Mike interview Tammy about her experience volunteering with a campaign for a local election.
City and school board elections are Tuesday, November 5 - go vote!!

BLBD 38: Vote November 5!

Urban planner Mike Armstrong and data scientist Tammy Armstrong discuss their industries and interview local change makers in Des Moines, Iowa.

News & Politics

Science & Medicine

Natural Sciences

Social Sciences

Medicine

Government & Organizations

Non-Profit

National

Regional

Local

Mike and Tammy talk about commuter rail in the US and the possibility of high speed rail. 
Also, check out the Green City podcast episodes where Mike was interviewed: https://anchor.fm/lynnae-hentzen/episodes/MIKE-ARMSTRONG-e13r0rk
https://anchor.fm/lynnae-hentzen/episodes/MIKE-ARMSTRONG-2-0-e146fco

And register for the Des Moines Data & Analytics NLP Roundtable on August 13th: https://www.meetup.com/Des-Moines-Data-Analytics/events/279938252/

BLBD 57: How Train Go?

In which Tammy forgets the name of Mod Podge. Mike and Tammy respond to listener questions about how they chose their careers, and what podcasts they listen to. Also, a new edition of Call Me Algorithm.

BLBD 56: Hodgepodge

Mike and Tammy talk about topics inspired by their latest reads: "The Information: a History, a Theory, a Flood" by James Gleick (for Tammy) and "The City We Became" by N.K. Jemisin (for Mike). Topics covered include communication technologies, natural language processing techniques, and places and identity.

BLBD 55: Book Lights, Big Words

Mike and Tammy discuss maps, both real and (deep)fake, and some of the concepts behind image compression.
(Apologies for the audio tragedy that is this episode - think we managed to salvage it but will do better next time!)

BLBD 54: I'm the MAAAAP!

Mike and Tammy each come up with reality competition shows for their industries. Netflix, hit us up.
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BLBD 38: Vote November 5!

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