David Baron

Christie Aschwanden interviews the author of "American Eclipse," by David Baron.

Sparks: Interview with David Baron

The Sparks gang discusses "American Eclipse" by David Baron, and the solar eclipse coming to the U.S. later this month.

Sparks: The Eclipse Of 1878

Jody discusses the rise of forensic DNA with Erin Murphy, professor at New York University and author of the book "Inside the Cell."

WTP Best Of: DNA Evidence

Jody interviews Adam Conover of TruTV's Adam Ruins Everything on how his show covers stats heavy topics.

WTP Best Of: Adam Ruins Everything

Charles Ornstein

Christie Aschwanden talks to journalist Charles Ornstein about how he reports on how money can influence doctors.

Sparks: Interview with Charles Ornstein

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.

Sparks: Conflicts of interest

Bob Holmes

Anna Maria Barry-Jester talks to Bob Holmes, the author of "Flavor: The science of our most neglected sense."

Sparks: Interview with Bob Holmes

FiveThirtyEight's science team discusses "Flavor: The science of our most neglected sense," a book by Bob Holmes. They also go flavor tripping.

Sparks: Flavor Science

Rae Wynn-Grant, a conservation researcher at the American Museum of Natural History, discusses her work tracking black bears in the American West.

WTP Best Of: Bear Mapping

Thomas Levenson

FiveThirtyEight's Christie Aschwanden interviews the author of "The Hunt for Vulcan."

Sparks: Interview with Thomas Levenson

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

Ladies discussing science make this lady scientist very happy.

Love, love, love Sparks!

Great podcast.

What's The Point

Song Exploder talks with Rivers Cuomo of Weezer about his very nerdy songwriting style. Plus, we're collecting your playlists at DefeatedJoy.com

Song Exploder talks with Rivers Cuomo of Weezer about his very nerdy songwriting style. Plus, we're collecting your playlists at <a href="http://DefeatedJoy.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DefeatedJoy.com</a>

.47 Rivers Cuomo Has Spreadsheets (from Song Exploder)

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.

Sparks: "An American Sickness"

Our science team discusses Michael Lewis's new book, which is about the rise of behavioral economics. Check out part 2, coming soon, in which Nate Silver talks with Lewis.

Sparks - The Undoing Project

FiveThirtyEight's science team discusses Will Storr's book, "The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the enemies of science."

Sparks - The Unpersuadables

In 1970's NYC, huge swaths of the city were engulfed in flames. Bad stats may have been to blame. Joe Flood, author of "The Fires," tells the story.

.19 Why The Bronx Burned

Jody Avirgan and Carl Bialik discuss research into how we get information and what information we trust.

WTP Best Of: Your Certainty Bubble

Our monthly science series looks at why humans make, or don't make, risky choices. Part 2 of this conversation - and interview with author Kayt Sukel - airs next week.

.67 Sparks: Risk

We're doing a mini-interview every day for a week about the the 538 guns project. Anna Maria Barry-Jester discusses her reporting from Wyoming. fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths

We're doing a mini-interview every day for a week about the the 538 guns project. Anna Maria Barry-Jester discusses her reporting from Wyoming. <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths</a>

.54.3 - Men, Suicide, And Guns

Every day for a week, we'll discuss the new FiveThirtyEight project on gun deaths in America. Today, editor Simone Landon frames the issue. www.fivethirtyeight.com/gun-deaths

Every day for a week, we'll discuss the new FiveThirtyEight project on gun deaths in America. Today, editor Simone Landon frames the issue. <a href="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/gun-deaths" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.fivethirtyeight.com/gun-deaths</a>

.54.1 - A Week Of Conversations About Gun Deaths

What does it take to revise a cold, hard science fact? This monthas Sparks podcast explores that question in the context of aThe Hunt for Vulcana by Thomas Levenson.

Sparks: "The Hunt for Vulcan"

Our series - a mini-interview every day for a week - on the guns project continues with reporter Ben Casselman. See the full project fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths

Our series - a mini-interview every day for a week - on the guns project continues with reporter Ben Casselman. See the full project <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths</a>

.54.2 - Stopping Gun Deaths In New Orleans

Religion is personal, nuanced, evolving -- which makes it particularly resistant to easy quantification. Emma Green (Atlantic) and Leah Libresco (538) discuss stats and faith.

.22 God, In One Chart

FiveThirtyEight's Maggie Koerth-Baker talks with author Will Storr about his book "The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the enemies of science."

Sparks: Interview with the author of "The Unpersuadables" 

A mini-interview a day for a week about the 538 guns project. Leah Libresco discusses how other countries have reacted to mass shootings. fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths

A mini-interview a day for a week about the 538 guns project. Leah Libresco discusses how other countries have reacted to mass shootings. <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths</a>

.54.5 Mass Shootings

A rerun of a conversation with Samuel Sinyangwe describing why data on police shootings is so murky. Samuel runs mappingpoliceviolence.org and checkthepolice.org

A rerun of a conversation with Samuel Sinyangwe describing why data on police shootings is so murky. Samuel runs <a href="http://mappingpoliceviolence.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mappingpoliceviolence.org</a> and <a href="http://checkthepolice.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">checkthepolice.org</a>

.53 Mapping Police Violence

David Yanofsky is suing the U.S. government for immigration data after they wanted to charge him $173,775 for it. fivethirtyeight.com/podcasts

David Yanofsky is suing the U.S. government for immigration data after they wanted to charge him $173,775 for it. <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/podcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fivethirtyeight.com/podcasts</a>

.51 The $173,775 Data Set

Andy Greenwald

Josh Lynn says his "consumer engagement" algorithm can predict how a movie will do - months before it's even made. A special co-podcast with Grantland's Andy Greenwald.

.13 Moneyball For Movies (w/ Andy Greenwald)

A mini-interview a day for a week about the 538 guns project. Hayley Mungia discusses how to get guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths

A mini-interview a day for a week about the 538 guns project. Hayley Mungia discusses how to get guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths</a>

.54.4 - Guns And Domestic Violence

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