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:

May 12, 2016 .45 The Stompers Get Stats
Ben Lindbergh describes what happened when a professional baseball team let him take over as general manager and apply the most cutting edge analytics to real games.

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37min
May 05, 2016 .44 An Unusual Pattern
WTP presents a data murder mystery, reported by Joel Werner.

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40min
April 21, 2016 .43 Every Song Ever
How algorithmic listening is changing our relationship to music. With New York Times music critic Ben Ratliff. Find more at fivethirtyeight.com/podcasts

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36min
April 14, 2016 .42 Tagging Banksy
A geospatial mapping formula may hold the clues to the graffiti artist Banksy's real identity.

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37min
April 07, 2016 .41 How To Change Minds
New developments in the story of the fraudulent research about persuasion and empathy. Visit fivethirtyeight.com/podcasts for more.

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39min
March 31, 2016 .40 Mahler By The Numbers
A visit to the NY Philharmonic archives. For 147 years, the Phil has had a data-collection streak. Now it's all going to the cloud. More at fivethirtyeight.com/podcasts

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34min
March 24, 2016 .39 Let's Move To The Country
Christopher Ingraham used a data sat to determine "the worst place to live in America." Then he visited Red Lake Falls, MN; and now he's moving there.

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35min
March 17, 2016 .38 Wall St. vs. Internet
Doug Rushkoff is one of our favorite media/tech thinkers. His new book is about how our economy is wired for growth that stifles innovation.

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34min
March 10, 2016 .37 52 Postcards
Every week for a year, Stefanie and Giorgia collected info about their lives and mailed each other postcards with a data visualization. Now it's your turn! More on our site.

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43min
March 03, 2016 .36 Yemen Calling
In countries like Yemen, cell phone metadata can serve as an end-around to paint a picture of daily life, the effect of drone strikes, and more.

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44min

FAQs about What's The Point:

How many episodes does What's The Point have?

The podcast currently has 112 episodes available.