'13 Reasons Why' Association with Youth Suicide | Stats + Stories Episode 144 (REPOST)
When reporters cover mass shootings news outlets often struggle to find ways to cover the event that won’t inspire others to do the same thi...
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20 of 448 episodesCommunicating Scientific Contributions | Stats + Stories Episode 394
When you think about science’s contribution to society, do you think first about new inventions with an immediate economic benefit? What abo...
The Dangers of GLP-1s | Stats + Stories Episode 393
Research suggests that more than half of Americans could benefit from taking a GLP-1 RA medication. The drugs were originally designed to he...
What is Nutrition Science | Stats + Stories Episode 214 (REPOST)
An entire industry has grown up around nutrition and health. People pushing everything from shakes, to meal kits, to special diets. While so...
Leadership and Women in Statistics | Stats + Stories Episode 392
Women regularly hold leadership roles in stats departments at universities and in major statistical organizations, but it wasn't so long ago...
The Best Sports Stats from the Past Year | Stats + Stories Episode 391
Sports and statistics go hand-in-hand. But some of those statistics are more interesting than others. Each year, the Royal Statistical Socie...
The Impact of College Vaccine Mandates | Stats + Stories Episode 244 (REPOST)
Last academic year colleges and universities across the US struggled with whether to mandate COVID vaccinations for their students. While co...
Taylor Swift and Markov Chains | Stats + Stories Episode 390
Taylor Swift is an entertainment juggernaut. She's become one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, with her Eras tour grossing m...
Urban Displacement | Stats + Stories Episode 389
It can take decades for an urban community to develop, but a fraction of that time for it to be torn apart. Each year, urban residents are f...
Public Health Equity | Stats + Stories Episode 388
The World Health Organization defines health equity as a public health concept describing equity of access to health resources for genetic,...
Running the Numbers: Portraits of Human Mass Culture | Stats + Stories Episode 387
A 2010 statistic reports that, on average, there are 29,000 personal bankruptcy filings per week in the US, while another states that, on av...
Step Out in the Sunshine | Stats + Short Stories Episode 325 (REPOST)
As you reach the end of a long day with an excess of stress how do you recharge? Have you found that a long stroll in the sun or through the...
Building Statistical Capacity in Africa | Stats + Stories Episode 386
In order to promote the economic and social development of countries, you have to be clear about what economic and social development even m...
The Etymology of the Word Statistics | Stats + Stories Episode 248 (REPOST)
In the late 1600s, a book was published satirizing politics in Europe. Published two decades after the end of the 30 Years’ War, it focuses...
Odds of the Derby | Stats + Stories Episode 385
With the arrival of spring, anticipation grows for the start of horse racing in the United States. The pinnacle of success in the sport is a...
A Statistician Clears the Air | Stats + Stories Episode 20 (REPOST)
Barry Nussbaum (@StatisticsBarry ) is former Chief Statistician at the US EPA, and is president-elect of the American Statistical Associatio...
What Are Blue Foods? | Stats + Stories Episode 384
More than 3 billion people rely on seafood to supply a significant portion of the annual protein in their diets. That number will only rise...
Suffragette Statistics | Stats + Stories Episode 318 (REPOST)
The work of suffragettes in both the United Kingdom and the United States has been immortalized in textbooks, as well as in movies and TV. T...
Countering Vaccine Skepticism | Stats + Stories Episode 383 Pt. 2
In early January 2026, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced changes to the childhood immunization schedules, reduci...
Countering Vaccine Skepticism | Stats + Stories Episode 383 Pt. 1
Three hundred and thirty-two days, that was the international statistic of the year in 2020, as identified by the Royal Statistical Society....