Podcast Episodes

Trumpton Extra

The Voice of 1960s British children’s TV series ‘Trumpton’, Brian Cant, died this week. The More or Less team has visited the town of Trumpton on a number of occasions so we have brought together a h…

Published on 8 years, 6 months ago

Post-Election Special

The results of the general election are in - but what do they mean? Did more young people vote than expected? Have we now got a more diverse parliament? How many extra votes would Jeremy Corbyn have …

Published on 8 years, 6 months ago

WS More or Less: Are African football players more likely to die on the field?

Cheick Tiote, the much loved former Newcastle United player collapsed and died while training with Chinese side Beijing Enterprises earlier this month. His death and that of other black footballers h…

Published on 8 years, 6 months ago

UK Election extra

This podcast is a compilation of interviews by the More or Less team with Eddie Mair from Radio 4’s PM programme. Each interview features a different claim or hotly discussed topic from the UK genera…

Published on 8 years, 6 months ago

WS More or Less: Samba, strings and the story of HIV

Trumpets are blasting in this week’s musical episode. But can medical statistics be transformed into a jazzy night out? That was the challenge which epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani set for composer T…

Published on 8 years, 6 months ago

Election Special: Tax, borders and climate

On this final programme of the series we try to give some context to some of the issues that are being discussed during the current election campaign.

Who pays tax?

What proportion of adults are paying…

Published on 8 years, 6 months ago

WS More or Less: Have 65% of future jobs not yet been invented?

Our entire education system is faulty, claim experts. They worry that schools don’t prepare kids for the world outside. But how could anyone prove what the future will be like?

We set off on a round-t…

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago

Spies, care homes, and ending sneak peeks

Can security services follow everyone known to them?

The attack on Manchester Arena took place exactly four years since the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich. Back in 2013 we broadcast an inter…

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago

WS More or Less: Uganda’s refugees

Has Uganda been accepting more refugees on a daily basis than some European countries manage in an entire year? That is the claim from the Norwegian Refugee Council – and it is a claim we put to the …

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago

Tax, speed dating and sea ice

Exploring the Labour manifesto's tax plans for high earners.

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago