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PeppTalks with Jeanne PepperPeppTalks with Jeanne Pepper Ep 345 Avi Finley Modern EthicistAvigail Victoria "Avi" Finley is a modern-day ethicist, writer, and public intellectual who is redefining how ethical frameworks apply to daily life. Her unique worldview is forged from a diverse and deeply human background, spanning service as an Israeli combat medic, years of educational and community work, and high-level technology-policy research at the Zvi Meitar Institute. This rich tapestry of experiences allows her to approach complex moral questions with a rare blend of practical wisdom, cultural depth, and unwavering empathy.Episode 345Hosted by: Jeanne Pepper Guest: Avi FinleyProducer: Eli Moskowitz
2026-10-151h 20
Jewish Stories to Inspire: Motivational & Spiritual Stories Based on the Torah's Ethics, Values and Wisdom5938 - Sukkos Stories To Inspire (9 Incredible Stories)1. R' Avi Wiesenfeld2. R' Yechiel Spero3. R' Yaakov Moskowitz4. R' Yaakov Rahimi5. R' Sinai Yakobian6. R' Avi Slansky7. R' Chanan Gordon8. R' Shmuel Reichman9. R' Uri LatiFor more stories, please visit www.storiestoinspire.orgPlease take a moment to subscribe, rate and review our podcast.Thank you!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jewish-stories-to-inspire-motivational-and-spiritual-stories/donations
2026-09-2552 min
eCommerce Evolution PodcasteCommerce Evolution | 343: The $270 Billion Checkout Problem (And How to Recover Your Share)Most e-commerce brands pour everything into getting customers to checkout — and then hand them a generic, one-size-fits-all experience that quietly kills the sale. Avi Moskowitz, co-founder of PDQ, has processed millions of checkouts across top Shopify brands (including Jones Road Beauty), and his diagnosis is blunt: cart abandonment isn’t a technical problem. It’s an...
2026-06-1152 min
eCommerce EvolutionThe $270 Billion Checkout Problem (And How to Recover Your Share)Most e-commerce brands pour everything into getting customers to checkout — and then hand them a generic, one-size-fits-all experience that quietly kills the sale. Avi Moskowitz, co-founder of PDQ, has processed millions of checkouts across top Shopify brands (including Jones Road Beauty), and his diagnosis is blunt: cart abandonment isn't a technical problem. It's an emotional one. And it's leaving $270 billion on the table every year.Inside the episode:Why your checkout is the one place segmentation goes to die — and how personalizing it by customer type (first-time, returning, high-value) can drive an 18% AOV lift or double-digit conv...
2026-06-1152 min
Marketing OperatorsMattel & PDQ: Scaling Through Data, Checkout, and Customer TrustMina Zandbar (VP of Global eCommerce & Digital Growth at Mattel) and Avi Moskowitz (Co-Founder & CEO) of PrettyDamnQuick, join hosts Connor MacDonald + Cody Plofker to explore ecommerce growth from two very different vantage points — one inside an 80-year-old, multi-billion dollar toy company; the other, building the infrastructure that helps brands stop leaking revenue at checkout. Together, they reveal how your business can better use first-party data, AI, and smarter checkout experiences to improve customer trust and sell more. Avi explains how optimizing logistics and personalization inside checkout unlocks profit revenue, while Mina shares how Mattel builds agil...
2026-03-061h 03
Very True by VerissimoFrom Craft Beer to Autonomous Checkout: Living Life in Chapters with Avi Moskowitz, CEO of PDQIn this episode of Very True, Alex sits down with Avi Moskowitz, Founder and CEO of PDQ, to explore the evolution of e-commerce from a simple "copy-paste" of retail to a data-driven, personalized experience. Avi shares his unique entrepreneurial journey—from bootstrapping an ISP and selling medical software to managing a craft beer business in Israel—and how those diverse "chapters" led him to tackle the $270 billion problem of cart abandonment. Together, they discuss why trust and logistics are the new battlegrounds for merchants, how to listen to customers at scale using AI, and the future of "autonomous checkout."
2025-12-2246 min
The Marketing Playbook with Mark FriedmanAvi Moskowitz - Co-Founder & CEO of PrettyDamnQuick (PDQ) Avi Moskowitz, the Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of PrettyDamnQuick (PDQ), adds his page to the Marketing Playbook. Hear how to find your co-founder, the characteristics you need as a startup founder, how to have patience & execute, what Avi learned from his parents as Holocaust survivors, and his fascinating journey with BeerBazaar. Connect with Avi at PrettyDamnQuick.com and on LinkedIn
2025-11-1338 min
The Marketing Playbook with Mark FriedmanAvi Moskowitz - Co-Founder & CEO of PrettyDamnQuick (PDQ)Avi Moskowitz, the Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of PrettyDamnQuick (PDQ), adds his page to the Marketing Playbook. Hear how to find your co-founder, the characteristics you need as a startup founder, how to have patience & execute, what Avi learned from his parents as Holocaust survivors, and his fascinating journey with BeerBazaar. Connect with Avi at PrettyDamnQuick.com and on LinkedIn
2025-11-1338 min
The Digital Deep Dive With Aaron ConantThe Future of eCommerce: A Compilation of Trends in Streaming TV Ads, Fulfillment, and MoreAaron Conant is the Co-founder and Chief Digital Strategist at BWG Connect, a leading platform for executive strategy and networking sessions. In conjunction with BWG Strategy, BWG Connect has built an exclusive network of over 125,000 senior professionals and hosts over 2,000 virtual and in-person networking events annually. With over a decade of experience in digital commerce, Aaron provides advisory services to brands on Amazon sales strategies, retail media, DTC platform selection, and SEO. Before starting BWG Connect, Aaron was the Head of eCommerce Sales and Business Development at Perrigo and a Research Scientist at Pfizer. He is also the host...
