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Everyday Christian ApologeticsEp. 30 - The Holy Spirit in our livesJoin Raul and Chris as we talk to our friend George and explore his dealings with the Holy Spirit2023-04-1459 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp. 29 - Top 4 things you need to do to disciple a young believer.Join Raul and Chris as they explore discipleship in action with new believers2023-03-031h 00Everyday Christian ApologeticsEp. 28 - The Love of GodThe team and special guest, Manny Santos, discuss the complexities of how we as man, try to reconcile and define how God loves.2023-02-231h 40Everyday Christian ApologeticsEp. 27 - The Devil loves Star Trek!!Raul and Chris explore the nuances of the entertainment that Christians consume and seem benign, but secretly profess a very concerning message.2023-02-1557 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp. 26 - Morning Comes, but also nightJoin Raul as he interviews author Fred London and discusses the complexed relationship between the Church and the Jewish nation. What will mean for End Times?2023-02-021h 14Everyday Christian ApologeticsEp. 25 - How to live a holy life.Join Raul as he explors holiness as a lifestyle and what Colossians 3:1-172023-02-0151 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp. 25 - Morning Comes, but Also NightJoin Raul as he interviews author Fred London and discusses the complexed relationship between the Church and the Jewish nation. What will it mean for End Times?2023-01-241h 14Everyday Christian ApologeticsEp. 24 -Walking in the SpiritJoin Raul, Chris, Zar, Traci, and Sophia as they discuss walking out your salvation. 2023-01-0459 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp. 23 - The Supremacy of GodJoin Raul, Chris and our newest guest Melanie, as we discuss the Sovereignty and Providence of God.2023-01-031h 00Everyday Christian ApologeticsEp. 22 - The Holiness of Christ and Did We take Christmas From the Pagans?Join Raul, Chris, the return of Charley, and Sherah Raul’s “Babe” and wife) as they discuss why Christmas is so special and we explore the accusation that Christmas took over a pagan holiday.2022-12-2759 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp. 21 - Leading in Worship Goes Beyond the MusicOn this episode join Jae, Nicole and Karla as they discuss what worship is and some of the common misconceptions. They touch on the importance of the anointing and skill play. They also discuss some practical ways to cultivate a personal intentional lifestyle of worship.2022-12-2053 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp. 20 - What is Apologetics (part 2)Join Raul and Chris as they continue to explore what Apologetics is and how it applies to our walk with Christ.2022-12-131h 00Everyday Christian ApologeticsEp. 19 - What is Apologetics?Join Raul and Chris as they discuss the nuts and bolts of the What, Where, When, and Why of Christian Apologetics.2022-12-0659 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp. 18 - How to prayJoin Raul as he talks about a very common struggle many Christians have - knowing how to pray. Raul will discuss tips that will help you have a powerful and consistent prayer life.2022-11-2224 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp. 17 - Interpreting Scripture with Nicole DeBhenkeJoin Nicole and me as we pick verses in the Bible and discuss how they impact our walk in the Spirt. 2022-11-151h 00Everyday Christian ApologeticsEp. 16 - CatechismsExplore catechisms with Zar, Roger, and the rest of the ECA crew as we discover what they even are (it's not just for Catholics).2022-11-011h 01Everyday Christian ApologeticsEp. 15 - CreedsWhat are they? Why are they so important? Let's see what the ECA team discusses on this topic. 2022-10-1849 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp. 14 - Exploration of ConfessionsJoin the ECA team as we explore Confessions, and what they mean to denominations and the Church at large. 2022-10-0453 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp. 13 - 3 Step SanctificationJoin us as we discuss the three phases of sanctification and how understanding this will help you understand your situation. Pastor Chris will discuss theology, and what that actually means. 2022-09-131h 07Everyday Christian ApologeticsEp. 12 - Saints In IndiaJoin me and my special guest, Dr. Esa Autero, as we discuss his experiences as a Christian teacher and Apologist in India. Let's discover what our brothers and sisters in Christ go through in the most populated country in the world. 2022-09-061h 01Everyday Christian ApologeticsEp. 11 - A Look at How Services Are Run:Past, Present, and PossibilitiesJoin Paster Chris DeBhenke, Sophia Perenich, my wife Sherah Benton (making her podcast debut), and me, Raul, as we discuss this interesting subject. 2022-08-311h 05Everyday Christian ApologeticsEp. 10 - The Great Debate Between the Torah Observers and Conventional Christianity"Do they put too much weight on the Law?" "Does the average Christian not put enough weight on the Law?" "Is the true position somewhere in the middle?"2022-08-3051 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp. 9 - Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus ChristJoin Niko, Luis, and me, Raul, as we discuss evidence for the Resurrection.2022-08-2357 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp. 8 - Church Corruption and Suffering!!! The ECA crew explores why the Church has allowed corruption or participated in it outright. We also take a look at God allowing us to suffer. 2022-08-1642 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp 7 -A Biblical Look at You and Your FinancesWhat does God have to say about you and your finances? Is there a Christian Faith application to how you steward your money? Join the ECA Crew as we discuss this very subject.2022-08-0958 min
