# Data Skeptic

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Official site: https://dataskeptic.com
Author: Kyle Polich
Episodes: 601

## Resource

The Data Skeptic Podcast features interviews and discussion of topics related to data science, statistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and the like, all from the perspective of applying critical thinking and the scientific method to evaluate the veracity of claims and efficacy of approaches.

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## Episodes
- [Student Spotlight: Aaron Payne, Data Analyst](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/student-spotlight-aaron-payne-data-analyst) — 2026-05-01T15:25:00+00:00
- [The Future is Agentic in Recommender Systems](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/the-future-is-agentic-in-recommender-systems) — 2026-04-25T18:00:00+00:00
- [Book Ratings and Recommendations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/book-ratings-and-recommendations) — 2026-03-27T15:31:00+00:00
- [Disentanglement and Interpretability in Recommender Systems](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/disentanglement-and-interpretability-in-recommender-systems) — 2026-03-10T13:56:00+00:00
- [Collective Altruism in Recommender Systems](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/collective-altruism-in-recommender-systems) — 2026-02-27T16:49:00+00:00
- [Niche vs Mainstream](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/niche-vs-mainstream) — 2026-02-18T16:02:00+00:00
- [Healthy Friction in Job Recommender Systems](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/healthy-friction-in-job-recommender-systems) — 2026-02-02T16:55:00+00:00
- [Fairness in PCA-Based Recommenders](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/fairness-in-pca-based-recommenders) — 2026-01-26T15:56:00+00:00
- [Video Recommendations in Industry](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/video-recommendations-in-industry) — 2025-12-26T15:20:00+00:00
- [Eye Tracking in Recommender Systems](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/eye-tracking-in-recommender-systems) — 2025-12-18T14:48:00+00:00
- [Cracking the Cold Start Problem](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/cracking-the-cold-start-problem) — 2025-12-08T15:00:00+00:00
- [Designing Recommender Systems for Digital Humanities](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/designing-recommender-systems-for-digital-humanities) — 2025-11-23T16:50:00+00:00
- [DataRec Library for Reproducible in Recommend Systems](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/datarec-library-for-reproducible-in-recommend-systems) — 2025-11-13T21:41:00+00:00
- [Shilling Attacks on Recommender Systems](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/shilling-attacks-on-recommender-systems) — 2025-11-05T14:11:00+00:00
- [Music Playlist Recommendations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/music-playlist-recommendations) — 2025-10-29T14:00:00+00:00
- [Bypassing the Popularity Bias](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/bypassing-the-popularity-bias) — 2025-10-15T15:33:00+00:00
- [Sustainable Recommender Systems for Tourism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/sustainable-recommender-systems-for-tourism) — 2025-10-09T13:09:00+00:00
- [Interpretable Real Estate Recommendations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/interpretable-real-estate-recommendations) — 2025-09-22T21:45:00+00:00
- [Why Am I Seeing This?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/why-am-i-seeing-this) — 2025-09-08T20:11:00+00:00
- [Eco-aware GNN Recommenders](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/eco-aware-gnn-recommenders) — 2025-08-30T21:00:00+00:00
- [Networks and Recommender Systems](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/networks-and-recommender-systems) — 2025-08-17T22:17:00+00:00
- [Network of Past Guests Collaborations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/network-of-past-guests-collaborations) — 2025-07-21T22:59:00+00:00
- [The Network Diversion Problem](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/the-network-diversion-problem) — 2025-07-06T23:13:00+00:00
- [Complex Dynamic in Networks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/complex-dynamic-in-networks) — 2025-06-28T16:53:00+00:00
- [Github Network Analysis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/github-network-analysis) — 2025-06-22T03:41:00+00:00
- [Networks and Complexity](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/networks-and-complexity) — 2025-06-14T01:05:00+00:00
- [Graphs for Causal AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/graphs-for-causal-ai) — 2025-05-24T15:21:00+00:00