2025-02-2010 minThe Digital Deep Dive With Aaron ConantUsing Hyper-Personalized Checkout To Drive Conversion With Avi MoskowitzAvi Moskowitz is the Co-founder and CEO of PrettyDamnQuick, a fast-growing eCommerce delivery app facilitating delivery experiences for top DTC and CPG brands. As an eight-figure veteran entrepreneur, he specializes in improving brands' checkout conversions and shipping revenues. Avi also hosts the Delivering Delight podcast and co-founded BeerBazaar, a top-rated craft brewery with an online shop that became one of the top 10 Shopify stores in Israel. In this episode… Brands expend money and resources acquiring customers just for them to abandon their carts at checkout. This is an industry-wide epidemic, with yearly revenue losses of up...
2024-10-3139 min
Podcast THE ECOMMERCE EDGE con Jason Greenwood - Edición en EspañolE429:🎙️PERSONALIZACIÓN DE LA EXPERIENCIA DE ENVÍO DE COMERCIO ELECTRÓNICO AL PAGAR | AVI MOSKOWITZ - PRETTYDAMNQUICK | THE ECOMMERCE EDGE Podcast💡Avi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/moskowitzavi) es el cofundador y director ejecutivo de PrettyDamnQuick - https://www.prettydamnquick.com
💡PrettyDamnQuick es una plataforma de habilitación de personalización de envíos de comercio electrónico para marcas de comercio electrónico
💡PrettyDamnQuick permite a las marcas realizar pruebas A/B al finalizar la compra para encontrar el mejor rendimiento: umbral de envío gratuito, precios de envío y mensajes de texto, ventas adicionales, insignias y ofertas.
💡PrettyDamnQuick ayuda a las marcas de comercio electrónico a aumentar los ingresos con:
- Borrar fecha...
2024-10-0458 min
THE ECOMMERCE EDGE Podcast with Jason GreenwoodE429:🎙️PERSONALIZING THE ECOMMERCE SHIPPING EXPERIENCE AT CHECKOUT | AVI MOSKOWITZ - PRETTYDAMNQUICK | THE ECOMMERCE EDGE Podcast💡Avi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/moskowitzavi) is the Co-Founder & CEO of PrettyDamnQuick - https://www.prettydamnquick.com
💡PrettyDamnQuick is an eCommerce shipping personalization enablement platform for eCommerce brands
💡PrettyDamnQuick allows brands to A/B test in checkout to find their best performing everything: Free shipping threshold, Shipping pricing & text, Upsells, badges & offers
💡PrettyDamnQuick helps eCommerce brands to boost revenues with:
- Clear Amazon-like “Arrive by” dates for each order,
- Real-time calculations: zones, processing time, backlogs, blackout dates
- Upsell faster delivery, order protection, gift unlocks, returns, and mor...
2024-10-0454 min
Trailblazers By Pave TalentAddressing the Lack of Markets in Non-Market Domains Ft Avi YashchinSee if we can help you: https://pavetalent.com/PodcastSummaryYashin, founder and CEO of Subconscious AI, discusses how their platform leverages generative AI for causal experiments and market research. The platform builds a digital twin of a specific domain and simulates decisions using language models, providing quick and cost-effective tools for economics, sociology, psychology, and market studies. Yashin explains that the traditional methods of conducting studies are time-consuming and expensive, requiring multiple steps and software. In contrast, Subconscious AI can perform the same research with near-human fidelity within minutes. Yashin started the company...
2024-07-3135 minThe Digital Deep Dive With Aaron ConantDelivery - Increasing Profitability and Expectations With Avi MoskowitzAvi Moskowitz is the Co-founder and CEO of PrettyDamnQuick, a fast-growing eCommerce delivery app facilitating delivery experiences for top DTC and CPG brands. As an eight-figure veteran entrepreneur, he specializes in improving brands' checkout conversions and shipping revenues. Avi also hosts the Delivering Delight podcast and co-founded BeerBazaar, a top-rated craft brewery with an online shop that became one of the top 10 Shopify stores in Israel. In this episode… As customer acquisition costs rise, brands try to generate conversions to secure loyalty and lifetime value. Checkout and delivery are often overlooked during the customer journey, wi...
2024-01-0445 min
The Unofficial TikTok Shop Podcast with Jordan WestEp 475: The 80/20 Rule of Ecommerce: How Focusing on Checkout Can Transform Your Business With Avi Moskowitz, Pretty Damn QuickSend us a textThe critical issue of trust leakage. We're all guilty of focusing too much on acquiring new customers but neglecting customer retention. Providing clear delivery promises to your customers during the buying process is so important.In this episode, Jordan West sits down with guest Avi Moskowitz to discuss the challenges of building trust and improving customer experience in the e-commerce industry. Avi shares his insights and experiences in utilizing the PDQ platform to address these issues. Listen and learn in this episode!KEY T...
