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BBC Radio 4
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life
Episodes
Mentioned books
Feb 1, 2019 • 29min
Holocaust Deniers; Venezuelan Hyperinflation; Tinder Likes
Tim Harford on Holocaust deniers; food prices in Venezuela, and dating app statistics
Jan 26, 2019 • 9min
WS More or Less: Is Suicide Seasonal?
Tim Harford asks which times of the year are riskiest for suicide.
Jan 25, 2019 • 23min
Domestic Violence, Jobs, Easter Snowfall
Tim Harford on domestic violence, employment numbers, and the chance of a white Easter.
Jan 19, 2019 • 9min
WS More or Less: Close Encounters of a Planetary Kind
Which planet is closest to Earth?
Jan 18, 2019 • 30min
Intersex Numbers, Fact-Checking Facebook, Jack Bogle
Tim Harford asks whether 1.7% of people are intersex, and examines false claims about MPs
Jan 12, 2019 • 11min
WS More or Less: The Mathematics of Fever
We look at the numbers behind body temperature – what is normal?
Jan 11, 2019 • 28min
Sugar, Outdoors Play and Planets
Tim Harford on sugar, train fares, children's outdoors play and Earth's closest neighbour
Jan 4, 2019 • 9min
WS More or Less: Numbers of the Year Part 2
Helena Merriman with numbers about water shortage, plastic recycling and American jobs.
Dec 29, 2018 • 9min
WS More or Less: Numbers of the Year Part 1
The numbers that made 2018.
Dec 22, 2018 • 9min
WS More or Less: Mission Impossible - Quantifiying Santa
What to look out for on Christmas Eve.
