More or Less Podcast
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
Episodes to download
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Is your housework split sexist?
Sat 25 Oct 2025
Corinne Low explains the economics of women, men and housework
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Is your housework split sexist?
Sat 25 Oct 2025
Corinne Low explains the economics of women, men and housework
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Nobel economics prize 2025: What's the big idea?
Sat 18 Oct 2025
Tim Harford explains the ideas behind the winners of the economics Nobel Prize
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Nobel economics prize 2025: What's the big idea?
Sat 18 Oct 2025
Tim Harford explains the ideas behind the winners of the economics Nobel Prize.
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Are millions of people getting Motability cars for anxiety and ADHD?
Wed 15 Oct 2025
Farm tax, ADHD benefits, Movember claim and Tim’s marathon
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Are 72% of prison inmates in Switzerland foreign?
Sat 11 Oct 2025
Donald Trump says three quarters of Swiss prisoners are not Swiss. Is he right?
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Are 72% of prison inmates in Switzerland foreign?
Sat 11 Oct 2025
Donald Trump says three quarters of Swiss prisoners are not Swiss. Is he right?
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Does half the UK get more in benefits than they pay in tax?
Wed 8 Oct 2025
UK benefits, Zack Polanski’s billionaire claim and Gen Z job interviews
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Is the world getting less miserable?
Sat 4 Oct 2025
Exploring global polling data that suggests people in more countries are "thriving"
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Is the world getting less miserable?
Sat 4 Oct 2025
Exploring global polling data that suggests people in more countries are "thriving"
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Has Donald Trump ended seven 'unendable' wars?
Wed 1 Oct 2025
Trump’s peace deals, Labour’s GDP claim and university league tables
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The case of the missing US data
Sat 27 Sep 2025
Why does it matter that US government datasets are being deleted and discontinued?
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The Case of the Missing US Data
Sat 27 Sep 2025
Why does it matter that US government datasets are being deleted and discontinued?
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Was it easier to deport migrants to France before Brexit?
Wed 24 Sep 2025
Migrant returns, ageing mistakes, beef prices and AI MP speeches.
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Is JD Vance right about left-wing violence?
Sat 20 Sep 2025
Following the murder of Charlie Kirk, what is the data on political violence in the US?
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Is JD Vance right about left-wing violence?
Sat 20 Sep 2025
Following the murder of Charlie Kirk, what is the data on political violence in the US?
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Is it true that out-of-work benefits have almost doubled?
Wed 17 Sep 2025
Out-of-work benefits, French pensioners, surprising salmon and the truth about senses.
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Will the world really be 50 million workers short by 2030?
Sat 13 Sep 2025
Is Nvidia boss Jensen Huang right about a looming labour shortfall?
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Will the world really be 50 million workers short by 2030?
Sat 13 Sep 2025
Is Nvidia boss Jensen Huang right about a looming labour shortfall?
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Are Afghan nationals more likely to be convicted of sexual offences?
Wed 10 Sep 2025
National debt, Afghan crime, menopause retirement and literal snail pace.
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Do 11,000 sharks die every hour?
Sat 6 Sep 2025
Investigating if 100 million sharks are killed by fishing nets every year.
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Do 11,000 sharks die every hour?
Sat 6 Sep 2025
Investigating if 100 million sharks are killed by fishing nets every year.
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Are self-driving cars safer than cars with drivers?
Sat 30 Aug 2025
We look at claims that fully autonomous cars are 5 or ten times safer
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Are self-driving cars safer than cars with drivers?
Sat 30 Aug 2025
We look at claims that fully autonomous cars are 5 or ten times safer
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Do women feel the cold more than men?
Sat 23 Aug 2025
We investigate if air conditioning is set too cold for women.
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Do women feel the cold more than men?
Sat 23 Aug 2025
We investigate if air conditioning is set too cold for women.
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How weird was the Mediterranean Sea heatwave?
Sat 16 Aug 2025
Did the Mediterranean experience a 1 in 216,000,000,000-year sea temperature anomaly?
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How weird was the Med Sea heatwave?
Sat 16 Aug 2025
Did the Mediterranean experience a 1-in-216,000,000,000-year sea temperature anomaly?
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Why it matters that Trump fired data chief
Sat 9 Aug 2025
The US president fired Erika McEntarfer over job numbers. What’s the potential fallout?
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Why it matters that Trump fired data chief
Sat 9 Aug 2025
The US president fired Erika McEntarfer over job numbers. What’s the potential fallout?
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.