2023-08-0833 min
Learning Bayesian Statistics#79 Decision-Making & Cost Effectiveness Analysis for Health Economics, with Gianluca BaioProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!Decision-making and cost effectiveness analyses rarely get as important as in the health systems — where matters of life and death are not a metaphor. Bayesian statistical modeling is extremely helpful in this field, with its ability to quantify uncertainty, include domain knowledge, and incorporate causal reasoning.Specialized in all these topics, Gianluca Baio was the person to talk to for this episode. He’ll tell us about this kind of models, and how to understand them.Gianluca is curr...
2023-03-171h 07
Learning Bayesian Statistics#78 Exploring MCMC Sampler Algorithms, with Matt D. HoffmanProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!Matt Hoffman has already worked on many topics in his life – music information retrieval, speech enhancement, user behavior modeling, social network analysis, astronomy, you name it.Obviously, picking questions for him was hard, so we ended up talking more or less freely — which is one of my favorite types of episodes, to be honest.You’ll hear about the circumstances Matt would advise picking up Bayesian stats, generalized HMC, blocked samplers, why do the samplers he works on have f...
2023-03-011h 02
Learning Bayesian Statistics#77 How a Simple Dress Helped Uncover Hidden Prejudices, with Pascal WallischProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!I love dresses. Not on me, of course — I’m not nearly elegant enough to pull it off. Nevertheless, to me, dresses are one of the most elegant pieces of clothing ever invented.And I like them even more when they change colors. Well, they don’t really change colors — it’s the way we perceive the colors that can change. You remember that dress that looked black and blue to some people, and white and gold to others? Well that’s exa...
2023-02-131h 09
Learning Bayesian Statistics#76 The Past, Present & Future of Stan, with Bob CarpenterProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!How does it feel to switch careers and start a postdoc at age 47? How was it to be one of the people who created the probabilistic programming language Stan? What should the Bayesian community focus on in the coming years?These are just a few of the questions I had for my illustrious guest in this episode — Bob Carpenter. Bob is, of course, a Stan developer, and comes from a math background, with an emphasis on logic and computer science th...
2023-02-011h 11
Talkline With Zev Brenner Podcast on The Talkline NetworkEXCLUSIVE Talkline with Zev Brenner with Criminal Defense Attorney Avi Moskowitz on his client Brooklyn Charedi Man arrested for child abduction.Talkline with Zev Brenner with Criminal Defense Attorney Avi Moskowitz on his client a Brooklyn Charedi Man arrested for child abduction. Also discussed, can a Chassidic person get a fair trial in the criminal justice system.
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2023-01-2932 min
VINnews PodcastEXCLUSIVE Talkline with Zev Brenner with Criminal Defense Attorney Avi Moskowitz on his client Brooklyn Charedi Man arrested for child abduction.EXCLUSIVE Talkline with Zev Brenner with Criminal Defense Attorney Avi Moskowitz on his client, a Brooklyn Charedi Man arrested for child abduction. Also discussed, can a Chassidic person get a fair trial in the criminal justice system
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2023-01-2932 min
Learning Bayesian Statistics#75 The Physics of Top Gun 2 Maverick, with Jason BerndtProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!If you’re a nerd like me, you’re always curious about the physics of any situation. So, obviously, when I watched Top Gun 2, I became fascinated by the aerodynamics of fighters jets. And it so happens that one of my friends used to be a fighter pilot for the Canadian army… Immediately, I thought this would make for a cool episode — and here we are!Actually, Jason Berndt wanted to be a pilot from the age of 3. When he was 6, h...
2023-01-201h 07
Learning Bayesian Statistics#74 Optimizing NUTS and Developing the ZeroSumNormal Distribution, with Adrian SeyboldtProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!We need to talk. I had trouble writing this introduction. Not because I didn’t know what to say (that’s hardly ever an issue for me), but because a conversation with Adrian Seyboldt always takes deliciously unexpected turns.Adrian is one of the most brilliant, interesting and open-minded person I know. It turns out he’s courageous too: although he’s not a fan of public speaking, he accepted my invitation on this show — and I’m really glad he did!
2023-01-051h 12
Learning Bayesian Statistics#73 A Guide to Plotting Inferences & Uncertainties of Bayesian Models, with Jessica HullmanProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!I’m guessing you already tried to communicate the results of a statistical model to non-stats people — it’s hard, right? I’ll be honest: sometimes, I even prefer to take notes during meetings than doing that… But shhh, that’s out secret.But all of this was before. Before I talked with Jessica Hullman. Jessica is the Ginny Rometty associate professor of computer science at Northwestern University.Her work revolves around how to design interfaces to help people draw...
2022-12-231h 00
Learning Bayesian Statistics#72 Why the Universe is so Deliciously Crazy, with Daniel WhitesonProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!What happens inside a black hole? Can we travel back in time? Why is the Universe even here? This is the type of chill questions that we’re all asking ourselves from time to time — you know, when we’re sitting on the beach.This is also the kind of questions Daniel Whiteson loves to talk about in his podcast, “Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe”, co-hosted with Jorge Cham, the author of PhD comics. Honestly, it’s one of my favorite...
2022-12-031h 13
Learning Bayesian Statistics#71 Artificial Intelligence, Deepmind & Social Change, with Julien CornebiseProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!This episode will show you different sides of the tech world. The one where you research and apply algorithms, where you get super excited about image recognition and AI-generated art. And the one where you support social change actors — aka the “AI for Good” movement.My guest for this episode is, quite naturally, Julien Cornebise. Julien is an Honorary Associate Professor at UCL. He was an early researcher at DeepMind where he designed its early algorithms. He then worked as a Dire...
