The Jeff-alytics Podcast
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Podcast Overview
<p>Can data uncover the real story of crime and justice in America? </p><p><br></p><p>Jeff Asher—nationally recognized crime data analyst, co-founder of AH Datalytics, co-creator of the Real Time Crime Index, and author of the Jeff-alytics Substack—sits down with policymakers, academics, journalists, and everyday people to reveal what the numbers actually show. Each episode challenges the myths we believe, exposes the gap between headlines and reality, and asks: what happens when we finally see crime clearly? </p><p><br></p><p>New episodes drop every other week! Visit ahdatalytics.com to learn more.</p>
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Recent Episodes
August 19, 2026
Stitching Together America’s Criminal Justice Data with Mike Mueller-Smith
The criminal justice system is big, it is complicated, and it is expensive. But how do we know what parts of it, if any, are working? Enter Mike Mueller-Smith. A decade ago, Mike started building the Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS) a data infrastructure project that links criminal justice records across 40 states to employment outcomes, health data, and more. It is the kind of tool that makes you wonder why it didn’t exist sooner. In this episode, we get into why ...
August 12, 2026
Guns, Data, and the Law with Thomas Chittum
Every time a gun is recovered at a crime scene in America, a quiet process begins. The gun is traced backward through manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers to find out where it came from and how it got to the scene. Most people have no idea this system exists, let alone what it entails. Tom Chittum has spent 25 years inside it. He's a former associate deputy director of the ATF and has spent his career at the intersection of federal law enforcement, firearms law, and the technology used t...
August 5, 2026
Using Social Networks To Reduce Gun Violence With Andrew Papachristos
My guest today is Andrew Papachristos, one of the smartest people (though he is a Bears fan) thinking through how to use data to reduce gun violence. Andy has spent his career trying to read networks more systematically. He’s a professor at Northwestern University who studies how social ties and relationships shape who becomes a victim and who doesn’t and how that knowledge can be put to use before the next shooting, not just after. In this episode, we get into what network science actually i...
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- What is The Jeff-alytics Podcast?
<p>Can data uncover the real story of crime and justice in America? </p><p><br></p><p>Jeff Asher—nationally recognized crime data analyst, co-founder of AH Datalytics, co-creator of the Real Time Crime Index, and author of the Jeff-alytics Substack—sits down with policymakers, academics, journalists, and everyday people to reveal what the numbers actually show. Each episode challenges the myths we believe, exposes the gap between headlines and reality, and asks: what happens when we finally see crime clearly? </p><p><br></p><p>New episodes drop every other week! Visit ahdatalytics.com to learn more.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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