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No.. Episode Description Release DateLength
63: Happy Birthday, R!
(Guest: Nick Thieme)
August 9, 2018 27:59
62: R R R R R ... not just for pirates anymore
(Guest: Hadley Wickham)
July 26, 201826:54
61: Feeling the earth move
(Guest: Kathryn Miles)
July 12, 2018 29:07
60: Holding up a mirror to society - a tale of official statistics in Greece
(Guest: Andreas V. Georgiou)
June 28, 2018 28:19
59: G ..O.. O.. A.. A.. A.. L.. L.. L.. L.. - celebrating the statistics of the beautiful game
(Guest: Luke Bornn)
June 14, 2018 29:43
58: G-D-P, it's easy as 1-2-3
(Guest: Diane Coyle)
June 7, 2018 29:22
57: Chins and ears are not information rich - awkwardness and social relationships
(Guest: Ty Tashiro)
May 24, 2018 8:42
56: Are communities helped by terraforming food deserts?
(Guest: Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar)
May 10, 2018 28:46
55: Abstract art or modern congressional districts- statistical thinking to fix gerrymandering
(Guest: Gary King)
April 26, 2018 28:54
54: Jaguar corridors, koala conservation and reef health - statistics in celebration of Earth Day
(Guest: Kerrie Mengersen)
April 19, 2018 28:47
53: Protecting seaside cities from possible future impacts of climate change
(Guest: Peter Guttorp)
March 29, 2018 26:18
52: Hey, I'm working on a story and can you help me with the statistics?
(Guest: Rebecca Goldin)
March 16, 2018 29:58
51: Slavery in the Modern World
(Guest: Davina Durgana)
February 28, 2018 32:27
50: Reading the book of love-what can you learn from relationship science?
(Guest: Ty Tashiro)
February 13, 2018 29:46
49: Balancing rigor and entertainment when telling stories about data
(Guest: Nick Thieme)
January 31, 2018 25:38
48: Were the cancer clusters real? Statistical support for evaluating public policy
(Guest: David Banks)
January 18, 2018 27:52
47: Just in time for the holiday shopping season - a story about online marketing
(Guest: Glenn Platt)
December 19, 2017 30:03
46: Playing a risky game
(Guest: David Banks)
December 4, 2017 8:02
45: Thankful for a bountiful harvest - how bountiful was it and who produced it?
(Guest: Linda Young)
November 20, 2017 29:08
44: Growing surveys - building an agricultural census
(Guest: Linda Young)
November 6, 2017 6:04
43: Why Don't People Like My Graphs?
(Guest: Alberto Cairo)
October 17, 2017 29:03
42: Visualization and reporting goals: truth, function, beauty, insight, enlightenment and morality
(Guest: Alberto Cairo)
October 2, 2017 6:48
41: Stats of Cool Cats: Emotions, Mood Management and Cat Videos
(Guest: Jessica G. Myrick)
September 14, 2017 26:53
40: A Journalist Checks His Numbers
(Guest: Alan Schwarz)
September 1, 2017 7:56
39: Gridiron ... Touchdown ... Field Goal ... Traumatic Brain Injury
(Guest: Alan Schwarz)
August 17, 2017 32:12
38: Describing and Measuring an $18 Trillion Economy
(Guest: Brian Moyer)
July 28, 2017 26:57
37: Epidemic Trials and Tribulations
(Guest: Susan Ellenberg)
July 14, 2017 25:47
36: And the winner of the first International Prize of Statistics is ... Sir David Cox
(Guest: Susan Ellenberg)
June 30, 2017 6:54
35: Counting Crime
(Guest: Jeri Mulrow)
June 15, 2017 32:50
34: Spotting fake news
(Guest: Mona Chalabi)
May 31, 20177:49
33: Sifting through noisy data to find stories
(Guest: Mona Chalabi)
May 19, 201729:15
32: Complete and Accurate Counts: Planning and Conducting the Decennial Census
(Guest: John Thompson)
May 17, 201723:18
31: Getting the sense of US from the Census
(Guest: John Thompson)
May 1, 20175:24
30: Do's and Don'ts of Data Journalism
(Guest: Andrew Flowers )
April 17, 201728:24
29: So a 70-30 support split is not a sure thing?
(Guest: Andrew Flowers )
March 31, 20176:13
28: If your friend believes it, then it must be true - tracking the spread of fake news across networks.
(Guest: Filippo Menczer )
March 15, 201732:52
27: I'd give that study 4 stars: considering the quality of research.
(Guest: David Spiegelhalter)
February 28, 20178:47
26: Sex by Numbers
(Guest: David Spiegelhalter)
February 13, 201727:58
25: What skills are needed to work in enrollment offices in higher education?
(Guest: Michael Kabbaz)
February 2, 20174:33
24: Reading, writing, and enrollment analytics
(Guest: Michael Kabbaz)
January 18, 201730:55
23: Will you be one of the 8% who keep their New Year's resolutions? Understanding behavior change.
(Guest: Rose Marie Ward)
December 16, 201629:56
22: A political scientist ponders the polls
(Guest: Bryan Marshall)
October 20, 201630:01
21: A Winning Formula for Sports
(Guest: Dennis Lock)
September 12, 201633:02
20: A Statistician Clears the Air
(Guest: Barry Nussbaum)
July 22, 201632:27
19: Moving beyond the 'just so' when reporting science
(Guest: Regina Nuzzo)
June 8, 201631:28
18: Sports Reporting in the Digital Era
(Guest: Terence Moore)
April 26, 201635:24
17: A New Equation for Modern Journalism
(Guest: Trevor Butterworth)
February 9, 201631:19
16: The rule of numbers and the role of the press: What should the journalist do in the age of big data?
(Guest: Trevor Butterworth)
December 14, 201532:38
15: Screening and intervention for substance abuse
(Guest: Nicholas Horton)
July 6, 201532:20
14: Personalizing the world
(Guest: Paul Hunter)
April 29, 201534:23
13: Reading, Writing and Statistics? - data analysis and statistical literacy for all.
(Guest: Christine Franklin)
February 20, 201532:48
12: Numbers as plot elements in financial reporting
(Guest: Alex Blumberg)
January 27, 201531:39
11: ESP - Evaluating Statistics for Psychic Phenomena
(Guest: Jessica Utts)
October 29, 201430:27
10: Workplace Safety
(Guest: Chris Whittaker Sofge)
September 29, 201428:54
09: Medicine is getting personal...
(Guest: Bonnie LaFleur)
August 28, 201431:41
08: How do I know this medicine works?
(Guest: Marie Davidian)
July 7, 201430:13
07: What do Seinfeld, The Tonight Show and Stats+Stories have in common?
(Guest: Rick Ludwin)
May 29, 201435:40
06: Earth Day: Evaluating environmental impacts by the numbers
(Guest: Jim Oris)
April 22, 201430:26
05 Health, Privacy and Confidentiality  
(Guest: Paul Scanlon)
February 18, 201432:23
04: CSI - Crime Stats Investigated  
(Guest: Karen Kafadar)
January 10, 201432:22
03: What are the patterns of aging and how this might inform policy?  
(Guest: Suzanne Kunkel)
November 25, 201332:23
02: What does the Census do during the other nine years?
(Guest: Tommy Wright)
September 30, 201327:40
01: Baseball and Statistics  
(Guest: Jim Albert)
May 9, 201327:49