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Ep. 129 - Language Translation Tech with João Graça

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Ep. 128 - Urban Dynamics, Amazon Go, and Smart Carts

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Ep. 127 - Data Visualization with Kristen Sosulski

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Ep. 126 - Electoral Systems: Models vs Reality

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Ep. 125 - Why We Need the Electoral College with Tara Ross

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Ep. 124 - Socials in the Fact Checking Business

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Ep. 123 - Everybody Lies with Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

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Ep. 122 - What are we going through?

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Ep. 121 - The Tumultuous Week

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Ep. 120 - The Reopening: Confounders, Colliders, and Simpson’s Paradox

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Ep. 119 - Advocating for Bayesian Inference with Brian Blais

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Ep. 118 - Learning vs Memorization, Bitcoin Halvening, and Antibody Tests

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Ep. 117 - A.I. Hype and the Expert Problem with Christian Hubbs

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Ep. 116 - Cytometry and Machine Learning with Hefin Rhys

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Ep. 115 - Surprises in the Coronavirus Models

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Ep. 114 - Biden joins the Podoverse, The Market for Credibility, and Smart Toilets

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Ep. 113 - Quarantined Predictions Panel discusses Telemedicine, Virtual Reality, and Urbanization

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Ep. 112 - Naomi Brockwell on Coronavirus Coverage, Encryption Laws, and Internet Freedom

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Ep. 111 - Covid Data Deluge, Zoombombing, and Wager Math

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Ep. 110 - Pandemic Update! Media Overload, Symptom Distribution, Estimating Fatality Rate

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Ep. 109 - Experimental Design with Adam Kapelner

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Ep. 108 - What is Probability, Bloomberg vs Bernie on Boards, and Password Guessing

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Ep. 107 - Bob Murphy: Probability, Economics, and Human Action

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Ep. 106 - Incredible Map Tech, Venezuela 1% Free, and The 4 Crypto Seasons

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Ep. 105 - Joys of Bayes, Belief Networks, and Aerodynamics with Sophie Carr

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Ep. 104 - Connected Cars, Coronavirus, and Communication: Privacy under assault in Digital Age

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Ep. 103 - Dave Rubin on Launching Locals and Taking Power back from Big Tech

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Ep. 102 - Logical Induction, Building Ordinals, and Compounding Errors

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Ep. 101 - Robots Taking All Our Jobs? Antony Sammeroff’s Rebuttal

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Ep. 100 - Milestones, Questions, and Wisdom from the First Hundred Episodes

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Ep. 99 - Tech Trends of the 2010s

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Ep. 98 - Bayesian Stats and Political Trends with Alexandre Andorra

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Ep. 97 - Classic Computer Science Problems with David Kopec

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Ep. 96 - Climate Protests, Pascal’s Wager, and the Duplicitous Science Press

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Ep. 95 - Ideas and Inspiration from Gaming

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Ep. 94 - Dividing By Zero, Infinite Ratios, and Ice Cream Sales

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Ep. 93 - Innovation, Consolidation, and Entrenched Industry Doctrines

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Ep. 92 - Political Game Theory and Self Driving Drama

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Ep. 91 - Ad Tech Intrigues with Shoshana Wodinsky

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Ep. 90 - Narrative Confirmation Bias, Loaded Questions in Congress, Molyneux’s Misinformation

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Ep. 89 - Building Liberland! How to claim Your own Sovereign Territory with Vit Jedlicka

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Ep. 88 - Occam's Razor, Hanlon's Razor, and Layers of Conspiracy

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Ep. 87 - Deep Learning and AI with Mark Ryan

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Ep. 86 - Audio Augmented Reality and More Metaculus Predictions

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Ep. 85 - Metaculus: Aggregating emotions, expertise, and data into Prediction Engine

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Ep. 84 - Big Questions about the Universe with Anthony Aguirre

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Ep. 83 - Bitcoin Energy Alarmists, Musk and Ma in Different AI Universes, and Gab picks a fight

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Ep. 82 - Learning Should Be Free! Henry Abramson on Teaching Jewish History to the Global Classroom

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Ep. 81 - Junk Science, Click Bait, and Meaningless Experiments