2022-11-141h 05
Learning Bayesian Statistics#70 Teaching Bayes for Biology & Biological Engineering, with Justin BoisProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!Back in 2016, when I started dedicating my evenings and weekends to learning how to code and do serious stats, I was a bit lost… Where do I start? Which language do I pick? Why are all those languages just named with one single letter??Then I found some stats classes by Justin Bois — and it was a tremendous help to get out of that wood (and yes, this was a pun). I really loved Justin’s teaching because he was making...
2022-10-221h 05
Learning Bayesian Statistics#69 Why, When & How to use Bayes Factors, with Jorge TendeiroProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!A great franchise comes with a great rivalry: Marvel has Iron Man and Captain America; physics has General Relativity and Quantum Physics; and Bayesian stats has Posterior Estimation and… Bayes Factors!A few months ago, I had the pleasure of hosting EJ Wagenmakers, to talk about these topics. This time, I’m talking with Jorge Tendeiro, who has a different perspective on Null Hypothesis Testing in the Bayesian framework, and its relationship with generative models and posterior estimation.But...
2022-10-0553 min
Learning Bayesian Statistics#68 Probabilistic Machine Learning & Generative Models, with Kevin MurphyProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!Hosting someone like Kevin Murphy on your podcast is… complicated. Not because Kevin himself is complicated (he’s delightful, don’t make me say what I didn’t say!), but because all the questions I had for him amounted to a 12-hour show.Sooooo, brace yourselves folks!No, I'm kidding. Of course I didn’t do that folks, Kevin has a life! This life started in Ireland, where he was born. He grew up in England and got his BA fro...
2022-09-141h 05
Learning Bayesian Statistics#67 Exoplanets, Cool Worlds & Life in the Universe, with David KippingProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!Is there life in the Universe? It doesn’t get deeper than this, does it? And yet, why do we care about that? In the very small chance that there is other life in the Universe, we have even less chance to discover it, talk to it and meet it. So, why do we care?Well, it may surprise you but Bayesian statistics helps us think about these astronomical and — dare I say? — philosophical topics, as my guest, David Kipping, will b...
2022-08-311h 00
Learning Bayesian Statistics#66 Uncertainty Visualization & Usable Stats, with Matthew KayProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!I have to confess something: I love challenges. And when you’re a podcaster, what’s a better challenge than dedicating an episode to… visualization? Impossible you say? Well, challenge accepted!Thankfully, I got the help of a visualization Avenger for this episode — namely, Matthew Kay. Matt is an Assistant Professor jointly appointed in Computer Science and Communications Studies at Northwestern University, where he co-directs the Midwest Uncertainty Collective — I know, it’s a pretty cool name for a lab.He work...
2022-08-171h 01
Learning Bayesian Statistics#65 PyMC, Aeppl, & Aesara: the new cool kids on the block, with Ricardo VieiraProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!Folks, there are some new cool kids on the block. They are called PyMC, Aeppl, and Aesara, and it’s high time we give us a proper welcome!To do that, who better than one of the architects of the new PyMC 4.0 — Ricardo Vieira! In this episode, he’ll walk us through the inner workings of the newly released version of PyMC, telling us why the Aesara backend and the brand new RandomVariable operators constitute such strong foundations for your belove...
2022-08-031h 05
Learning Bayesian Statistics#64 Modeling the Climate & Gravity Waves, with Laura MansfieldProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!I’m sure you’ve already heard of gravitational waves, because my listeners are the coolest and smartest ever ;) But did you know about gravity waves? That’s right, waves in the sky due to gravity — sounds awesome, right?Well, I’m pretty sure that Laura Mansfield will confirm your prior. Currently a postdoc at Stanford University, Laura studies — guess what? — gravity waves and how they are represented in climate models. In particular, she uses Bayesian methods to estimate the uncertainty on...
2022-07-201h 07
Learning Bayesian Statistics#63 Media Mix Models & Bayes for Marketing, with Luciano PazProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!Inviting someone like Luciano Paz on a stats podcast is both a pleasure and a challenge — he does so many things brilliantly that you have too many questions to ask him…In this episode, I’ve chosen — not without difficulty — to focus on the applications of Bayesian stats in the marketing industry, especially Media Mix Models. Ok, I also asked Luciano about other topics — but you know me, I like to talk…Originally, Luciano studied physics. He then did a PhD and...
2022-06-281h 14
Learning Bayesian Statistics#62 Bayesian Generative Modeling for Healthcare, with Maria SkoularidouProudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!We talk a lot about generative modeling on this podcast — at least since episode 6, with Michael Betancourt! And an area where this way of modeling is particularly useful is healthcare, as Maria Skoularidou will tell us in this episode.Maria is a final year PhD student at the University of Cambridge. Her thesis is focused on probabilistic machine learning and, more precisely, towards using generative modeling in… you guessed it: healthcare!But her fields of interest are diverse: from...