Learning Bayesian StatisticsPyMC, 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 05Learning Bayesian StatisticsPyMC, 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 05Everyday Christian ApologeticsEp. 6 - Answers to more objections of the Christian FaithJoin me and Charley as we discuss and explore more answers to the Christian Faith.2022-08-021h 01
Learning Bayesian StatisticsModeling 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 07Learning Bayesian StatisticsModeling 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 07Everyday Christian ApologeticsEp. 5 - Men. Their role in the God's KingdomThe ECA crew are going to discuss the "Patriarchy", submission and "Head of the Household".2022-07-1158 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp. 4 - Let's get to some objectionsIn this episode we discuss and answer 4 direct objections to the Christian faith: (1) Was the Bible corrupted?, (2)You’re only a Christian because you were raised in a Christian culture., (3) Jesus didn’t even think He was God, (4) Jesus is the only way to God. So join us as we discuss and give our take on these topics.2022-06-2851 min
Learning Bayesian StatisticsMedia 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 14Learning Bayesian StatisticsMedia 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 14Everyday Christian ApologeticsEp. 3 - Who Are We?Our guest, Pastor Chris DeBehnke discusses who we are in Christ and what is our purpose as Christians. 2022-06-1348 min
Learning Bayesian StatisticsBayesian Generative Modeling for HealthcareProudly 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 minLearning Bayesian StatisticsBayesian Generative Modeling for HealthcareProudly 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 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp. 2 - The Question of Praise and WorshipThe Praise and Worship leaders Niko Hasapoglou, Jae Ward, and Charlie Lawson explore the beauty and the distraction of Worship Music in the Church. 2022-06-0650 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsEp. 1 - About UsAn introduction to Raul Benton and Niko Hasapoglou, and the vision of the ECA Podcast.2022-05-2622 minEveryday Christian ApologeticsWelcome to Everyday Christian Apologetics!A sneak peek at what's ahead on ECA...2022-05-2600 min
Learning Bayesian StatisticsWhy 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 16Learning Bayesian StatisticsWhy 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 StatisticsModeling 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 12Learning Bayesian StatisticsModeling 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 StatisticsBayesian 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 minLearning Bayesian StatisticsBayesian 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 StatisticsBayesian 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 09Learning Bayesian StatisticsBayesian 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 StatisticsForecasting 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 21Learning Bayesian StatisticsForecasting 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 StatisticsCausal & 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 08Learning Bayesian StatisticsCausal & 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 StatisticsNeuropsychology, 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 13Learning Bayesian StatisticsNeuropsychology, 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 StatisticsBayes 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 08Learning Bayesian StatisticsBayes 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 StatisticsBayesian 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 minLearning Bayesian StatisticsBayesian 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 StatisticsElection 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 minLearning Bayesian StatisticsElection 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 StatisticsBernoulli'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 09Learning Bayesian StatisticsBernoulli'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 StatisticsTa(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 04Learning Bayesian StatisticsTa(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 StatisticsThe 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 12Learning Bayesian StatisticsThe 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 StatisticsMixed 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 01Learning Bayesian StatisticsMixed 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 StatisticsBayes 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 15Learning Bayesian StatisticsBayes 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 StatisticsSilly & 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 13Learning Bayesian StatisticsSilly & 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 StatisticsBiostats & 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...2021-08-101h 08Learning Bayesian StatisticsBiostats & 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...2021-08-101h 08
