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More or Less: Behind the Stats - WS More or Less: Exposing the biases we have of the world

The great statistician, Hans Rosling, died in February last year. Throughout his life Hans used data to explain how the world was changing ? and often improving ? and he would challenge people to examine their own preconceptions and ignorance. Before he became ill, Hans had started working on a book about these questions and what they reveal about the mental biases that tend to lead us astray. Tim Harford speaks to his son Ola and daughter in law Anna who worked on the book with him.

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Cancer screening, the Windrush Generation, Audiograms

(0:32) Breast screening ? the Numbers: 450,000 women have accidentally not been invited for breast cancer screening

(07:26) Counting the Windrush Generation: What do we know about those who might be lacking documentation

(11:15) Has Nigel Farage been on Question Time too often? We chart his appearances over 18 years

(16:32) Painting a picture with an audiogram: Data journalist Mona Chalabi talks about her unusual approach to analysing numbers.

Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Charlotte McDonald Editor: Richard Vadon

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Pod Save America - “Ru-dy! Ru-dy! Ru-dy!”

Rudy Giuliani potentially incriminates Donald Trump during his first television appearance as the President's new lawyer, Mueller has many questions about crimes of collusion, and Marco Rubio and Tom Price cut a few very effective ads for Democratic campaigns. Then Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow joins Tommy Vietor to talk about his new book, “War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence."