Reducing your risk of death

Can running and owning a dog reduce your risk of an early death?

• 8 mins

Bolivia: Can statistics help detect electoral fraud?

We look at the numbers and statistics from Bolivia鈥檚 disputed presidential election.

• 11 mins

The world鈥檚 busiest shipping lanes

Which is the busiest shipping lane in the world?

• 9 mins

Testing tomatoes

Have these saucy fruits become less healthy over time?

• 8 mins

Election Special 1/2

50,000 nurses? 40 hospitals? Corporate tax rises? Tim Harford looks at Election pledges.

• 27 mins

Tree Planting Pledges

Planting trees by numbers: UK style.

• 8 mins

Election Special (2/2)

Labour's spending plans, Conservatives claims on homelessness, the SNP's education record

• 27 mins

Koalas

Have bushfires destroyed 80% of the koala habitat in Australia?

• 8 mins

The Simpsons and maths

We explore the maths secrets of The Simpsons on their 30th anniversary.

• 8 mins

Presidential candidates and dementia

The health risks some of the frontrunners in the US presidential race face

• 8 mins

C-sections and sharks

Hospital births in China and whether it鈥檚 true 50% are delivered by caesarean section

• 8 mins

Australian Animal Deaths, Carbon Emissions, Election Mystery

How many animals have died in Australia and how many Labour voters went Conservative?

• 34 mins

WS More or Less: Bushfire mystery

Have a billion animals died in Australia鈥檚 fires? And which ones are likely to survive?

• 9 mins

Weighing the Cost of Brexit

The cost of Brexit, alligator speed and Liverpool FC's luck

• 16 mins

WS More or Less: Japan鈥檚 99% Conviction Rate

Quantifying justice in Japan with Tim Harford.

• 8 mins

Netflix and Chill

The carbon consequence of streaming, stats on sepsis and stretching Bill Bryson to Pluto.

• 28 mins

WS More or Less: Dozy Science

How much sleep do we really need?

• 9 mins

Coronavirus, emotions and guns.

Fact checking claims about coronavirus and whether more guns equal fewer homicides.

• 28 mins