Learning Bayesian StatisticsBuilding 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 15Learning Bayesian StatisticsBuilding 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 StatisticsModeling 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...2021-07-081h 22Learning Bayesian StatisticsModeling 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...2021-07-081h 22
Learning Bayesian StatisticsHow 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 06Learning Bayesian StatisticsHow 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 StatisticsThinking 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...2021-06-141h 04Learning Bayesian StatisticsThinking 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...2021-06-141h 04
Learning Bayesian StatisticsBayesian 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 05Learning Bayesian StatisticsBayesian 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 StatisticsSurvival 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 minLearning Bayesian StatisticsSurvival 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
Learning Bayesian StatisticsHow to Become a Good Bayesian (& Rap Artist), with Baba BrinkmanEpisode sponsored by Tidelift: tidelift.comImagine me rapping: "Let me show you how to be a good Bayesian. Change your predictions after taking information in, and if you’re thinking I’ll be less than amazing, let’s adjust those expectations!"What?? Nah, you’re right, I’m not as good as Baba Brinkman. Actually, the best to perform « Good Bayesian » live on the podcast would just be to invite him for an episode… Wait, isn’t that what I did???Well indeed! For this episode, I had the great pleasure of hosting rap artist...2021-04-301h 27Learning Bayesian StatisticsHow to Become a Good Bayesian (& Rap Artist), with Baba BrinkmanEpisode sponsored by Tidelift: tidelift.comImagine me rapping: "Let me show you how to be a good Bayesian. Change your predictions after taking information in, and if you’re thinking I’ll be less than amazing, let’s adjust those expectations!"What?? Nah, you’re right, I’m not as good as Baba Brinkman. Actually, the best to perform « Good Bayesian » live on the podcast would just be to invite him for an episode… Wait, isn’t that what I did???Well indeed! For this episode, I had the great pleasure of hosting rap artist...2021-04-301h 27
Learning Bayesian StatisticsProphet, Time Series & Causal Inference, with Sean TaylorEpisode sponsored by Tidelift: tidelift.comI don’t know about you, but the notion of time is really intriguing to me: it’s a purely artificial notion; we humans invented it — as an experiment, I asked my cat what time it was one day; needless to say it wasn’t very conclusive… And yet, the notion of time is so central to our lives — our work, leisures and projects depend on it.So much so that time series predictions represent a big part of the statistics and machine learning world. And to talk about all that, wh...2021-04-161h 06Learning Bayesian StatisticsProphet, Time Series & Causal Inference, with Sean TaylorEpisode sponsored by Tidelift: tidelift.comI don’t know about you, but the notion of time is really intriguing to me: it’s a purely artificial notion; we humans invented it — as an experiment, I asked my cat what time it was one day; needless to say it wasn’t very conclusive… And yet, the notion of time is so central to our lives — our work, leisures and projects depend on it.So much so that time series predictions represent a big part of the statistics and machine learning world. And to talk about all that, wh...2021-04-161h 06
Learning Bayesian StatisticsBayesian Non-Parametrics & Developing Turing.jl, with Martin TrappEpisode sponsored by Tidelift: tidelift.comI bet you already heard of Bayesian nonparametric models, at least on this very podcast. We already talked about Dirichlet Processes with Karin Knudson on episode 4, and then about Gaussian Processes with Elizaveta Semenova on episode 21. Now we’re gonna dive into the mathematical properties of these objects, to understand them better — because, as you may know, Bayesian nonparametrics are quite powerful but also very hard to fit!Along the way, you’ll learn about probabilistic circuits, sum-product networks and — what a delight — you’ll hear from the Julia community! I...2021-03-301h 09Learning Bayesian StatisticsBayesian Non-Parametrics & Developing Turing.jl, with Martin TrappEpisode sponsored by Tidelift: tidelift.comI bet you already heard of Bayesian nonparametric models, at least on this very podcast. We already talked about Dirichlet Processes with Karin Knudson on episode 4, and then about Gaussian Processes with Elizaveta Semenova on episode 21. Now we’re gonna dive into the mathematical properties of these objects, to understand them better — because, as you may know, Bayesian nonparametrics are quite powerful but also very hard to fit!Along the way, you’ll learn about probabilistic circuits, sum-product networks and — what a delight — you’ll hear from the Julia community! I...2021-03-301h 09
You Set The ToneEpisode 29 - Fire In the BellyOh dear. The episode opens with Shep and you better believe Sharan has some thoughts about that! Shep is struggling still in the wake of Raul's death, but no one is getting more flack for it than Riley. Benton eats a slice of humble pie when a patient he discharges without examining bounces back with a ruptured appendix, for which both Hicks and Jeanie soundly put him in his place.
