More or Less Podcast
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
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Will the population of Nigeria be larger than Europe’s?
Sun 2 Jan 2022
Will Nigeria’s population really reach 600million?
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Will the population of Nigeria be larger than Europe’s?
Sun 2 Jan 2022
Will Nigeria’s population really reach 600million?
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Does catching Covid give you more immunity than being vaccinated?
Sun 12 Dec 2021
Infection vs injection: Could Covid infection provide 27 times more protection?
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Does catching covid give you more immunity than being vaccinated?
Sun 12 Dec 2021
Infection vs injection: Could prior infection provide 27 times more protection?
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Does wearing a mask halve your chances of getting Covid-19?
Sun 5 Dec 2021
Is it true wearing a mask reduces Covid-19 incidence by 53%?
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Does wearing a mask halve your chances of getting Covid-19?
Sun 5 Dec 2021
Is it true wearing a mask reduces Covid-19 incidence by 53%?
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Simpson’s Paradox: How to make vaccinated death figures misleading
Sun 28 Nov 2021
A tricky statistical phenomenon at play.
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Simpson’s Paradox: How to make vaccinated death figures misleading
Sun 28 Nov 2021
A tricky statistical phenomenon at play.
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The carbon cost of breakfast at COP26
Sun 14 Nov 2021
Can a vegan croissant really be worse for the environment than a bacon roll?
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The carbon cost of breakfast at COP26
Sat 13 Nov 2021
Can a vegan croissant really be worse for the environment than a bacon roll?
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Same data, opposite results. Can we trust research?
Sun 7 Nov 2021
Why the same data can produce different conclusions.
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Same data, opposite results. Can we trust research?
Sat 6 Nov 2021
Why the same data can produce different conclusions.
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The art of counting
Sun 31 Oct 2021
Tim Harford talks to author Deborah Stone about her book which explores counting.
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The art of counting
Sat 30 Oct 2021
Tim Harford talks to author Deborah Stone about her book which explores counting
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The numbers behind Squid Game
Sun 24 Oct 2021
Could you survive a round in Squid Game, and how many have watched it?
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The numbers behind Squid Game
Sat 23 Oct 2021
Could you survive a round in Squid Game, and how many have watched it?
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The prize-winning economics of migration and the minimum wage
Sun 17 Oct 2021
A look at the work of this year’s winners of the most prestigious prize in economics.
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The prize-winning economics of migration and the minimum wage
Sat 16 Oct 2021
A look at the work of this year’s winners of the most prestigious prize in economics.
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Vaccinating the world
Sat 9 Oct 2021
How countries’ vaccination rates measure up – and the trickiness of comparing them.
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Bonus episode: the first ever More or Less
Thu 7 Oct 2021
A chat with More or Less's founding producer and presenter plus the first episode in full
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Twenty years of More or Less
Wed 6 Oct 2021
A look back at our origins, plus the usual mix of numerical nous and statistical savvy.
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Is it easy being green?
Wed 29 Sep 2021
Expensive electricity, inadequate insulation, and a tale of tumbling trees.
Unlock the history and truth behind the data with The OU
Explore how numbers shape, and sometimes mislead us, with The Open University.
When can you trust statistics?
BBC Ideas discovers three easy ways to help make sense of statistics.
