A special review of the year through the interesting, informative and idiosyncratic numbers of 2012.
Cato Daily Podcast - FISA Reauthorized without Protections for Americans
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Numbers of 2012
A guide to 2012 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic statistics of the year discussed by More or Less interviewees.
Cato Daily Podcast - The GOP’s Necessary Immigration Shift
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Cato Daily Podcast - FISA Amendments Expiration and Unchecked Power
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Gun Statistics
Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the debate on firearms deaths, and discovers the mathematics of juggling. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
Start the Week - The Human Voice: Rolando Villazon and Mark-Anthony Turnage
In a special recording of Start the Week, Andrew Marr explores the power of the human voice. From the emotional intensity of the tenor Rolando Villazón, singing Rodolfo in La Boheme, to the art of writing for the voice with the composer Mark-Anthony Turnage. Mary King trains the voice, and the neuro-psychiatrist Michael Trimble examines our reactions to it.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - Fact-checking US gun crime statistics
Tim Harford investigates gun crime statistics in the US. Plus, why death is not always the one hard fact that?s hard to fudge; the average age of first-time buyers; whether chocolate makes you clever; the statistical paradox of road collisions caused by deer; and the maths of juggling. Producer Ruth Alexander
Cato Daily Podcast - Obama’s Foreign Policy in 2013
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Cato Daily Podcast - Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense?
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