{"podcast":{"title":"More or Less","slug":"more-or-less-867746","podcast_index_feed_id":867746,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/b006qshd.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qshd","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0lg9wkm.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":1135,"summary":"Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T04:19:39.515984+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/more-or-less-867746"},"episode":{"title":"Factchecking claims that 400 churches were burned to the ground in France","slug":"factchecking-claims-that-400-churches-were-burned-to-the-ground-in-france-2","published_at":"2026-06-06T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/more-or-less-867746/factchecking-claims-that-400-churches-were-burned-to-the-ground-in-france-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/more-or-less-867746","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct998s","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0p05q3f.mp3","summary":"In certain corners of the internet some suspicious numbers are cropping up again and again. People claiming that 400 churches have been burnt to the ground or attacked in an assortment of countries, including France, the US and Canada. So, what is going on? Is there a spate of anti-Christian crime sweeping the globe? We look into what the data actually tells us. If you've seen a number in the news you think we should take a look at, email moreorless@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Lizzy McNeill Sound engineer: Dave O'Neill Editor: Richard Vadon","meta_description":"In certain corners of the internet some suspicious numbers are cropping up again and again. People claiming that 400 churches have been burnt to the groun…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":538,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/more-or-less-867746/episodes/factchecking-claims-that-400-churches-were-burned-to-the-ground-in-france-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/more-or-less-867746/factchecking-claims-that-400-churches-were-burned-to-the-ground-in-france-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}