What's The Point

By FiveThirtyEight, 538, ESPN, Jody Avirgan

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

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How many episodes does What's The Point have?

The podcast currently has 112 episodes available.

What's The Point episodes:

August 19, 2016 .57.2 Sparks (Part Two) -- Alice Dreger
In the second part of our new science podcast, Christie Aschwanden talks to Alice Dreger about her book "Galileo's Middle Finger."

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27min
August 18, 2016 .57 Sparks: Galileo's Middle Finger
The debut of our new science series! The FiveThirtyEight science team discusses "Galileo's Middle Finger," and what happens when activism and science cross paths.

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40min
August 11, 2016 .56 A History Of Political Data (Part 4 - Trump)
A memo from the Trump campaign reveals their attempts to go after "low P, high T" voters. Clare Malone discusses her reporting.

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29min
August 04, 2016 Dog Show! [Repeat]
A visit to the Westminster Dog Show with FiveThirtyEight's Oliver Roeder.

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24min
July 29, 2016 .55 Two Aspen Ideas
Mini-interviews with Charles Duhigg and Marcus Bullock of Flikshop, from the Aspen Ideas festival.

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34min
July 20, 2016 .54.7 Accidents, Guns, And Stats
We conclude our series of mini-conversations about the FiveThirtyEight guns project. FiveThirtyEight.com/gundeaths

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22min
July 18, 2016 .54.6 A Guns Program The NRA Actually Likes
A mini-interview a day for a week about the 538 guns project. Carl Bialik discusses the criminal justice program that is gaining GOP support. fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths

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12min
July 17, 2016 .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 to mass shootings. fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths

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14min
July 16, 2016 .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 of domestic abusers. fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths

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10min
July 15, 2016 .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 reporting from Wyoming. fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths

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15min

FAQs about What's The Point:

How many episodes does What's The Point have?

The podcast currently has 112 episodes available.