The R Weekly podcast offers a quick description of the latest highlighted stories and other stories from the latest R Weekly issue, as curated by the R Weekly team and R community.
What happens when that online data set isn't so easy to download anymore? We learn of two packages to ease the pain of obtaining these files and then some. Plus a visit to the visualization corner with a handy way to send interactive charts without requiring a server-side process, plus the key questions and principles to create amazing plots.
Episode Links
This week's curator: Jonathan Kitt - @jonathankitt.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/jonathankitt.bsky.social) (Bluesky)
Introducing safeconduct and r2parquet (https://doodles.mountainmath.ca/posts/2026-10-26-introducing-safeconduct-and-r2parquet/)
How to make interactive charts you can email (https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/interactive-charts-ggiraph/)
On message and on brand: conversation-starting dataviz with R and ggplot2 (https://www.cararthompson.com/talks/on-message-on-brand-dataviz/)
Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W45 (https://rweekly.org/2026-W45.html)
Supplement Resources
Brad Lindblad family fundraiser https://give.lendahandup.org/fundraisers/brad-h-lindblad (https://give.lendahandup.org/fundraisers/brad-h-lindblad)
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R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org (https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1062040) - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby (https://getalby.com/), and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.
A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info (https://value4value.info)
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Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast) (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/rpodcast.bsky.social) (BlueSky) and @theRcast (https://twitter.com/theRcast) (X/Twitter)
Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (https://fosstodon.org/@mike_thomas) (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/mike-thomas.bsky.social) (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook) (X/Twitter)
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The Art of Zoning Out - Pokemon Scarlet - timaeus222 - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04570 (https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04570)
The Unnamed Frontier - Metroid II: Return of Samus - Pyro Paper Planes, Viking Guitar - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02892 (https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02892)
30 Oct 2026
Issue 2026-W44 Highlights
The celebration of rOpenSci's 15-year anniversary continues with the community sharing their perspectives, and a fun Shiny app that could be quite useful during celebrations on a weekend or the holidays. If you ever wanted to hear a slightly unhinged episode of the podcast, this is it!
Episode Links
This week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (https://fosstodon.org/@jonmcalder) (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (https://twitter.com/jonmcalder) (X/Twitter)
Celebrating 15 Years of rOpenSci: Then, Now & Next (https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/10/20/15yo-events/)
Estimate your BAC, now 100% in the browser (https://sumsar.net/blog/drinkr-in-the-browser/)
Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W44 (https://rweekly.org/2026-W44.html)
Supplement Resources
rOpenSci Developer Guide https://devguide.ropensci.org/ (https://devguide.ropensci.org/)
rOpenSci Peer Review Process https://ropensci.org/software-review/ (https://ropensci.org/software-review/)
Donation page for rOpenSci https://ropensci.org/donate/ (https://ropensci.org/donate/)
drinkR: Estimate your Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) https://rasmusab.github.io/drinkr/ (https://rasmusab.github.io/drinkr/)
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A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info (https://value4value.info)
Get in touch with us on social media
Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast) (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/rpodcast.bsky.social) (BlueSky) and @theRcast (https://twitter.com/theRcast) (X/Twitter)
Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (https://fosstodon.org/@mike_thomas) (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/mike-thomas.bsky.social) (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook) (X/Twitter)
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Ice Cap Zone (Pulse Mix) - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - MkVaff - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04400 (https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04400)
23 Oct 2026
Issue 2026-W43 Highlights
We learn about the variety of ways you can contribute back to the core of R, a roundup of the excellent choices available for package and environment reproducibility, and an amazing collection of Shiny applications and packages addressing massive needs in bioinformatics … all created in a single internship!
Episode Links
This week's curator: Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast) (Mastodon) & @rpodcast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/rpodcast.bsky.social) (BlueSky) & @theRcast (https://twitter.com/theRcast) (X/Twitter)
How Do I Contribute to R? A Guide to Getting Involved with R Core (https://r-consortium.org/posts/how-do-i-contribute-to-r/)
{renv}, {rix}, rv, uvr, ir: An explosion of R package and environment managers (https://rworks.dev/posts/r-managers/)
Genomes, Prompts, and Shiny: What I Built During My Summer at Posit (https://opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-10-08_genomes-prompts-and-shiny/)
Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W43 (https://rweekly.org/2026-W43.html)
Supplement Resources
R Developer Guide https://contributor.r-project.org/rdevguide/ (https://contributor.r-project.org/rdevguide/)
R Dev Container Guide https://contributor.r-project.org/r-dev-env/ (https://contributor.r-project.org/r-dev-env/)
Package Management in R (R/Pharma Hangout) https://rinpharma.com/docs/hangout/recordings/package_management/ (https://rinpharma.com/docs/hangout/recordings/package_management/)
Supporting the show
Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact (https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact) to send us your feedback
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A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info (https://value4value.info)
Get in touch with us on social media
Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast) (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/rpodcast.bsky.social) (BlueSky) and @theRcast (https://twitter.com/theRcast) (X/Twitter)
Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (https://fosstodon.org/@mike_thomas) (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/mike-thomas.bsky.social) (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook) (X/Twitter)
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Lost in a Nightmare - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Palpable - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03001 (https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03001)
On Wings of Steel - Afterburner - Juan Medrano - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03405 (https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03405)
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