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Episode 318: Nate Silver
Thinking Poker - February 24, 2020 16:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 304 ratingsNate Silver joins us to discuss his former career as a professional poker player, why he still plays, and how poker influenced his current career as an editor and forecaster at FiveThirtyEight. In the strategy segment, Andrew offers an intuitive ... Read more...
#29: Nate Silver on RAPTOR
Thinking Basketball - October 18, 2019 23:25 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 787 ratingsNate Silver stops by to take a deep dive into 538's new in-house metric RAPTOR. We talk about the research behind the model and its strengths and weaknesses going forward. Apologies for some audio glitches. Check out RAPTOR details here: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/introducing-raptor-our...
Episode 87: Nate Silver and the Crisis of Pundit Brain
Citations Needed - September 18, 2019 14:57 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsNate Silver tell us Joe Biden’s inconsistent political beliefs are, in fact, a benefit. They’re “his calling card” and evidence he “reads the room pretty well”. Venality, we are told, is “a normal and often successful [mode] for a politician.” Insurgent progressive groups like Justice Democrats ...
Behind Nate Silver’s war with The New York Times... and More Stories
POLITICO Top Stories - August 15, 2019 14:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 172 ratingsIncluded in this SpokenEdition: 1) Behind Nate Silver’s war with The New York Times 2) Trump resists aides’ pressure to back Hong Kong protesters 3) ‘Corey is a political hack’: Lewandowski Senate bid hits backlash in N.H. 4) Susan Collins and the GOP court Trump ...
July 18: Nate Silver's computer hates the Blazers
Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers - July 18, 2019 07:13 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 188 ratingsMike's back from vacation to talk trades and predictions. But the real news is that Nate Silver keeps building predictive algorithms that think the Blazers will miss the playoffs. The lesson is it's okay to always be wrong, I think? The real lesson is to tell your friends to listen to Locked On ...
Nate Silver is Full of Shit
Millennial Review - April 25, 2019 13:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 118 ratingsToday we discuss the general state of the 2020 race. Where everyone stands, how things are shaping up, and where we see things going from here. Also we spend a lot of time taking down Nate Silver and other "data journalists" who seem to base their opinion on everything but data. And much more! ...
Who's There: Nate Silver & Sarah Huckabee Sanders?
Who? Weekly - February 22, 2019 07:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.4K ratingsDon't let the title worry you, this is not a political episode. We just had to mention our shoutout on the 538 Politics Podcast (Nate Silver, Who, thinks our podcast seems "fun") and the iconic dot Sara Huckabee Sanders left on her Notes App announcement that her boss was about to declare a natio...
204: Not Famous Enough For Nate Silver
Unparliamentary Language - November 13, 2018 16:31 - 1 hourRob and Tom discuss the midterm elections 2018 and whether there was the “blue wave” everyone was expecting. TOPICS - Wycombe High School Question Time - The Headlines - The Midterm Elections - Polls Update SUPPORT Support all TTSS shows on Patreon SHOWNOTES Tomorrow's Papers Today Wyc...
Nate Silver
Slate Conversations - October 05, 2018 14:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 179 ratingsNate Silver is the editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight.com. He sits down with Isaac Chotiner to discuss what effect the Kavanaugh controversy has had on the 2018 elections, the odds that Trump gets re-elected in 2020, and the political choices facing the Democratic Party. Email: [email protected]...
I Have to Ask: Nate Silver
Slate Daily Feed - October 05, 2018 14:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 1K ratingsNate Silver is the editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight.com. He sits down with Isaac Chotiner to discuss what effect the Kavanaugh controversy has had on the 2018 elections, the odds that Trump gets re-elected in 2020, and the political choices facing the Democratic Party. Email: [email protected]...
034: Special Edition With Nate Silver and Harry Enten (FiveThirtyEight.com)
Live From America Podcast - August 07, 2017 03:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsA Special Exclusive FiveThirtyEight.com Edition. This week on Live From America Podcast, we are joined by Editor-in-Chief of FiveThirtyEight.com, Nate Silver, as well as FiveThirtyEight's political writer and analyst, Harry Enten. Also in the studio, we have a former longtime writer for the Dail...
