Stats + Stories

The Stats + Stories Team

Statistics need Stories to give them meaning. Stories need Statistics to give them credibility. Every Thursday John Bailer & Rosemary Pennington get together with a new, interesting guest to bring you the Statistics behind the Stories and the Stories behind the Statistics.

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Thursday · 29 min
Communicating Scientific Contributions | Stats + Stories Episode 394
When you think about science’s contribution to so…
August 31 · 21 min
The Dangers of GLP-1s | Stats + Stories Episode 393
Research suggests that more than half of American…
August 20 · 25 min
What is Nutrition Science | Stats + Stories Episode 214 (REPOST)
An entire industry has grown up around nutrition …
August 13 · 25 min
Leadership and Women in Statistics | Stats + Stories Episode 392
Women regularly hold leadership roles in stats de…
July 23 · 24 min
The Best Sports Stats from the Past Year | Stats + Stories Episode 391
Sports and statistics go hand-in-hand. But some o…
July 17 · 24 min
The Impact of College Vaccine Mandates | Stats + Stories Episode 244 (REPOST)
Last academic year colleges and universities acro…
July 9 · 27 min
Taylor Swift and Markov Chains | Stats + Stories Episode 390
Taylor Swift is an entertainment juggernaut. She'…
June 25 · 30 min
Urban Displacement | Stats + Stories Episode 389
It can take decades for an urban community to dev…
June 11 · 28 min
Public Health Equity | Stats + Stories Episode 388
The World Health Organization defines health equi…
May 28 · 30 min
Running the Numbers: Portraits of Human Mass Culture | Stats + Stories Episode 387
A 2010 statistic reports that, on average, there …
May 21 · 11 min
Step Out in the Sunshine | Stats + Short Stories Episode 325 (REPOST)
As you reach the end of a long day with an excess…
May 14 · 28 min
Building Statistical Capacity in Africa | Stats + Stories Episode 386
In order to promote the economic and social devel…
April 30 · 23 min
The Etymology of the Word Statistics | Stats + Stories Episode 248 (REPOST)
In the late 1600s, a book was published satirizin…
April 23 · 26 min
Odds of the Derby | Stats + Stories Episode 385
With the arrival of spring, anticipation grows fo…
April 16 · 32 min
A Statistician Clears the Air | Stats + Stories Episode 20 (REPOST)
Barry Nussbaum (@StatisticsBarry ) is former Chie…
April 9 · 27 min
What Are Blue Foods? | Stats + Stories Episode 384
More than 3 billion people rely on seafood to sup…
March 26 · 23 min
Suffragette Statistics | Stats + Stories Episode 318 (REPOST)
The work of suffragettes in both the United Kingd…
March 19 · 30 min
Countering Vaccine Skepticism | Stats + Stories Episode 383 Pt. 2
In early January 2026, the U.S. Centers for Disea…
March 12 · 29 min
Countering Vaccine Skepticism | Stats + Stories Episode 383 Pt. 1
Three hundred and thirty-two days, that was the i…
February 26 · 30 min
Measuring Poverty | Stats + Stories Episode 382
According to the World Bank, some 3.5 billion peo…

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