- [Power Networks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/power-networks) — 2025-05-16T23:52:00+00:00
- [Unveiling Graph Datasets](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/unveiling-graph-datasets) — 2025-05-08T23:15:00+00:00
- [Network Manipulation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/network-manipulation) — 2025-04-30T00:52:00+00:00
- [The Small World Hypothesis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/the-small-world-hypothesis) — 2025-04-21T05:01:00+00:00
- [Thinking in Networks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/thinking-in-networks) — 2025-04-12T16:03:00+00:00
- [Fraud Networks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/fraud-networks) — 2025-04-01T22:47:00+00:00
- [Criminal Networks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/criminal-networks) — 2025-03-17T15:00:00+00:00
- [Graph Bugs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/graph-bugs) — 2025-03-10T15:00:00+00:00
- [Organizational Network Analysis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/organizational-network-analysis) — 2025-03-03T15:00:00+00:00
- [Organizational Networks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/organizational-networks) — 2025-02-25T13:00:00+00:00
- [Networks of the Mind](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/networks-of-the-mind) — 2025-02-18T20:13:00+00:00
- [LLMs and Graphs Synergy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/llms-and-graphs-synergy) — 2025-02-10T17:41:00+00:00
- [A Network of Networks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/a-network-of-networks) — 2025-02-04T02:23:00+00:00
- [Auditing LLMs and Twitter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/auditing-llms-and-twitter) — 2025-01-29T18:53:00+00:00
- [Fraud Detection with Graphs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/fraud-detection-with-graphs) — 2025-01-22T03:04:00+00:00
- [Optimizing Supply Chains with GNN](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/optimizing-supply-chains-with-gnn) — 2025-01-15T15:34:00+00:00
- [The Mystery Behind Large Graphs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/the-mystery-behind-large-graphs) — 2025-01-10T01:49:00+00:00
- [Customizing a Graph Solution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/customizing-a-graph-solution) — 2024-12-16T23:03:00+00:00
- [Graph Transformations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/graph-transformations) — 2024-12-09T06:10:00+00:00
- [Networks for AB Testing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/networks-for-ab-testing) — 2024-11-25T15:00:00+00:00
- [Lessons from eGamer Networks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/lessons-from-egamer-networks) — 2024-11-18T15:00:00+00:00
- [Github Collaboration Network](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/github-collaboration-network) — 2024-11-11T20:49:00+00:00
- [Graphs and ML for Robotics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/graphs-and-ml-for-robotics) — 2024-11-04T14:00:00+00:00
- [Graphs for HPC and LLMs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/graphs-for-hpc-and-llms) — 2024-10-29T15:13:00+00:00
- [Graph Databases and AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/graph-databases-and-ai) — 2024-10-21T13:24:00+00:00
- [Network Analysis in Practice](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/network-analysis-in-practice) — 2024-10-14T14:45:00+00:00
- [Animal Intelligence Final Exam](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/animal-intelligence-final-exam) — 2024-10-07T16:16:00+00:00
- [Process Mining with LLMs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/process-mining-with-llms) — 2024-09-24T15:08:00+00:00
- [Open Animal Tracks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/open-animal-tracks) — 2024-09-17T16:58:00+00:00
- [Bird Distribution Modeling with Satbird](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/bird-distribution-modeling-with-satbird) — 2024-09-10T20:58:00+00:00
- [Ant Encounters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/ant-encounters) — 2024-08-26T14:01:00+00:00
- [Computing Toolbox](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/computing-toolbox) — 2024-08-19T14:25:00+00:00
- [Biodiversity Monitoring](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/biodiversity-monitoring) — 2024-08-14T02:04:00+00:00
- [Hacking the Colony](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/hacking-the-colony) — 2024-08-08T15:13:00+00:00
- [Primate Poses](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/primate-poses) — 2024-07-31T20:41:00+00:00
- [Generating 3D Animals with YouDream](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/generating-3d-animals-with-youdream) — 2024-07-23T16:17:00+00:00