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Ep. 80 - Tumblr and Fall: Challenges for the Quirky and Creative Platform

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Ep. 79 - Creating Virtual Worlds with Timoni West

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Ep. 78 - Bayesian Thinking: Flat Earth Priors, The Mises Brothers, and Curb Your Analogy

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Ep. 77 - Competitive Foosball

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Ep. 76 - Bitcoin and Google Invade Politics

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Ep. 75 - The Market Loves You: Jeffrey Tucker on the nature of Innovation

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Ep. 74 - Gerrymander USA, The End of Civilization, and Monkey Business

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Ep. 73 - Talking Python with Michael Kennedy

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Ep. 72 - Voting Power, Consortiums, and Facebook's Currency

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Ep. 71 - Science and The City: From Urban Theory to Mobile Apps with Tassos Noulas

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Ep. 70 - Centralizers vs Extremists and an Ode to the Podoverse

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Ep. 69 - Apple Unbundles iTunes, Cuba Update, and Content Distribution in the 21st century

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Ep. 68 - 6 University Courses that Influenced Me in Surprising Ways

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Ep. 67 - Social Credit Scores and Re-education Camps in China

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Ep. 66 - Dennis Crowley, Hypertrending at Foursquare

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Ep. 65 - The chance of something that has never happened before

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Ep. 64 - Pro Tips for Your Resume with Marc Cenedella

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Ep. 63 - Transfer Learning, Career Cliffs, and Investing for the Future with Bethany Crystal of USV

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Ep. 62 - Capitalism, Competition, and Wealth: A Conversation with Denise Hearn

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Ep. 61 - Facebook vs Capitalism

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Ep. 60 - Hilary Mason, Machine Learning Research in Action

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Ep. 59 - Internet in Cuba, Bitcoin in Venezuela

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Ep. 58 - Using Reflection from Media to Engineering with Mark Weiss

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Ep. 57 - Data Science Glut, Analogies, and Nearest Neighbors

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Ep. 56 - True News, Fake Faces, and Adversarial Algorithms

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Ep. 55 - Bitwise: A Life in Code with author David Auerbach

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Ep. 54 - 5G and the AI AR VR Connection

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Ep. 53 - Live Behavioral Assessment Results with Swati Doshi

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Ep. 52 - A Look Back at Foursquare, What's Next, and Superuser Shoutout

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Ep. 51 - Swarm Lifelogging, Microsoft Evolving, and Sports Analyzing with Avneesh Kohli

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Ep. 50 - Gatekeepers Bypassed, Anonymous Tips, and Facebook's Familiar Frustrations

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Ep. 49 - Happier Maps, Better Routes, and the Tyranny of Efficiency with Daniele Quercia

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Ep. 48 - Chasing the Perfect Voting System with Daniel Kronovet

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Ep. 47 - Max on Stage with the Year in Review

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Ep. 46 - The Audio Internet with Shani Offen

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Ep. 45 - Inside Google, Engineer Maryam Aly with a Comprehensive Account

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Ep. 44 - Ranking Foursquare Tips with Enrique Cruz

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Ep. 43 - Self Driving Cars and the Cycle of Adoption

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Ep. 42 - Untouched Civilizations, Media Evolution, and GPlus Collections

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Ep. 41 - The Presidents and Communication Technology with David Pietrusza

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Ep. 40 - Charlie Oliver on Tech 2025, Open and Thought Provoking Conversations about our Near Future

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Ep. 39 - Paradox

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Ep. 38 - Predictions Panel on Virtual Services, Rise of the Outer Suburbs, and Zombie Coins

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Ep. 37 - Naomi Brockwell on Blockchain Tech and Producing for YouTube and TV

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Ep. 36 - The Google Graveyard

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Ep. 35 - Camille Fournier and the Manager's Path

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Ep. 34 - Data Engineering with Joe Crobak, Foundations of Smart Software

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Ep. 33 - Ads, Bias, Censorship, Democracy

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Ep. 32 - Woohoo no work! Cross examining my sabbatical plans

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Ep. 31 - The Problem of Causality with Shirin Mojarad

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Ep. 30 - Entropy is a Decision Tree: Game of Thrones Predictions