Stats + Stories Podcast
1) How Autocrats Use Statistics | Stats + Stories Episode 92
Arturas Rozenas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at New York University. He was a National Fellow at Hoover Institution, Stanford. His research focuses on building theoretical m...Show More
2) Comedy, Art, and ... Statistics? | Stats + Stories: Episode 370
A statistician walks into a bar, and a comedy and art show begins. Creative work for scholars can extend beyond novel research and application. In today's episode of stats and stories, we see how the ...Show More
3) Communicating Statistics Effectively | Stats and Stories at JSM (REPOST)
John Bailer is “the stats guy” and co-creator of Stats+Stories. He is also University Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Statistics at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is curre...Show More
4) Stat Significant | Stats + Stories Episode 369
Have you ever wondered if people actually hate Coldplay? Do you want statistical proof that Game of Thrones did not stick the landing in its finale? Have you wondered whether you’re actually seeing Ni...Show More
5) Signing Statistics | Stats + Stories Episode 239 (REPOST)
What is a median? How about an interquartile range? Don’t even get me started on how to define a p-value. These statistical concepts are hard to grasp for your average statistics student, but imaginin...Show More
6) Excellence in Statistical Reporting | Stats + Stories Episode 368
The National Association of science writers has about 2000 members, even as the field of science journalism has been experiencing a contraction. In her 2025 Nieman lab prediction for journalism, Siri ...Show More
7) The Ocean Health Index | Stats + Stories Episode 203 (REPOST)
The health of the world's oceans is a growing concern but measuring ocean health is a complicated undertaking. Some people studying the issue focus on pollution, while others look at the health of cor...Show More
8) Amazonian Ancient Earthworks | Stats + Stories Episode 367
The Amazon has been imagined as a pristine wilderness, one in need of protection from development. This framing has often treated the Amazon as a place without history, practically untouched before th...Show More
9) Days of R COVID Lives | Stats + Stories Episode 366
Early in the COVID pandemic, as we figured out how to live our lives solely at home, news stories began to be filled with stories about COVID’s spread and reproduction rates. Soon, social media were f...Show More
10) Measuring the Impact of Universal Basic Income | Stats + Stories Episode 287 (REPOST)
What is the best way to support people living in extreme poverty? Could unconditional cash transfers and universal basic income be viable options? How can we know if such programs will work? Today's e...Show More