More or Less
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
Sep 9, 2019 • 9min
WS More or Less: Deforestation in Brazil
Has it increased significantly since President Bolsonaro took office in January?
Sep 6, 2019 • 24min
Climate deaths, austerity and pet food
Challenging the idea of six billion deaths due to climate change; plus what pets eat.
Sep 2, 2019 • 9min
WS More or Less: Amazon forest fires
Are they really 85 percent worse than last year?
Aug 30, 2019 • 27min
Amazon fires, state pension and American burgers
Are forest fires in Brazil the worst in recent times? What is the state pension worth?
Aug 26, 2019 • 9min
WS More or Less: Ethiopia’s 350m trees in a day
Were millions of trees planted in just one day in Ethiopia?
Aug 23, 2019 • 25min
Exam grades, Chernobyl and Ethiopian trees
Was your A Level grade correct? Plus were 350m trees planted in one day in Ethiopia?
Aug 16, 2019 • 9min
Mice and mind blowing maths
Re-inserting a caveat and discussing a really cool numbers trick.
Aug 9, 2019 • 9min
Immigrant Crime Rate in the US
Do immigrants commit more crime than native-born Americans in the United States?
Aug 2, 2019 • 9min
The spread of fact-checking in Africa
With misinformation so easy to spread, how can it be stopped or challenged?
Jul 26, 2019 • 9min
Pregnancy prohibitions – the evidence
Taking a statistical look at what expectant mothers should avoid.
