Harvard Data Science Review Podcast

Brought to you by the award winning journal, Harvard Data Science Review, our podcast highlights news, policy, and business through the lens of data science. Each episode is a “case study” into how data is used to lead, mislead, manipulate, and inform the important decisions facing us today.

Getting Refreshing Advice: Sound Data for Sounder Sleep?
Apr 24, 2025 – 30:19
The Most Data-Driven Formula for Success: Formula 1
Mar 31, 2025 – 36:07
Can AI Enhance My Rizz?
Feb 27, 2025 – 35:47
Wrist Deep in Data: A Conversation With WHOOP Founder Will Ahmed
Jan 27, 2025 – 36:09
Artificial Intelligence or Artificial Creativity: Which Strikes the Right Chord?
Dec 26, 2024 – 39:45
Data Are Born to Reveal: So What Can They Tell Us About Pregnancy?
Nov 26, 2024 – 30:25
Digesting 2024 Election Polls: How the Media Reports and Decodes the Numbers
Oct 29, 2024 – 41:04
If You Want to Be a Data Scientist (or a Player) for the NFL, This Is for You…
Sep 27, 2024 – 32:32
I Can’t Believe I Got Hacked! What Can We Do About Cybersecurity?
Aug 29, 2024 – 40:26
How Many Glasses of Wine a Day Keeps the Doctor Away?
Jul 30, 2024 – 45:01
AI and Elections: A Conversation with Secretary Steve Simon of Minnesota
Jun 28, 2024 – 39:03
Future Shock: Grappling With the Generative AI Revolution
May 31, 2024 – 51:22
ChatGPT in the Classroom: Breeding More Cheaters or Better Learners?
Apr 25, 2024 – 34:49
Polling for 2024 U.S. Election: What Should Voters Look for and Trust?
Mar 28, 2024 – 29:55
What Does AI Buy Us or Cost Us? Views From the Financial Industry
Feb 23, 2024 – 39:25
In God We Trust: Everyone Else Must Bring Data or Liberty
Jan 18, 2024 – 32:01
Celebrating Holidays and Milestones of HDSR
Dec 22, 2023 – 01:24
Policing the Predictive Policing: The Promises and Perils of AI Technologies
Nov 30, 2023 – 41:29
Close to Refuge: Integrating AI and Human Insights for Intervention and Prevention
Oct 25, 2023 – 33:08
Out of Data Space? Explore Outer Space!
Sep 28, 2023 – 42:29
What is Data Science?
Aug 30, 2023 – 40:19
Big League Advantage and Harvard Sports Analytics Lab: What Do They Do and How Can I Join?
Jul 26, 2023 – 41:30
Under the Sheets: Producing, Protecting, and Probing Intimate Data
Jun 22, 2023 – 33:32
How Do Data Help Us Weigh the Benefit, Risk, and Cost of Ozempic (and other “Magic” Drugs)?
May 31, 2023 – 31:29
The Intelligence and Rationality of AI and Humans: A Conversation With Steven Pinker
Apr 20, 2023 – 29:57
70 Years After the Kinsey Reports: Is Data Science Improving Our Sex Studies (and Lives?)
Mar 30, 2023 – 34:01
From Financial Markets to ChatGPT: A Conversation With Andrew Lo
Feb 23, 2023 – 42:35
I Promise to Exercise Every January: Can Data Science Help My New Year’s Resolution?
Jan 19, 2023 – 25:44
Does Praying Work? Let’s Pray Data Science Can Help to Answer
Dec 21, 2022 – 31:54
I Want a Perfect Face (and Bra): Can Data Science Help?
Nov 29, 2022 – 24:41
It’s Election Time Again—Do We Predict Better This Time?
Oct 26, 2022 – 32:54
Personalized Treatments: Is That Possible and What Can Data Science Tell Us?
Sep 29, 2022 – 34:56
To Drink or Not to Drink: Can Data Help Us Decide?
Aug 18, 2022 – 37:44
Differential Privacy for the 2020 U.S. Census: Can We Make Data Both Private and Useful? (Part 2)
Aug 10, 2022 – 35:11
Differential Privacy for the 2020 U.S. Census: Can We Make Data Both Private and Useful? (Part 1)
Jul 29, 2022 – 30:58
Public Opinions on Immigrants and Refugees: Does the Data Inform or Misinform Us?
Jun 29, 2022 – 37:44
Is It a Good Idea to Legalize Marijuana? What Can Data Tell Us?
May 25, 2022 – 35:17
Can or Should the Question, “Are We Alone?” be Answered by Data Alone?
Apr 22, 2022 – 40:21
Recommender Systems: “People who listened to this episode also listened to ... “
Mar 25, 2022 – 34:42
Dating App or Matchmaker: Will You Swipe Right?
Feb 14, 2022 – 36:29
Data Science for Criminal Justice: Can We Avoid Black Box Algorithms for High-Stake Decisions?
Jan 25, 2022 – 41:21
Can Data Science Help the Wine Industry (and me, to pick up a good bottle)?
Dec 16, 2021 – 37:27
Government Data: How Do They Serve Us but Also Concern Us
Nov 19, 2021 – 35:15
Pollsters: The Discoverers and Guardians of Public Opinion
Oct 21, 2021 – 43:44
The Future of Artificial Intelligence: Will it be the Terminator or the Jetsons?
Sep 16, 2021 – 39:40
Healthcare Data: Who Takes Care of it and How Healthy is it?
Aug 19, 2021 – 35:16
Mental Health Challenges: How Can Data Science Help?
Jul 16, 2021 – 29:03
Are you Disinformed or Misinformed?
Jun 17, 2021 – 42:11
The Art and Value of Machine Learning in Valuing Art: Hype or Hope?
May 20, 2021 – 37:22
Predicting (2021) Oscar Winners: How Crystal is the Statistical Ball?
Apr 15, 2021 – 27:57

Recent Reviews

v465carol

Great

Love these monthly data updates!
Will nickname not taken angel

Why talk about aliens?

Started good but now has sensationalist alien journalists.
L1498VV

Best ever

Best data science podcast ever