About this Episode
- “Why Political Comparisons are (mostly) Bullshit” Sophie on Misuses of History (II)
- “Why Nate Silver is the Worst (not really, but everyone loves to give him a hard time)” Amos on Political Science and Straight-Line Modeling
Episode Links
- FiveThirtyEight | Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight uses statistical analysis — hard numbers — to tell compelling stories about politics, sports, science, economics and culture.
- The Upshot - The New York Times
- Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) | Twitter — This is the guy who talks about savviness.
- PressThink - PressThink, a project of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University, is written by Jay Rosen. — And here's his site.
- Walter Benjamin - Wikipedia
- William Kristol - Wikipedia — This guy sucks so bad.
- Billy Crystal - Wikipedia — Not to be confused with this guy. Honestly, not my favorite either.
- Electoral Palatinate - Wikipedia — Okay, I guess it was a German thing.
- Palatine Hill - Wikipedia — But I'm pretty sure it comes from this Roman thing.
- Pod Save America — Overcast — Great new podcast from a bunch of guys who worked in the Obama administration.
- Amazon.com: Say Anything — I gave her my heart. She gave me a pen.