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Politics Podcast: Does Trump’s Mood Matter?

The Trump administration is coming off of a week of (seemingly) ad hoc policy announcements and a high-profile staff departure. So the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team discusses how the Trump administration makes decisions and whether we learned anything from the past week. FiveThirtyEight’s Perry Bacon Jr. joins the crew to debate how much the president’s […]

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We Talk Curling And Stats With The Guys Who Won The Gold

It all started as a predawn tweet: No spoilers but I think we're gonna have to have an emergency curling podcast @jodyavirgan @Neil_Paine — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) February 21, 2018 But after the U.S. men’s Olympic curling team won gold in Pyeongchang, we knew it had to become reality. So, on Friday, despite bad weather […]

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We Talk Curling And Stats With The Guys Who Won The Gold

It all started as a predawn tweet: No spoilers but I think we're gonna have to have an emergency curling podcast @jodyavirgan @Neil_Paine — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) February 21, 2018 But after the U.S. men’s Olympic curling team won gold in Pyeongchang, we knew it had to become reality. So, on Friday, despite bad weather […]

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The Race To The Bottom Of The NBA

Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. On this week’s show (March 1, 2018), Neil, Chris and Kyle chat about Jimmy Butler’s recent injury and how it might affect the Minnesota Timberwolves, who are currently on track to make the playoffs. Next, they dive into tanking in the NBA. As of our taping, eight teams […]

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The Race To The Bottom Of The NBA

Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. On this week’s show (March 1, 2018), Neil, Chris and Kyle chat about Jimmy Butler’s recent injury and how it might affect the Minnesota Timberwolves, who are currently on track to make the playoffs. Next, they dive into tanking in the NBA. As of our taping, eight teams […]

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