Meanwhile Susan is going through the ringer with Chloe, while Weaver tries to 'help' with her patients. Mark confesses a deep secret to Doug, though he may...2021-03-181h 23
Good Morning AuroraThursday | 3/11/2021 | Aurora Fundthemental: Art & Life w/ Raul RodeaIt all began with drawing on walls; it’s like that for many artists. Today we had the chance to sit down with a friend of the show & community partner Raul Rodea, founder of Fundthemental. Well known and respected in the Aurora art community, we have been fans of his work for a few years before meeting this talented young man. Hailing from West Aurora, Raul has made a name for himself in being involved in many shows and projects. In our interview we spoke about faith, creativity, styles and mediums. Next week is a big week for Raul. We...2021-03-1149 minYou Set The ToneEpisode 27 - The Match GameOh Carter. Carter, Carter, Carter. So preoccupied with his worry about matching in County General, Carter let's his excitement go to his head. This results in a rather embarrassing outcome when he has a little too much champagne on his lunch break. Elsewhere in the ER, Benton discovers that Ross accidentally misdiagnosed a young man several months' previously, which may lead to the patient losing a leg. Despite warnings from Greene and legal, Benton informs the boy's grandfather.
Shep is still reeling from the loss of Raul, which can be felt by all in the ER. Lewis...2021-02-2547 minYou Set The ToneEpisode 26 The HealersIn a grim episode this week, the staff of County rush to save the lives of the victims of a house fire. Shep and Raul were first on the scene, but last to leave...
Doug is let down by Ray again, while Susan gets the most unpleasant shock of her year so far (and that's saying something). Benton offers a kind word to Carter, who struggles with a burn victim's injuries.
After the worst day in a long while, there's always a chair at Doc Magoos....
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GiantsScience News-1st Fortnight of January 2021In this episode, we will talk about how long COVID-19 patients will be immune from the second infection and why some of them still feel unwell months after their treatment. We then talk about cancer cells and bacteria hibernation when are under harsh environment and the circadian rhythm in bacteria. Finally, we talk about the new information about Megalodon reproduction and the relationship between the size of crocodiles and global warming.
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The papers reviewed in this podcast:
1-Raul Sanchez-Vazquez, Ana Guío-Carrión, Antonio Zapatero-Gaviria, Paula Martínez, Maria A...2021-01-1407 minYou Set The ToneEpisode 21 - Dead Of WinterOur thoughts are with the family of Dearon 'Deezer D' Thompson, our favourite nurse, Malik, who passed away on January 7th, 2021.
This week, Shep and Raul bring in a small orphanage worth of children, as they are part of a team that rescues them from a down and out Mother. However, Shep puts his foot firmly in his mouth in front of Benton and Malik, leading to a rather tense confrontation.
Elsewhere in the ER, Mark receives a very unpleasant piece of mail from Jen, while Carter blurs the boundaries with a patient's husband (guest...2021-01-1456 min
Podcast de La Gran Evasión271- Kramer contra Kramer -Robert Benton-. La Gran EvasiónNueva edición de la Gran Evasión, esta noche tenemos una crisis matrimonial, que siempre va precedida de una crisis existencial. Una realidad que desprende mucho dolor, con preguntas y decisiones muy duras; preguntarse si se es o no una buena madre, o un buen padre.
El abandono, el egoísmo, el desconcierto y sobre todo, vemos como se forja el vinculo entre un Padre y su Hijo….. Kramer contra Kramer, Robert Benton, 1979.
Un drama contenido y de una vigencia incuestionable.
Esta historia escrita y dirigida por Benton está basada en la novela de Avery Corman, que trata un tema m...2020-05-061h 10
Podcast | Big Planet ComicsPodcast #126
We report on multiple trips to New York!
Plus, we review all these books:
All-New Captain America #1 – Rick Remender, Stuart Immonen
Captain American and the Mighty Avengers #1 – Al Ewing, Luke Ross
Deep State #1 – Justin Jordan, Ariela Kristantina
Django Zorro #1 – Quentin Tarantino, Matt Wagner, Esteve Polls
Drifter #1 – Ivan Brandon, Nic Klein
The Kitchen #1 – Ollie Masters, Ming Doyle
Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream – Paul Allor, Michael & Laura Allred, Weshoyot Alvitre, Connie Appletree, Gabriel Bá, Peter Bagge, Fil Barlow, Jeremy Bastian, Jeremy Baum, Art Baxter, Alexandra Beguez, Gregory Benton, Stephen R. Bissette, Bo...2014-11-1400 min