Partially Derivative

This week’s episode was produced by Alex Bouthillier at Apollo Media

The future of data science with Eduardo Ariño de la Rubia

The ethics of data and technology with Anil Dash

This week’s episode was produced by Alex Bouthillier at Apollo Media

Predicting train delays using sound waves and data science with John Akred

The data behind biased algorithms in criminal justice.

Interactive media, data journalism and ethics with Simon Rogers, Data Editor at Google.

This week’s episode was produced by Alex Bouthillier at Apollo Media

We’re doing something a little different this week. Instead of covering the week’s data news, we’re looking at how data science is helping with the very serious problem of suicide prevention. Huge thanks to Glen Coppersmith, CEO of Qntfy, for helping us dig into this topic.

Spoiler alert! We stand with Ruth Toner, in solidarity against spoilers. Vidya discovers a robot that paints like Rembrandt – is it an artist? What is art? What is meaning? We’ll discuss. Plus, Chris has a Beautiful Mind moment and helps you avert the existential crisis that is waiting for...

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 a future dominated by amoral robot overlords, and also comedy gold!

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 triumph over the most obnoxious iPhone game ever created.

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, but instead digs into the crossword scandal of the century (here’s the GitHub repo). Chris was busy washing his hair or something, but he’ll...

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 epidemiologist Eric Lofgren about how humanity can survive the zombie apocalypse.

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 talking about corporate big brother sucking up your work data, plus Miguel Garrido’s epic, data-driven...

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 brainwaves like fingerprints to identify people based only on their thoughts.

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 science team at StitchFix, and invited Eric Colson, the company’s Chief...

Lost. In. Spaaaaaaace! Cosmology! Astrophysics! Astronauts! This week we talk with some amazing guests!

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 Stabe, the head of interactive news at the Financial Times, Sisi Wei, a journalist and news apps developer at ProPublica, and...

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...

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...

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 crew explores the world 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.

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.

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!

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!

This week Jonathon, Chris, and Vidya Spandana discuss the world of data from polling to coins to creativity.

Chris and Jonathon interview the amazing Mona Chalabi from FiveThirtyEight, Jonathon is hysterical and Chris chickens out. Prepare to be amazed!

This week Chris overcompensates for his love of political science while Jonathon continues to be unimpressive.

This week Chris and Jonathon are joined by Kenny Gormanand Ashley McNamara of ObjectRocket and Rackspace.

This week the guys talk about baseball, beer, and everything else!

This week Chris and Jonathon talk about beer reviews, traffic, Game of Thrones, and more!

This week Chris and Jonathon talk about March Madness (again), tracking whales, predicting the death of characters in Game of Thrones (no spoilers), and more!

This week the crew talk about March Madness, tracking basketball, the quantification of Wall Street, and much more.

This week the team talks about Jonathon’s new ISIS analysis, iPython 3, Indian Food, Algorithm Aversion, and more!

This week Chris and Jonathon talk about DJ Patil joining the cast of the West Wing, big data on cows, not being sketchy with user data, and more!

This week the crew talks about the not-so-secret secrets of Hacker News, UPS drivers, love, and how data science is going the way of the Dodo. Kinda.

This week the team explores automating hookups, data science jargon, finding Waldo, and more!

Cheating! Infectious disease! Dystopian snowpocalypse! Also Chris and Jonathon drink beer and make some jokes.

This week the guys breakdown silos and blue sky some new paradigms in turn-key data solutions for social good. Want to join in? Discuss this episode on DataTau!

This week Jonathon and Chris discuss how data affects education, emojis in politics, time-traveling killer robots, and more!

Get ready to have your mind blown. The guys dig into all the best ways you can expand your data science horizons.

Happy New Years! This week the team discusses the data science of Reddit, board games, video games, and… murder!

This week Chris and Jonathon ditch the normal format and share the 10 things they’re looking forward to for 2015. Happy holidays everyone!

With beers in hand, Jonathon and Chris tackle the tough issues! Futuristic universal translators, zombie invasions and the rhythm method!

This week, a drink-less Jonathon and Chris once again delve into the world of data science, exploring the identification of moody music, making Star Wars API pulls, why diversity is a competitive advantage, and much more.

With the tryptophan wearing off, this week the Partially Derivative crew discusses how data science knows when you are quitting your job, feeling sad, spreading lies, and much more.

This week we talk about Ferguson, executive orders, and how much people get paid! Plus aliens!

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