The best of Slate podcasts for the week of Sept. 16.

When Big Data Goes Bad, on This Week’s Best Slate Podcasts

When Big Data Goes Bad, on This Week’s Best Slate Podcasts

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Sept. 16 2016 5:07 PM
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The Best of Slate Podcasts

Only have time for one podcast this week? Make it this one.

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In this edition of our members-only podcast digest, listen to the best segments of the week:

  • Slate Money on algorithms and how big data can fail us (begins at 00:00:30);
  • Hang Up and Listen on the Hall of Fame career of Slate’s favorite basketball player, with special guest Annie Beaty, the widow of Zelmo Beaty (00:24:10);
  • The Culture Gabfest on a replication crisis in science and why you might not be able to smile your way to happiness, with special guest Daniel Engber (00:43:15);
  • And the Political Gabfest on what to make of encouraging news about the economy and rising incomes, with special guest Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus (01:05:00).