What's The Point

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

Sparks: Interview with David Baron

Christie Aschwanden interviews the author of "American Eclipse," by David Baron. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

08-11
42:45

Sparks: The Eclipse Of 1878

The Sparks gang discusses "American Eclipse" by David Baron, and the solar eclipse coming to the U.S. later this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

08-10
43:01

WTP Best Of: DNA Evidence

Jody discusses the rise of forensic DNA with Erin Murphy, professor at New York University and author of the book "Inside the Cell." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

07-27
40:38

WTP Best Of: Adam Ruins Everything

Jody interviews Adam Conover of TruTV's Adam Ruins Everything on how his show covers stats heavy topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

07-18
30:05

Sparks: Interview with Charles Ornstein

Christie Aschwanden talks to journalist Charles Ornstein about how he reports on how money can influence doctors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

07-07
34:26

Sparks: Conflicts of interest

The Sparks crew discusses how politicians and scientists wrestle with conflicts of interest, and what the science says about how conflict of interest can change our decisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

07-06
38:24

Sparks: Interview with Bob Holmes

Anna Maria Barry-Jester talks to Bob Holmes, the author of "Flavor: The science of our most neglected sense." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

06-02
40:24

Sparks: Flavor Science

FiveThirtyEight's science team discusses "Flavor: The science of our most neglected sense," a book by Bob Holmes. They also go flavor tripping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

06-01
39:30

WTP Best Of: Bear Mapping

Rae Wynn-Grant, a conservation researcher at the American Museum of Natural History, discusses her work tracking black bears in the American West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

05-18
36:20

Sparks: Interview with Thomas Levenson

FiveThirtyEight's Christie Aschwanden interviews the author of "The Hunt for Vulcan." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

05-05
46:42

Sparks: "The Hunt for Vulcan"

What does it take to revise a cold, hard science fact? This montha€™s Sparks podcast explores that question in the context of a€œThe Hunt for Vulcana€ by Thomas Levenson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

05-04
47:45

WTP Best Of: Baseball

Jody interviews Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller, authors of "The Only Rule Is It Has To Work," a chronicle of their summer spent as general managers for the Sonoma Stompers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

04-20
36:32

Sparks: Interview with Elisabeth Rosenthal

Anna Maria Barry-Jester interviews the author of "An American Sickness: How healthcare became big business and how you can take it back." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

04-12
28:16

Sparks: "An American Sickness"

Our science podcast crew discusses the state of American health care, and what consumers can do about it. This month's book: "An American Sickness" by Elisabeth Rosenthal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

04-06
50:16

WTP Best Of: Internet Tracking

Jody interviews Arvind Narayanan about the latest in online tracking, and what you can do to shield yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

03-23
32:21

WTP Best Of: Your Certainty Bubble

Jody Avirgan and Carl Bialik discuss research into how we get information and what information we trust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

03-09
25:35

Sparks - Interview with Alondra Nelson

FiveThirtyEight's Maggie Koerth-Baker discusses The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome with author Alondra Nelson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

03-03
50:57

Sparks - The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome

This month, we're discussing Alondra Nelson's The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

03-02
40:49

WTP Best Of: Life In Yemen

What cell phone metadata can reveal about the patterns of daily live -- and the effect of drone strikes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

02-17
38:08

WTP Best Of: James Hamblin

From the archives, Jody Avirgan and James Hamblin discuss modern medicine, personal health tracking, and why health journalism is broken. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

02-02
38:25

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