More or Less: Behind the Stats

More or Less: Behind the Stats

Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4

Latest Episode

Has Donald Trump ended seven 'unendable' wars? (01.10.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • The Case of the Missing US Data 27.09.2025
  • Was it easier to deport migrants to France before Brexit? 24.09.2025
  • Is JD Vance right about left-wing violence? 20.09.2025
  • Is it true that out-of-work benefits have almost doubled? 17.09.2025
  • Will the world really be 50 million workers short by 2030? 13.09.2025
  • Are Afghan nationals more likely to be convicted of sexual offences? 11.09.2025
  • Do 11,000 sharks die every hour? 06.09.2025
  • Are self-driving cars safer than cars with drivers? 30.08.2025
  • Do women feel the cold more than men? 23.08.2025
  • How weird was the Med Sea heatwave? 16.08.2025
  • Why it matters that Trump fired data chief 09.08.2025
  • Are abortion numbers rising in the US? 06.08.2025
  • Does a single AI query use a bottle of water? 06.08.2025
  • Are one in six children living through war? 19.07.2025
  • Why Manchester United can afford to play badly 12.07.2025
  • Can drinking one less bottle of coke a day halve obesity? 09.07.2025
  • The economics of war: Vikings, Conquistadors and Vietnam 05.07.2025
  • Is the UK seeing a Christian revival? 02.07.2025
  • Has Russia suffered a million casualties in the Ukraine war? 28.06.2025
  • Why is data on grooming gangs so bad? 25.06.2025

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