More or Less: Behind the Stats Podcast
Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4
Episodes to download
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Covid trends, face mask use, and the universal credit cut
Wednesday
A coronavirus check-in, our daily mask use measured, and the universal credit cut.
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How many holes are there in a drinking straw?
Last Saturday
Tim Harford talks to Jordan Ellenberg about the pandemic, geometry and drinking straws.
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Death, Tax and Dishwashers
Wed 15 Sep 2021
Why is estimating the number of unvaccinated people so tricky? And how deadly is 2021?
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Vaccine waning, hot dogs and Afghanistan
Wed 8 Sep 2021
How worried should we be about antibodies? Plus food that shortens life.
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Covid, HGV driver shortages and protest costs
Wed 1 Sep 2021
Has Brexit caused a fall in lorry drivers? Plus policing Extinction Rebellion
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Reason, numbers and Mr Spock
Sat 28 Aug 2021
What role do numbers play in helping us think more rationally?
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The extraordinary life of Robert Moses
Sat 21 Aug 2021
The life of mathematics educator and civil rights organiser, Dr Robert Moses
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How good were the performances at the Tokyo Olympics?
Mon 16 Aug 2021
What can the data tell us about the quality of the Covid hit games?
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Jab fears explained: a base rate fallacy
Sat 7 Aug 2021
Why increasing Covid infections amongst the vaccinated isn’t necessarily bad news
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Breaking Climate Records
Sat 31 Jul 2021
The odds and probability behind record-breaking temperatures
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The Rise of Delta
Sat 24 Jul 2021
Where’s this new Variant spreading and what can be done to stop it?
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The Freedom Day Gamble
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Tim Harford and the team try to work out how long Covid cases will continue to rise.
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Are there 40 million Nigerians on Twitter?
Sat 10 Jul 2021
Recent reports have claimed that Nigeria has 40 million Twitter users – but is this true?
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Is Ivermectin a Covid ‘wonder drug’?
Sat 3 Jul 2021
What do we know about the efficacy of Ivermectin as a treatment for Covid-19?
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Scotland cases, flood risk and taxing the poor
Wed 30 Jun 2021
Covid 19 cases are on the rise in Scotland, plus will your town be under water by 2030?
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Maths and the Mayflower
Sat 26 Jun 2021
Are there really 35 million descendants of the Mayflower alive today?
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Delta cases, blue tits and that one-in-two cancer claim
Wed 23 Jun 2021
Should we worry about the Delta variant? Plus how much do blue tits eat?
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Covid deaths, outdoor swimming and care homes
Wed 16 Jun 2021
The global death toll has reached a grim milestone. Plus the UK’s low ranking waters.
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Third wave fears, smart motorways and bra sizes
Wed 9 Jun 2021
Should we worry about Covid cases rising? Plus are smart motorways safe?
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Bolton vaccines, Yorkshire versus Scotland and the average gamer
Wed 2 Jun 2021
Were tens of thousands of people getting their jab in Bolton every single day?
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The Seaspiracy “virtually empty ocean” claim
Sat 29 May 2021
Why it’s unlikely our oceans will be virtually empty by 2048.
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Wales jab success, Eurovision and living with your parents
Wed 26 May 2021
How to vaccinate a country quickly, plus the UK’s singing contest woes.
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The medical trial that proved Trump wrong
Sat 22 May 2021
The Recovery Trial identified drugs that did and did not help save lives.
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Explaining maths without Numbers
Sat 15 May 2021
Tim Harford speaks to mathematician Milo Beckman about the beauty of maths.
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Finding Mexico City’s real death toll
Sat 8 May 2021
How two amateur data detectives revealed the pandemic’s impact.
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Bayes: the clergyman whose maths changed the world
Sun 2 May 2021
How an obscure theory came into fashion.
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Will 2021 have more Covid deaths than 2020?
Sat 24 Apr 2021
We ask if this year’s global death toll will surpass 1.8 million.
