x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

More or Less

Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life

science mathematics

All Episodes

13:18

WS More or Less: Why Albums are Getting Longer

More or Less ·

2017/11/12

Chris Brown’s latest album is stuffed with so many songs it runs at a sprawling two hours and twenty minutes. It’s only the latest in a string of lengthy album releases that includes artists like Drake, The Weeknd and Lil B. More or Less speaks to Hugh McIntyre, a music journalist who has found out that a numerical change in the way the album charts are measured is tempting artists into making longer albums.We also talk to Marc Hogan, a senior writer at Pitchfork, about a number that is changing the

en

8:59

WS More or Less: Do Nigerian lawmakers get $1.7m and...

More or Less ·

2017/11/05

Finding out if Nigerian politicians really get paid more than the American President.

en

8:58

WS More or Less: Novelists in numbers

More or Less ·

2017/10/30

Counting the favourite words of well-known authors: Stephen King, Hemingway and others

en

8:58

WS More or Less: Are US millennials more politically...

More or Less ·

2017/10/20

Did the 2016 US election galvanise young people to become more engaged in politics?

en

22:17

How Richard Thaler changed Economics

More or Less ·

2017/10/13

The behavioural economist who has inspired governments around the world.

en

8:58

WS More or Less: Kilobyte to Brontobyte

More or Less ·

2017/10/10

Naming the monster numbers - how the names of digital storage files evolved.

en

9:12

WS More or Less: Big polluters - ships versus cars

More or Less ·

2017/10/02

Do the largest ships emit as much pollution as all the cars in the world?

en

24:12

Uber; EU passports; counting domestic violence

More or Less ·

2017/09/29

Is Uber safe? The post Brexit dual nationality surge and measuring partner abuse.

en

9:19

WS More or Less: Sperm - Are we going extinct?

More or Less ·

2017/09/25

How much of a problem is falling sperm count?

en

25:22

Statistics abuse, tuition fees and beer in 1887

More or Less ·

2017/09/22

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is accused of mis-using official statistics.

en

9:37

WS More or Less: How to measure a Hurricane

More or Less ·

2017/09/15

What’s the best way to measure a hurricane?

en

25:15

Are Natural Disasters on the Rise?

More or Less ·

2017/09/15

Has the number of natural disasters really quadrupled in the last forty years?

en

9:09

WS More or Less: More Horses than Tanks?

More or Less ·

2017/09/11

Is the UK the only country with more horses than tanks in its army?

en

25:32

Electric cars, school-ready and feedback

More or Less ·

2017/09/08

Will we need more power stations? Plus, are children in Manchester ready for school?

en

6:49

One in 500 Year Storm

More or Less ·

2017/09/04

Experts are saying that Houston just suffered a one in 500 year storm but what does that mean?

en

27:39

Grenfell Tower's Death Toll

More or Less ·

2017/09/01

The difficulties of finding the true number of people who died in the fire.

en

10:53

Fantasy Football - How to win

More or Less ·

2017/08/28

Figuring out the best strategy as a wannabe team manager.

en

27:58

A-levels, drowning and dress sizes

More or Less ·

2017/08/25

Are boys getting more top A Level grades than girls? Plus why are dress sizes so weird?

en

10:18

The Trump Bump

More or Less ·

2017/08/20

During a recent press conference President Trump said: “I’ve created over a million jobs since I’m president. The country is booming. The stock market is setting records. We’ve got the highest employment numbers we have ever had I the history of our country.” This is not the first time the American President has taken credit for a booming economy. But is that fair? We take a look at the numbers.

en

8:58

Are there 15,000 transgender people serving in the US...

More or Less ·

2017/08/14

President Trump says transgender individuals cannot serve, but how many do already?

en

1,087 results

Similar Podcasts

Classic Radio Science Fiction

solgoodmedia.com

Mission to Mars

Inception Point Ai

The 365 Days of Astronomy

365DaysOfAstronomy.org

Creek Devil

william Jevning

UFO Chronicles Podcast

Nik Hunter