More or Less Podcast
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life
Episodes to download
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The mistake in Trump’s tariff formula
Wed 9 Apr 2025
Also, counting bobbies, freezing tax and electrocuting redheads
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DOGE, apples and irregular migrants
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Fact-checking government efficiency claims in the US.
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Do US crime statistics miss out the most violent cities?
Wed 23 Oct 2024
Plus: MP capital gains claims and grizzly bear berry habits.
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A&E delays and deaths, religious identity in N Ireland and naming the monster numbers
Wed 11 Jan 2023
How many people may be dying because of treatment delays in the NHS?
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Deaths at Home, Supermarket Infections and the Cobra Effect
Wed 27 Jan 2021
Where are people catching Covid-19?
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Will the vaccine bring back normal life? GDP and Fishing
Wed 20 Jan 2021
If we vaccinate the top four priority groups by February, how much will things change?
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How effective is one dose of the vaccine?
Wed 13 Jan 2021
Is the first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine 52% or 90% effective?
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Greece Special
Sun 12 Jul 2015
Tim Harford looks at the numbers to tell the story of the Greek crisis.
Unlock the history and truth behind the data with The OU
Explore how numbers shape, and sometimes mislead us, with The Open University.
When can you trust statistics?
BBC Ideas discovers three easy ways to help make sense of statistics.
