The MIT Press Podcast

The MIT Press Podcast

Hosted by Miranda Melcher and Caleb Zakarin · The MIT Press

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49Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
580
Episodes
10
Transcribed
37
Ratings
Weekly
Cadence
2011
First episode

About The MIT Press Podcast

Interviews with authors of MIT Press books.

Publisher
The MIT Press
Category
education
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
15 Jun 2011
Latest episode
11 Nov 2026
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Latest episodes

10 of 580 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 11 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Data by Design: Visualization and Power from Abolition to the Dawn of Data Science with Lauren F. Klein (MIT Press, 2026)

  2. 5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Soviet Blocks: The Bizarre Puzzle of How Tetris Embraced Western Values with Julien Mailland (MIT Press, 2026)

  3. 4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    The Hypocrisy Trap: How Changing What We Criticize Can Improve Our Lives with Michael Hallsworth (MIT Press, 2026)

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Data by Design: Visualization and Power from Abolition to the Dawn of Data Science with Lauren F. Klein (MIT Press, 2026)

Published 11 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And so it's a really, valuable data set. It's a really troubling data set. And people have tried to visualize it for a very, very long time, largely unsuccessfully, because it's really hard when you're working with data that is, in effect, the record of a process that converted people into numbers. […]

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Who has been a guest on The MIT Press Podcast

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  • Julien Mailland
  • Michael Hallsworth
  • Max Haiven
  • Jennifer Hoewe
  • Lee Alan Dugatkin

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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.9 / 5
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Spotify
4.4 / 5
16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

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Engagement
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