2022-06-0857 min
Learning Bayesian Statistics#61 Why we still use non-Bayesian methods, with EJ WagenmakersThe big problems with classic hypothesis testing are well-known. And yet, a huge majority of statistical analyses are still conducted this way. Why is it? Why are things so hard to change? Can you even do (and should you do) hypothesis testing in the Bayesian framework?I guess if you wanted to name this episode in a very Marvelian way, it would be “Bayes factors against the p-values of madness” — but we won’t do that, it wouldn’t be appropriate, would it?Anyways, in this episode, I’ll talk about all these very light and consensu...
2022-05-191h 16
Learning Bayesian Statistics#60 Modeling Dialogues & Languages, with J.P. de RuiterWhy do we, humans, communicate? And how? And isn’t that a problem that to study communication we have to… communicate?Did you ever ask yourself that? Because J.P. de Ruiter did — and does everyday. But he’s got good reasons: JP is a cognitive scientist whose primary research focus is on the cognitive foundations of human communication. He aims to improve our understanding of how humans and artificial agents use language, gesture and other types of signals to effectively communicate with each other.Currently he has one of the two Bridge Professorship at Tufts Uni...
2022-04-301h 12
Learning Bayesian Statistics#59 Bayesian Modeling in Civil Engineering, with Michael FaberIn large-scale one-off civil infrastructure, decision-making under uncertainty is part of the job, that’s just how it is. But, civil engineers don't get the luxury of building 10^6 versions of the bridge, offshore wind turbine or aeronautical structure to consider a relative frequency interpretation!And as you’ll hear, challenges don’t stop there: you also have to consider natural hazards such as earthquakes, rockfall and typhoons — in case you were wondering, civil engineering is not among the boring jobs!To talk about these original topics, I had the pleasure to host Michael Faber. Michael is a Pro...
2022-04-1459 min
Learning Bayesian Statistics#58 Bayesian Modeling and Computation, with Osvaldo Martin, Ravin Kumar and Junpeng LaoYou know when you have friends who wrote a book and pressure you to come on your podcast? That’s super annoying, right?Well that’s not what happened with Ravin Kumar, Osvaldo Martin and Junpeng Lao — I was the one who suggested doing a special episode about their new book, Bayesian Modeling and Computation in Python. And since they cannot say no to my soothing French accent, well, they didn’t say no…All of them were on the podcast already, so I’ll refer you to their solo episode for background on their background —...
2022-03-211h 09
Learning Bayesian Statistics#57 Forecasting French Elections, with… Mystery GuestNo, no, don't leave! You did not click on the wrong button. You are indeed on Alex Andorra’s podcast. The podcast that took the Bayesian world by a storm: “Learning Bayesian Statistics”, and that Barack Obama deemed “the best podcast in the whole galaxy” – or maybe Alex said that, I don’t remember.Alex made us discover new methods, new ideas, and mostly new people. But what do we really know about him? Does he even really exist? To find this out I put on my Frenchest beret, a baguette under my arm, and went undercover to try to find...
2022-03-031h 21
Learning Bayesian Statistics#56 Causal & Probabilistic Machine Learning, with Robert Osazuwa NessDid you know there is a relationship between the size of firetrucks and the amount of damage down to a flat during a fire? The bigger the truck sent to put out the fire, the bigger the damages tend to be. The solution is simple: just send smaller firetrucks!Wait, that doesn’t sound right, does it? Our brain is a huge causal machine, so it can instinctively feel it’s not credible that size of truck and amount of damage done are causally related: there must be another variable explaining the correlation. Here, it’s of course...
2022-02-161h 08
Learning Bayesian Statistics#55 Neuropsychology, Illusions & Bending Reality, with Dominique MakowskiWhat’s the common point between fiction, fake news, illusions and meditation? They can all be studied with Bayesian statistics, of course!In this mind-bending episode, Dominique Makowski will for sure expand your horizon. Trained as a clinical neuropsychologist, he is currently working as a postdoc at the Clinical Brain Lab in Singapore, in which he leads the Reality Bending Team. What’s reality-bending you ask? Well, you’ll have to listen to the episode, but I can already tell you we’ll go through a journey in scientific methodology, history of art, religion, and philosophy — what else?
2022-01-311h 13
Learning Bayesian Statistics#54 Bayes in Theoretical Ecology, with Florian HartigLet’s be honest: evolution is awesome! I started reading Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution, by Jonathan Losos, and I’m utterly fascinated. So I’m thrilled to welcome Florian Hartig on the show. Florian is a professor of Theoretical Ecology at the University of Regensburg, Germany. His research concentrates on theory, computer simulations, statistical methods and machine learning in ecology & evolution. He is also interested in open science and open software development, and maintains, among other projects, the R packages DHARMa and BayesianTools.Among other things, we talked about approximate Bayesian...
2022-01-141h 08
Learning Bayesian Statistics#53 Bayesian Stats for the Behavioral & Neural Sciences, with Todd HudsonGet a 30% discount on Todd's book by entering the code BDABNS22 at checkout!The behavioral and neural sciences are a nerdy interest of mine, but I didn’t dedicate any episode to that topic yet. But life brings you gifts sometimes (especially around Christmas…), and here that gift is a book, Bayesian Data Analysis for the Behavioral and Neural Sciences, by Todd Hudson.Todd is a part of the faculty at New York University Grossman School of Medicine and also the New York University Tandon School of Engineering. He is a computational neuroscientist working in seve...
