Tragedy hit the once-marginalized psephological community last week when FiveThirtyEight closed shop. Henry hosts a celebration of life with two of its top contributors, Nathaniel Rakich and Geoffrey Skelley, to discuss the former outfit's inconceivable achievement of mainstreaming political data journalism. The trio digs into the explosive history of innovative election modeling and explores the lingering unknowns while looking to the future for a field tasked with telling the human story behind complicated quantifications.

How Data Nerds Earned Their Seat at the Table

Each week Henry Olsen, columnist and senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, will talk about the presidential and congressional races with leading political journalists and analysts, people who are out in the field and won't give you media spin. Find out who's leading the pack and who's an also-ran, with Beyond the Polls with Henry Olsen. Listen to <a href="https://ricochet.com/series/beyond-the-polls-with-henry-olsen/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Beyond the Polls with Henry Olsen</a>, along with more than 40 other original podcasts, at <a href="https://ricochet.com/podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ricochet.com</a>. No paid subscription required.

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Each week Henry Olsen, columnist and senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, will talk about the presidential and congressional races with leading political journalists and analysts, people who are out in the field and won't give you media spin. Find out who's leading the pack and who's an also-ran, with Beyond the Polls with Henry Olsen.Listen to Beyond the Polls with Henry Olsen, along with more than 40 other original podcasts, at Ricochet.com. No paid subscription required.

Each week Henry Olsen, columnist and senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, will talk about the presidential and congressional races with leading political journalists and analysts, people who are out in the field and won't give you media spin. Find out who's leading the pack and who's an also-ran, with&nbsp;Beyond the Polls with Henry Olsen. Listen to <a href="https://ricochet.com/series/beyond-the-polls-with-henry-olsen/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Beyond the Polls with Henry Olsen</a>, along with more than 40 other original podcasts, at <a href="https://ricochet.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ricochet.com</a>. No paid subscription required.

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