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Date Title & Description Contributors
2017-08-11

  Sparks: Interview with David Baron

Christie Aschwanden interviews the author of "American Eclipse," by David Baron.
  FiveThirtyEight, 538, ESPN, Jody Avirgan author
2017-08-10

  Sparks: The Eclipse Of 1878

The Sparks gang discusses "American Eclipse" by David Baron, and the solar eclipse coming to the U.S. later this month.
  FiveThirtyEight, 538, ESPN, Jody Avirgan author
2017-07-27

  WTP Best Of: DNA Evidence

Jody discusses the rise of forensic DNA with Erin Murphy, professor at New York University and author of the book "Inside the Cell."
  FiveThirtyEight, 538, ESPN, Jody Avirgan author
2017-07-18

  WTP Best Of: Adam Ruins Everything

Jody interviews Adam Conover of TruTV's Adam Ruins Everything on how his show covers stats heavy topics.
  FiveThirtyEight, 538, ESPN, Jody Avirgan author
2017-07-07

  Sparks: Interview with Charles Ornstein

Christie Aschwanden talks to journalist Charles Ornstein about how he reports on how money can influence doctors.
  FiveThirtyEight, 538, ESPN, Jody Avirgan author
2017-07-06

  Sparks: Conflicts of interest

The Sparks crew discusses how politicians and scientists wrestle with conflicts of interest, and what the science says about how conflict of interest can change our decisions.
  FiveThirtyEight, 538, ESPN, Jody Avirgan author
2017-06-02

  Sparks: Interview with Bob Holmes

Anna Maria Barry-Jester talks to Bob Holmes, the author of "Flavor: The science of our most neglected sense."
  FiveThirtyEight, 538, ESPN, Jody Avirgan author
2017-06-01

  Sparks: Flavor Science

FiveThirtyEight's science team discusses "Flavor: The science of our most neglected sense," a book by Bob Holmes. They also go flavor tripping.
  FiveThirtyEight, 538, ESPN, Jody Avirgan author
2017-05-18

  WTP Best Of: Bear Mapping

Rae Wynn-Grant, a conservation researcher at the American Museum of Natural History, discusses her work tracking black bears in the American West.
  FiveThirtyEight, 538, ESPN, Jody Avirgan author
2017-05-05

  Sparks: Interview with Thomas Levenson

FiveThirtyEight's Christie Aschwanden interviews the author of "The Hunt for Vulcan."
  FiveThirtyEight, 538, ESPN, Jody Avirgan author