2021-12-2856 min
Learning Bayesian Statistics#52 Election forecasting models in Germany, with Marcus GrossDid I mention I like survey data, especially in the context of electoral forecasting? Probably not, as I’m a pretty shy and reserved man. Why are you laughing?? Yeah, that’s true, I’m not that shy… but I did mention my interest for electoral forecasting already!And before doing a full episode where I’ll talk about French elections (yes, that’ll come at one point), let’s talk about one of France’s neighbors — Germany. Our German friends had federal elections a few weeks ago — consequential elections, since they had the hard task of replacing Angela Mer...
2021-12-0958 min
Learning Bayesian Statistics#51 Bernoulli’s Fallacy & the Crisis of Modern Science, with Aubrey ClaytonYou know I love epistemology — the study of how we know what we know. It was high time I dedicated a whole episode to this topic. And what better guest than Aubrey Clayton, the author of the book Bernoulli's Fallacy: Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science. I’m in the middle of reading it, and it’s a really great read!Aubrey is a mathematician in Boston who teaches the philosophy of probability and statistics at the Harvard Extension School. He holds a PhD in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, and his writing has ap...
2021-11-221h 09
Learning Bayesian Statistics#50 Ta(l)king Risks & Embracing Uncertainty, with David SpiegelhalterFolks, this is the 50th episode of LBS — 50th! I never would have thought that there were so many Bayesian nerds in the world when I first interviewed Osvaldo Martin more than 2 years ago. To celebrate that random, crazy adventure, I wanted to do a special episode at any random point, and so it looks like it’s gonna be #50! This episode is special by its guest, not its number — although my guest knows a thing or two about numbers. Most recently, he wrote the book Covid by Numbers.A mathematical statistician dedicated to helping the gen...
2021-11-061h 04
Learning Bayesian Statistics#49 The Present & Future of Baseball Analytics, with Ehsan BokhariIt’s been a while since I did an episode about sports analytics, right? And you know it’s a field I love, so… let’s do that!For this episode, I was happy to host Ehsan Bokhari, not only because he’s a first-hour listener of the podcast and spread the word about it whenever he can, but mainly because he knows baseball analytics very well!Currently Senior Director of Strategic Decision Making with the Houston Astros, he previously worked there as Senior Director of Player Evaluation and Director of R&D. And before that, he w...
2021-10-221h 12
Learning Bayesian Statistics#48 Mixed Effects Models & Beautiful Plots, with TJ MahrIn episode 40, we already got a glimpse of how useful Bayesian stats are in the speech and communication sciences. To talk about the frontiers of this field (and, as it happens, about best practices to make beautiful plots and pictures), I invited TJ Mahr on the show.A speech pathologist turned data scientist, TJ earned his PhD in communication sciences and disorders in Madison, Wisconsin. On paper, he was studying speech development, word recognition and word learning in preschoolers, but over the course of his graduate training, he discovered that he really, really likes programming and working...
2021-10-081h 01
Learning Bayesian Statistics#47 Bayes in Physics & Astrophysics, with JJ RubyThe field of physics has brought tremendous advances to modern Bayesian statistics, especially inspiring the current algorithms enabling all of us to enjoy the Bayesian power on our own laptops.I did receive some physicians already on the show, like Michael Betancourt in episode 6, but in my legendary ungratefulness I hadn’t dedicated a whole episode to talk about physics yet.Well that’s now taken care of, thanks to JJ Ruby. Apart from having really good tastes (he’s indeed a fan of this very podcast), JJ is currently a postdoctoral fellow for the Center...
2021-09-211h 15
Learning Bayesian Statistics#46 Silly & Empowering Statistics, with Chelsea Parlett-PelleritiYou wanna know something funny? A sentence from this episode became a meme. And people even made stickers out of it! Ok, that’s not true. But if someone could pull off something like that, it would surely be Chelsea Parlett-Pelleriti.Indeed, Chelsea’s research focuses on using statistics and machine learning on behavioral data, but her more general goal is to empower people to be able to do their own statistical analyses, through consulting, education, and, as you may have seen, stats memes on Twitter.A full-time teacher, researcher and statistical consultant, Chelsea earned an M...
2021-08-301h 13
Learning Bayesian Statistics#45 Biostats & Clinical Trial Design, with Frank HarrellAs a podcaster, I discovered that there are guests for which the hardest is to know when to stop the conversation. They could talk for hours and that would make for at least 10 fantastic episodes. Frank Harrell is one of those guests. To me, our conversation was both fascinating — thanks to Frank’s expertise and the width and depth of topics we touched on — and frustrating — I still had a gazillion questions for him!But rest assured, we talked about intent to treat and randomization, proportional odds, clinical trial design, bio stats and covid19, and even which mistakes...
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Learning Bayesian Statistics#44 Building Bayesian Models at scale, with Rémi LoufEpisode sponsored by Paperpile: paperpile.comGet 20% off until December 31st with promo code GOODBAYESIAN21Bonjour my dear Bayesians! Yes, it was bound to happen one day — and this day has finally come. Here is the first ever 100% French speaking ‘Learn Bayes Stats’ episode! Who is to blame, you ask? Well, who better than Rémi Louf?Rémi currently works as a senior data scientist at Ampersand, a big media marketing company in the US. He is the author and maintainer of several open source libraries, including MCX and BlackJAX. He holds a PhD in...