Sparks (Part 2) Nate Silver and Michael Lewis
What's The Point - December 16, 2016 08:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 385 ratingsThis month we're discussing Michael Lewis's new book "The Undoing Project." Here he talks with Nate Silver about his work. Be sure to check out part 1!
10. Nate Silver: Poll Whisperer
Next Question with Katie Couric - November 03, 2016 07:03 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 4.2K ratingsNate Silver, founder and editor-in-chief of the website FiveThirtyEight, is America's favorite statistician. His website is required reading for anyone obsessing over U.S. elections. He joins Katie and Brian to talk about polling methods, Comeygate and why post-election gridlock is a very safe be...
NATE SILVER on polling errors, media refusing to call sexual assault, and e-mail hacks
Employee of the Month - November 02, 2016 01:59 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 129 ratingsNate Silver the leading political pollster in history, and is as deft with sports and social issues. Silver explores all three arenas as the Founder and Editor-in-Chief at 538, which he sold to ESPN, after a stint at The New York Times. In our interview, which was recorded live at Joe's Pub at ...
Nate Silver: Primary whiff made me humbler, smarter
POLITICO's Off Message - July 05, 2016 03:59 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 613 ratingsStatistician and fivethirtyeight.com founder Nate Silver sits down with Glenn Thrush to discuss his general election predictions, how his attitude towards journalism has changed since 2008, what he's learned from getting it wrong, and how third-party votes could affect 2016.
Episode 188: Nate Silver
Longform - April 13, 2016 15:23 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratingsNate Silver is the founder of FiveThirtyEight and the author of The Signal and the Noise. “I know in a perfectly rational world, if you make an 80/20 prediction, people should know that not only will this prediction not be right all the time, but you did something wrong if it’s never wrong. The ...
Can Donald Trump Be Stopped? (Nate Silver, Founder, FiveThirtyEight)
Recode Media with Peter Kafka - March 24, 2016 04:01 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 468 ratingsFiveThirtyEight founder and Editor in Chief Nate Silver talks with Peter Kafka about the 2016 election, and why his site was one of many that didn't see Donald Trump coming. He calls Trump a "demagogue" who has succeeded under extraordinary circumstances and says he has a 25 percent to 30 percent...
Nate Silver on the Supreme Court and the Underrated Stat for Finding Good Food (Live at Mason)
Conversations with Tyler - February 23, 2016 13:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsNate Silver joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on data, forecasting, My Bloody Valentine, the social value of gambling, Donald Trump and the presidential field, vacation advice, Supreme Court picks, the wisdom of Björk, and the most underrated statistic for finding good food. Read a full tra...
NATE SILVER on his own confirmation bias, Trump vs. Rubio, VOX vs. 538, and New York Times vs. ESPN
Employee of the Month - November 06, 2015 02:07 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 129 ratingsNATE SILVER may be best known as political pollster, but he describes himself as "well rounded" and talks about the perils of having, what I call, a halo effect. In our interview for Employee of the Month, which was taped live at Joe’s Pub in New York, we spoke the day before Halloween on everyt...
#11 Nate Silver
How To Be Amazing with Michael Ian Black - September 02, 2015 10:36 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 2K ratingsIn this episode, Michael talks with Nate Silver, the founder and editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight.com, who is a statistical celebrity. His take on data is not only accessible and fascinating to those of us who flunked algebra, but it’s correct and has garnered him a huge following an...
Statistics With Nate Silver: Masters in Business (Audio)
Masters in Business - August 21, 2015 21:22 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsAug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg View columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Nate Silver. Silver is the founder and editor in chief of FiveThirtyEight. He formerly worked as a blogger covering politics for the New York Times. They discuss sports, politics and statistics. This interview aired on Bloo...
Nate Silver On The Art And Science Of Prediction
Intelligence Squared - December 19, 2013 10:32 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 690 ratingsNate Silver is the 35-year-old data engineer and forecaster with superstar status. He shot to fame in 2008 for correctly predicting the outcome in 49 out of 50 states in the US presidential election. In 2012, when most media pundits and political analysts claimed the US election was “too close to...
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