Partially Derivative

We talk with the New York Times, Financial Times and ProPublica about how data investigation and interactive storytelling are changing journalism.

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 of openWAR, a technique for predicting the worth of baseball players. We dig into how huge amounts of data...

Three famous sports analysts tell us how sports are being fundamentally changed by data and data science!

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 responsible for discovering the elusive Higgs Boson, and Dr. Lee Smolin, one of the theoretical physicists behind Loop quantum gravity, and author of...

Exploding atoms, baby universes, and the foundation of existence. We talk to a CERN physicist about finding the Higgs Boson, and a theoretical physicist about time before the Big Bang.

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!

The CTO of the Republicans and Director of Data Science for the Democrats talk politics, data and how elections are won.

The crew explores the world of using data science to create art.

Chris and Vidya discuss the new frontier of using data science to create art.

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.

Is there data in love? Are there numbers in sex? We'll find out. Also we go behind the scenes at a craft brewery.

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.

This week the team interviews Ben Wellington of IQuantNY and discusses the data science of shark attacks and Greece's troubles.

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 Club around 5:30 on Wednesday. Swing by if you’re free!

Christina Warren from Mashable and Google's machine learning misfires.