2021-07-221h 15
Learning Bayesian Statistics#43 Modeling Covid19, with Michael Osthege & Thomas VladeckEpisode sponsored by Paperpile: paperpile.comGet 20% off until December 31st with promo code GOODBAYESIAN21I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there is a virus that took over most of the world in the past year? I haven’t dedicated any episode to Covid yet. First because research was moving a lot — and fast. And second because modeling Covid is very, very hard.But we know more about it now, so I thought it was a good time to pause and ponder — how does the virus circulate? How can we model it a...
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Learning Bayesian Statistics#42 How to Teach and Learn Bayesian Stats, with Mine DogucuEpisode sponsored by Paperpile: paperpile.comGet 20% off until December 31st with promo code GOODBAYESIAN21We often talk about applying Bayesian statistics on this podcast. But how do we teach them? What’s the best way to introduce them from a young age and make sure the skills students learn in the stats class are transferable?Well, lucky us, Mine Dogucu’s research tackles precisely those topics!An Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Statistics at University of California Irvine, Mine is both an educator with an interest in stat...
2021-06-241h 06
Learning Bayesian Statistics#41 Thinking Bayes, with Allen DowneyLet’s think Bayes, shall we? And who better to do that than the author of the well known book, Think Bayes — Allen Downey himself! Since the second edition was just released, the timing couldn’t be better!Allen is a professor at Olin College and the author of books related to software and data science, including Think Python, Think Bayes, and Think Complexity. His blog, Probably Overthinking It, features articles on Bayesian probability and statistics. He holds a Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley, and bachelors and masters degrees from MIT.In this special episod...
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Learning Bayesian Statistics#40 Bayesian Stats for the Speech & Language Sciences, with Allison Hilger and Timo RoettgerWe all know about these accidental discoveries — penicillin, the heating power of microwaves, or the famous (and delicious) tarte tatin. I don’t know why, but I just love serendipity. And, as you’ll hear, this episode is deliciously full of it…Thanks to Allison Hilger and Timo Roettger, we’ll discover the world of linguistics, how Bayesian stats are helpful there, and how Paul Bürkner’s BRMS package has been instrumental in this field. To my surprise — and perhaps yours — the speech and language sciences are pretty quantitative and computational!As she recently discovered Bayesi...
2021-05-281h 05
Learning Bayesian Statistics#39 Survival Models & Biostatistics for Cancer Research, with Jacki BurosEpisode sponsored by Tidelift: tidelift.comIt’s been a while since we talked about biostatistics and bioinformatics on this podcast, so I thought it could be interesting to talk to Jacki Buros — and that was a very good idea!She’ll walk us through examples of Bayesian models she uses to, for instance, work on biomarker discovery for cancer immunotherapies. She’ll also introduce you to survival models — their usefulness, their powers and their challenges.Interestingly, all of this will highlight a handful of skills that Jacki would try to instill in her studen...
2021-05-1459 min
The Lawyer's EdgeChaim Book | Strategies for Building Your Network and Staying FlexibleChaim Book is the Co-Founder and Head of Employment Law Practice at Moskowitz & Book, an employment law, white-collar criminal defense, and commercial litigation firm based in New York. Alongside his co-founder Avi Moskowitz, Chaim has successfully headed the firm for the last 24 years. In addition to being named a New York City Super Lawyer by his peers, Chaim is also a storied mediator and advisor. He has worked with a number of nonprofit and religious organizations throughout his career, representing more than 50 synagogues, churches, and religious schools. In this episode… Whether you're a big...
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The Yishai Fleisher Israel PodcastHoly Funeral and Holy Beer YF_2015_01_20First, Yishai attends the heartbreaking funeral of Dafna Meir, murdered by a Jihadist in her home. Rabbi Judah Mischel describes the rage, while Yair, Dafna's neighbor, describes the anguish. Then, Israel has amazing beers and it took American Jews to bring them all together! Yishai visits the Beer Bazar in the Machane Yehuda open-market in Jerusalem and hears from proprietor Avi Moskowitz and Chef Chaim Davids who makes the special shuk "pub grub".Support the show
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Talkline CommunicationsTalkline 12-14-11Attorney Avi Moskowitz , rabbi Yitzhak Frankfurter of Ami Magazine: Is speaking out against abuse Orthodox bashing? RUN CONTESTS on Sushein and Fun Station USA
2011-12-1500 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 8-30-11avi moskowitz, Mayer Berger of Chesed Shel Emes on helping stranded Jewish Tourists in Vermont, Rabbi David Niederman of the UJO of Williamsburg on his role in securing the release of Yoel Zev in Japan from Drug charges and Phil Goldfeder on Hurricane rel
2011-09-0100 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 7-18-11Avi Moskowitz on Leiby Kletzky and Dovid Weinberger and much much more from Mountain Fruits
2011-07-2100 min2011-05-2601 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 3-17-11Avi Moskowitz and On the NYJCC Ruben Margules and Kevin Conway
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2011-02-1800 min2011-02-0101 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 1-10-11Avi Moskowitz on Capital Punishment. Marcia Dickstein Sudolsky exec director of National Jewish Democratic Council on the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords
2011-01-1800 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 1-3-11Avi Moskowitz on Rubashkin's Appeal, Rabbi Shlomo Zwickler of Beit Orot in Keeping Jerusalem Jewish and Howie Beigelman is deputy director of public policy for the Orthodox Union on a Florida proposal for tutition relief for Parents,
2011-01-0400 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 12-06-10Avi Moskowitz, Rabbi Ken Spiro of Aish Hatorah on some interesting observations about Chanukah and Steven Sher, poet on some interesting stories he's written
2010-12-1201 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 11-08-10Avi Moskowitz, Amy kopolow of the Hebrew Free Burial Society, Chaskel Bennett and Avraham Kahn of PCS about Jobs for Jews, Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez on changing alternate side of the street parking.
