Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Numbers of the Year 2015 Part 2

More Or Less analyses some of the numbers that made the news in 2015, 成人快手 Trending looks back at the 鈥淛e suis Charlie 鈥 hashtag, and the Why Factor asks why we hunt animals.

In More Or Less, Tim Harford analyses some of the numbers that made the news in 2015.
For example, how healthy is the Nigerian economy and how many possible tweets are there?

A year on from the killing of 11 staff at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, 成人快手 Trending鈥檚 Mukul Devichand looks back at the impact of #JesuisCharlie 鈥 a slogan which became a rallying cause for free speech, spreading around the world via social media and inspiring many causes.
The recognition brought the paper wealth and an international audience, but also a level of scrutiny it had never before experienced, with its past and current covers now being shared around the world, debated and often criticised as people argue over the limits of satire.
Also, Anne-Marie Tomchak reports on the viral body image issues of the year past.

In the Why Factor, Lucy Ash asks, why do we hunt? In some societies hunting is necessary to get food, but why do those who can buy meat in a shop go out hunting? Do they like to kill? Or is there something else at play? Lucy Ash talks to hunters from Canada, South Africa, the US and Scotland, who between them have killed animals ranging from deer to elephants, to ask them why they do it.

50 minutes

Last on

Fri 8 Jan 2016 02:06GMT

Broadcasts

  • Thu 7 Jan 2016 09:06GMT
  • Thu 7 Jan 2016 13:06GMT
  • Thu 7 Jan 2016 23:06GMT
  • Fri 8 Jan 2016 02:06GMT

Podcast