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Partially Derivative
The everyday data of the world around us, hosted by data science super geeks. For the nerdy and nerd curious.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 101
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2017
S2E7: Tay! Artificial Intelligence! Racism! The Future!
This week’s episode is dedicated entirely to Tay, the Microsoft chat bot who started her 1-day life making adorable meme jokes, and ended it praising Hitler. Tay’s demise is an ominous warning about …
00:31:14 |
Tue 05 Apr 2016
S2E6: Robot Sex and Flappy Bird Vengeance
This week we explore the future of artificial intelligence by discussing robot sex at length. Chris seems pretty into it, not that we’re judging. Also Minecraft for AI experiments and humanity’s epic…
00:42:06 |
Fri 25 Mar 2016
S2E5: The Double Entendre
Vidya hates wedding planning, Jonathon could’ve talked about the rise of our Go-playing robot overlords, algorithmically predicting police misconduct or the biggest polling upset in political history…
00:33:51 |
Tue 15 Mar 2016
S2E4: Naughty Millennials, Star Wars and Zombies!
We learn that millennials are staying married longer, you can go really deep down the Star Wars rabbit hole, and all your so-called allergies were made up by your parents. Also we talk to epidemiolog…
00:37:38 |
Tue 08 Mar 2016
S2E3: Chris Looks at Your Search History
We’re back! The latest nerdy data news, some beer, and a look how open data is used to fight crime and corruption. Jonathon is drinking Austin Eastciders, Chris is drinking a Nitro IPA, and we’re tal…
00:29:28 |
Tue 01 Mar 2016
S2E2: Mind Control and Parasites
Data scientists are parasites, Snowpocalypse (or is it?), and an important public safety announcement from Chris about jogging and sterilization. Plus we talk to Dr. Sarah Laszlo about how she uses b…
00:26:28 |
Tue 26 Jan 2016
S2E1: Do it LIVE!
Sorry for the long hiatus! The three of us have been super busy with our startup, Popily, but before we took a break we recorded a live show! Chris and Jonathon went to hang out with the amazing data…
00:39:16 |
Tue 12 Jan 2016
S1E36: The Data of Space
Lost. In. Spaaaaaaace! Cosmology! Astrophysics! Astronauts! This week we talk with some amazing guests!
00:46:07 |
Thu 17 Sep 2015
S1E35: The Data of Journalism
Data journalism and interactive storytelling have fundamentally changed the way we understand and consume the news. This week we’re talking to three leaders in the data journalism revolution, Martin …
00:35:26 |
Thu 10 Sep 2015
S1E34: The Data of Sports
We’re joined by sports analytics luminaries Sean Lahman, author of the Lahman Baseball Database, Trey Causey, creator of The Spread, a blog about the data science of sports, and Greg Matthews, author…
00:42:31 |
Thu 03 Sep 2015
S1E33: Data of the Impossible
The data of colliding atoms, baby universes and the foundation of our existence. We talk with internationally renowned researchers Dr. Kyle Cranmer, one of experimental particle physicists responsibl…
00:29:49 |
Thu 27 Aug 2015
S1E32: The Data of Politics
We talk politics with the top data scientists in the Republican and Democratic parties. Plus job announcements, data conference discounts, and Jonathon’s triumphant return to hosting duties!
00:33:24 |
Thu 20 Aug 2015
S1E31: The Data Of Art
The crew explores the world of using data science to create art.
00:19:56 |
Thu 13 Aug 2015
S1E30: The Data of Love and Sex
Is there really data in love? Can we quantify sex? Find out this week! Also, we go behind the scenes at craft brewery Thirsty Planet.
00:23:09 |
Thu 06 Aug 2015
S1E29: Ashley Is A Better Host Than Jonathon
This week the team and special guest host Ashley McNamara interviews Ben Wellington of IQuantNY and discusses the data science of shark attacks and Greece’s troubles.
00:28:06 |
Thu 30 Jul 2015
S1E27: Robots Are Racist
We interview the amazing Christina Warren! Check out her work on Mashable, and two great podcasts – Overtired and Rocket. Also we’re in Portland this week, and grabbing beer at the White Owl Social C…
00:45:19 |
Mon 06 Jul 2015
S1E26: The Big Reveal
This week we interview Hunter Walk, cofounder of Homebrew (check him out on Twitter), and Vidya joins us again to announce our brand-spanking new startup, Popily!
00:50:45 |
Fri 26 Jun 2015
S1E25: I, For One, Welcome Our New Robot Artist Overlords
This week Jonathon, Chris, and Vidya Spandana discuss the world of data from polling to coins to creativity.
00:33:35 |
Sun 14 Jun 2015
S1E24: Can Killer Robots Marry Their Cousins?
Chris and Jonathon interview the amazing Mona Chalabi from FiveThirtyEight, Jonathon is hysterical and Chris chickens out. Prepare to be amazed!
00:41:32 |
Mon 08 Jun 2015
S1E23: Political Science Rulez
This week Chris overcompensates for his love of political science while Jonathon continues to be unimpressive.
00:38:57 |
Sat 23 May 2015
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