2010-11-1400 min2010-10-2201 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 10-04-10Avi Moskowitz on Orthodox Teen driver who accidentally killed a 13 year old; Doron_Krakow exec vp Amercian associates Ben Gurion University on South African attempts attempts to divest from Israel and Ben Hartman Reporter for Jerusalem Post on his first
2010-10-0600 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 8-30-10Avi Moskowitz, Ari Teman on Jewish Heros and Bruce Blakeman candidate for Senate in Republican Primary
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2010-08-1000 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 7-26-10AVI MOSKOWITZ on the law; Jonathan Rosenblum on the Emmanuel Disunity
2010-07-2700 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 7-12-10Avi Moskowitz on the Lakewood Molester case. Rabbi Allan Schwartz of Cong. Ohab Zedek on the Nine days
2010-07-1400 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 07-05-10Guests” Avi Moskowitz on the law; Manny Behar on the Jewish Contirbutions to July 4th, and Jerry Klinger is President of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation: on How the Jews Saved the American Revolution
2010-07-1400 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 6-28-10Avi Moskowitz. Also: Freedom Flotilla for Gilad Shalit with Malcolm Hoelein, Amb. Assaf Sharif, Ron Eliran, Gershon Veroba and Chaim David, Rabbi Marc Golub
2010-07-0200 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 6-26-10Eliezer Gruber on Nutri Supreme, AVI MOSKOWITZ Also: Rabbi Yehuda Levin
2010-06-2702 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 06-14-10Avi Moskowitz, Ahron Pulver of the Israel Independence Fund and Yoel Zilberman of New Guard Organization
2010-06-1600 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 06-07-10AVI MOSKOWITZ ON PAROLE; CONGRESSMAN STEVE ISRAEL ON THE FLOTILLA AND Mordechai Taub on the passing of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyashu
2010-06-1300 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 5-24-10Guests: Avi Moskowitz on the law; Assemblyman Dov Hikind, Steve Cohn,
2010-05-2600 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 5-17-10Guests: Avi Moskowitz on the law; Stephen Lineberger SOURCES OF ALTRUISTI CALLING IN THE ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY by and Shlomo Yehuda president of Sharei Mishpat College
2010-05-1800 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 5-10-10Avi Moskowitz on the Police invading a Religious house of worship; Rizy Horowitz of Nachas Healthline on a Holocuast event; Judith Meltzer Principal of Manhattan Day school on Holocaust education and Ophir Shahaf on Israeli Technology
2010-05-1200 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 5-03-10Attorney Avi Moskowitz on the Police. Chassidic Singer Beir Weber
2010-05-0600 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline April 26, 2010Avi Moskowitz on the law; Abe Eisner of GFI on Bonei Olam and Howard Teich on Jewish Reaction to Obama
2010-04-2901 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 3-19-10AVI MOSKOWITZ ON BRIBERY; ROBERTA GROSSMAN, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER An award-winning filmmaker ON A MOVIE ON HANNAH SENESCH; ALSO: Stan Cohen Candiate for Finkelstein library in Monsey.
2010-04-2300 minTalkline CommunicationsTaline April 12, 2010Avi Moskowitz on the law. Jeff Wice on why Jews should fill out the Census form. Gregory Paul Johnson an Animal Rights activist who supports Rubaskin and Joel Pollak a Republican Candidate for Congress in Illnois
2010-04-1500 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 03-15-10Avi Moskowitz, Rabbi Dr. Daniel Sperber in Israel, and an expert in classical philology, history of Jewish customs, Jewish art history, Jewish education and Talmudic studies. Making changes in liturgy
2010-03-2501 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 3-08-10Avi Moskowitz, Joe Lazar running for Council in Brooklyn and Councilman Jimmy G. Van Bramer of Queens on his first trip to Israel
2010-03-0900 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 2-22-10Avi Moskowitz on Marvin Grossman's execution,: Shlomo Greenwald on Jewish Press Forum. Also Rabbi Benzion Shafier on Purim
2010-02-2300 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 2-08-10Avi Moskowitz on Heatlh Care Fraud in the Jewish Community: Rabbi Nosson Blumes on 50 years of Yeshiva Oholei Torah traning Chabad leaders and Peninah Taylor who grew up Jewish, beacame a Christian Missionary to the Jews and has come full circle and is no
2010-02-1700 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 02-15-10Avi Moskowitz on Corruption, Rabbi Menachem Genack on a tribute to Dr. Bernard Lander of Touro and Ella Vorovich on a family reunion at the recent Chabad Conference.
2010-02-1700 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 02-01-10Avi Moskowitz on Ponzi Schemes, Councilman BRAD LANDER ON THE HATE FLIERS IN BROOKLYN; JONATHAN JUDGE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE BROOKLYN AND MARK EISENMAN ON A RESCUE MISSION TO HAITI
2010-02-0200 minTalkline CommunicationsTalkline 01-20-09Avi Moskowitz on the Law, Sen Kevin Parker on Martin Luther King and the Haitian Rescue efforts.. Eli Hertz on The Palestinian quest for Statehood
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