Tim Harford talks to Bobby Duffy about why we are often wrong about a lot of basic facts
More or Less: Behind the Stats - African Trade Tariffs; Alcohol Safe Limits; President Trump’s Popularity
Tim Harford fact checks EU trade deals with Africa, and whether one drink is one too many
More or Less: Behind the Stats - BONUS PODCAST: Economics with Subtitles – Coffins Full of Car Keys
BONUS PODCAST: For the rest of August, in addition to More or Less you?ll get a brand new podcast, Economics with Subtitles. It?s your everyday guide to economics and why you should care. In this edition, Ayeisha and Steve make sense of interest rates. Why did they lead to coffins full of car getting sent to the US Federal Reserve? What factors affect what you have to pay on your loans? And what do your film choices say about why you decide to borrow?
Producers: Simon Maybin & Phoebe Keane Presenters: Ayeisha Thomas-Smith & Steve Bugeja
Start the Week - Storytelling at the Edinburgh Festivals
Andrew Marr presents a special edition of Start the Week at the Edinburgh Festivals, weaving together ancient stories and contemporary fiction - from Scotland to Iceland via ancient Greece.
He speaks to award-winning writers Pat Barker, Sjón and James Robertson and the singer-songwriter Karine Polwart. Karine also performs live.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - WS: More or Less – Automated fact-checking
Computer programmes are being developed to combat fake news.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - A no-frills life, automated fact-checking and Lord-of-the-Rings maths
What would have been the most efficient way to get to Mordor?
More or Less: Behind the Stats - BONUS PODCAST: Economics with Subtitles – How Condoms Can Cost a Week?s Wages
BONUS PODCAST: For the rest of August, in addition to More or Less you?ll get a brand new podcast, Economics with Subtitles. It?s your everyday guide to economics and why you should care. In this show, Ayeisha and Steve make sense of inflation. They?ll explain how hyperinflation is affecting how Venezuelans have sex, why you can?t afford a ticket to see your favourite band in concert anymore and why a sale on sofas isn?t always a good thing.
Producers: Simon Maybin & Phoebe Keane Presenters: Ayeisha Thomas-Smith & Steve Bugeja
More or Less: Behind the Stats - WS More or Less: Are Wildfires Really Burning More Land?
Are Wildfires in the United States and Southern Europe burning more land than before?
More or Less: Behind the Stats - BONUS PODCAST: Economics with Subtitles – Bracelets for Bullets
BONUS PODCAST: For the rest of August, in addition to More or Less you?ll get a brand new podcast, Economics with Subtitles. It?s your everyday guide to economics and why you should care. In this show, Ayeisha and Steve explore government debt. Why did an anonymous mother send her bracelet to the government to be turned into a bullet? How are you lending the government money without even realising? And when should you be worried about how much debt the government is in?
Producers: Simon Maybin & Phoebe Keane Presenters: Ayeisha Thomas-Smith & Steve Bugeja
More or Less: Behind the Stats - Numbers Behind a Tweetstorm
How do you get a hashtag to trend around the world?