Podcast Episodes

WS MoreOrLess: Foreign Aid: More Harm Than Good?

Tim Harford interviews Nobel Prize winning economist professor Angus Deaton about a lifetime measuring inequality

Published on 10 years, 2 months ago

WS MoreOrLess: Are Tall People More Likely to Get Cancer?

Are tall people really more likely to get cancer? Ruth Alexander looks at a new Swedish study that’s caused headlines around the world, and asks how worried tall people like her should be about devel…

Published on 10 years, 2 months ago

WS MoreOrLess: Football’s Red Card Cliché

Managers and pundits often say “it’s harder to play against ten men”, but is there any truth in it? Also, Tim Harford speaks to the author Siobhan Roberts about Professor John Conway, who has been de…

Published on 10 years, 2 months ago

WS MoreOrLess: How Reliable is Psychology Science?

How reliable is psychology science? The Reproducibility of Psychological Science project reported recently and it made grim reading. Having replicated 100 psychological studies published in three psy…

Published on 10 years, 3 months ago

Alzheimers, Psychology science, John Conway, Red cards, Decimate

Alzheimers What's behind the claim that 1 in 3 people born in the UK this year could get Alzheimers? How reliable is the science in psychology? The Reproducibility of Psychological Science project re…

Published on 10 years, 3 months ago

WS MoreOrLess: The Rise of the Giants?

The average rugby pack is much bigger than it was 20 years ago but has the growth finally plateaued? Living Blue Planet Index Populations of marine mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have declined by …

Published on 10 years, 3 months ago

Striking Numbers

Striking numbers? Are the unions really on the rise again and holding the country to ransom?

The rise of the giants Are rugby players really getting biger and bigger?

Living Blue Planet Index Populat…

Published on 10 years, 3 months ago

WS MoreOrLess: How Many is Too Many Bananas?

Too dense Is population density the right measure to be looking at when working out how many refugees countries should take- and if not what is? How many bananas will kill you? There’s a belief among…

Published on 10 years, 3 months ago

Is it worth targetting non-voters?

Can you rely on non-voters During the election for the leadership of the Labour Party in the UK Jeremy Corbyn has whipped up unprecedented support among grass roots activists pushing him into a surp…

Published on 10 years, 3 months ago

Queuing Backwards

Queuing backwards Britons love to queue, but have we been getting it wrong? Lars Peter Osterdal from the University of Southern Denmark discusses his theory of how to make queuing more efficient. Thi…

Published on 10 years, 3 months ago