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What's The Point

A show about our data age. Each week, Jody Avirgan brings you stories and interviews on how data is changing lives.

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.47 Rivers Cuomo Has Spreadsheets (from Song Exploder)

.47 Rivers Cuomo Has Spreadsheets (from Song Exploder)

Song Exploder talks with Rivers Cuomo of Weezer about his very nerdy songwriting style. Plus, we're collecting your play... Read more

26 May 2016

21mins

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Sparks: "An American Sickness"

Sparks: "An American Sickness"

Our science podcast crew discusses the state of American health care, and what consumers can do about it. This month's b... Read more

6 Apr 2017

50mins

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Sparks - The Undoing Project

Sparks - The Undoing Project

Our science team discusses Michael Lewis's new book, which is about the rise of behavioral economics. Check out part 2, ... Read more

15 Dec 2016

39mins

Ranked #4

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Sparks - The Unpersuadables

Sparks - The Unpersuadables

FiveThirtyEight's science team discusses Will Storr's book, "The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the enemies of science.... Read more

19 Jan 2017

40mins

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.19 Why The Bronx Burned

.19 Why The Bronx Burned

In 1970's NYC, huge swaths of the city were engulfed in flames. Bad stats may have been to blame. Joe Flood, author of "... Read more

29 Oct 2015

45mins

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WTP Best Of: Your Certainty Bubble

WTP Best Of: Your Certainty Bubble

Jody Avirgan and Carl Bialik discuss research into how we get information and what information we trust.

9 Mar 2017

25mins

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Sparks: Conflicts of interest

Sparks: Conflicts of interest

The Sparks crew discusses how politicians and scientists wrestle with conflicts of interest, and what the science says a... Read more

6 Jul 2017

38mins

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.67 Sparks: Risk

.67 Sparks: Risk

Our monthly science series looks at why humans make, or don't make, risky choices. Part 2 of this conversation - and int... Read more

28 Oct 2016

31mins

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.54.3 - Men, Suicide, And Guns

.54.3 - Men, Suicide, And Guns

We're doing a mini-interview every day for a week about the the 538 guns project. Anna Maria Barry-Jester discusses her ... Read more

15 Jul 2016

14mins

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.54.1 - A Week Of Conversations About Gun Deaths

.54.1 - A Week Of Conversations About Gun Deaths

Every day for a week, we'll discuss the new FiveThirtyEight project on gun deaths in America. Today, editor Simone Lando... Read more

13 Jul 2016

13mins

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Sparks: "The Hunt for Vulcan"

Sparks: "The Hunt for Vulcan"

What does it take to revise a cold, hard science fact? This montha€™s Sparks podcast explores that question in the conte... Read more

4 May 2017

47mins

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Sparks: Flavor Science

Sparks: Flavor Science

FiveThirtyEight's science team discusses "Flavor: The science of our most neglected sense," a book by Bob Holmes. They a... Read more

1 Jun 2017

39mins

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.54.2 - Stopping Gun Deaths In New Orleans

.54.2 - Stopping Gun Deaths In New Orleans

Our series - a mini-interview every day for a week - on the guns project continues with reporter Ben Casselman. See the ... Read more

14 Jul 2016

13mins

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.22 God, In One Chart

.22 God, In One Chart

Religion is personal, nuanced, evolving -- which makes it particularly resistant to easy quantification. Emma Green (Atl... Read more

19 Nov 2015

34mins

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Sparks: Interview with the author of "The Unpersuadables"

Sparks: Interview with the author of "The Unpersuadables"

FiveThirtyEight's Maggie Koerth-Baker talks with author Will Storr about his book "The Unpersuadables: Adventures with t... Read more

26 Jan 2017

53mins

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.54.5 Mass Shootings

.54.5 Mass Shootings

A mini-interview a day for a week about the 538 guns project. Leah Libresco discusses how other countries have reacted t... Read more

17 Jul 2016

13mins

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.53 Mapping Police Violence

.53 Mapping Police Violence

A rerun of a conversation with Samuel Sinyangwe describing why data on police shootings is so murky. Samuel runs mapping... Read more

7 Jul 2016

19mins

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.51 The $173,775 Data Set

.51 The $173,775 Data Set

David Yanofsky is suing the U.S. government for immigration data after they wanted to charge him $173,775 for it. fiveth... Read more

23 Jun 2016

24mins

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.13 Moneyball For Movies (w/ Andy Greenwald)

.13 Moneyball For Movies (w/ Andy Greenwald)

Josh Lynn says his "consumer engagement" algorithm can predict how a movie will do - months before it's even made. A spe... Read more

17 Sep 2015

34mins

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.54.4 - Guns And Domestic Violence

.54.4 - Guns And Domestic Violence

A mini-interview a day for a week about the 538 guns project. Hayley Mungia discusses how to get guns out of the hands o... Read more

16 Jul 2016

9mins

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