- [Weird Communication](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/weird-communication) — 2024-07-15T13:00:00+00:00
- [Reducing the Impact of Ship Noise on Marine Mammals](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/reducing-the-impact-of-ship-noise-on-marine-mammals) — 2024-07-01T12:00:00+00:00
- [Analysis of Unstructured Data](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/analysis-of-unstructured-data) — 2024-06-28T18:50:00+00:00
- [iNaturalist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/inaturalist) — 2024-06-24T20:58:00+00:00
- [Learn to Code](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/learn-to-code) — 2024-06-18T20:10:00+00:00
- [Animal Computer Interaction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/animal-computer-interaction) — 2024-06-10T13:19:00+00:00
- [Ape Gestures](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/ape-gestures) — 2024-06-03T13:00:00+00:00
- [Evaluating AI Abilities](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/evaluating-ai-abilities) — 2024-05-27T16:06:00+00:00
- [HMMs for Behavior](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/hmms-for-behavior) — 2024-05-20T13:00:00+00:00
- [Bioinspired Engineering](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/bioinspired-engineering) — 2024-05-14T15:31:00+00:00
- [Modelling Evolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/modelling-evolution) — 2024-05-09T02:06:00+00:00
- [Behavioral Genetics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/behavioral-genetics) — 2024-04-30T13:57:00+00:00
- [Signal in the Noise](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/signal-in-the-noise) — 2024-04-25T00:03:00+00:00
- [Pose Tracking](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/pose-tracking) — 2024-04-16T06:59:00+00:00
- [Modeling Group Behavior](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/modeling-group-behavior) — 2024-04-08T13:00:00+00:00
- [Advances in Data Loggers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/advances-in-data-loggers) — 2024-03-25T13:04:00+00:00
- [What You Know About Intelligence is Wrong (fixed)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/what-you-know-about-intelligence-is-wrong-fixed) — 2024-03-20T06:31:00+00:00
- [Animal Decision Making](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/animal-decision-making) — 2024-03-12T21:55:00+00:00
- [Octopus Cognition](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/octopus-cognition) — 2024-03-08T00:50:00+00:00
- [Optimal Foraging](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/optimal-foraging) — 2024-02-28T23:02:00+00:00
- [Memory in Chess](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/memory-in-chess) — 2024-02-12T17:33:00+00:00
- [OpenWorm](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/openworm) — 2024-02-05T23:38:00+00:00
- [What the Antlion Knows](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/what-the-antlion-knows) — 2024-01-30T00:13:00+00:00
- [AI Roundtable](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/ai-roundtable) — 2024-01-17T21:52:00+00:00
- [Uncontrollable AI Risks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/uncontrollable-ai-risks) — 2023-12-27T19:05:00+00:00
- [I LLM and You Can Too](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/i-llm-and-you-can-too) — 2023-12-23T19:51:00+00:00
- [Q&A with Kyle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/q-a-with-kyle) — 2023-12-19T04:55:00+00:00
- [LLMs for Data Analysis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/llms-for-data-analysis) — 2023-12-12T06:03:00+00:00
- [AI Platforms](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/ai-platforms) — 2023-12-04T14:33:00+00:00
- [Deploying LLMs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/deploying-llms) — 2023-11-27T18:28:00+00:00
- [A Survey Assessing Github Copilot](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/a-survey-assessing-github-copilot) — 2023-11-20T19:11:00+00:00
- [Program Aided Language Models](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/program-aided-language-models) — 2023-11-13T15:00:00+00:00
- [Which Programming Language is ChatGPT Best At](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/which-programming-language-is-chatgpt-best-at) — 2023-11-06T14:00:00+00:00
- [GraphText](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/graphtext) — 2023-10-31T18:33:00+00:00
- [arXiv Publication Patterns](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/arxiv-publication-patterns) — 2023-10-23T17:20:00+00:00
- [Do LLMs Make Ethical Choices](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/do-llms-make-ethical-choices) — 2023-10-16T13:00:00+00:00
- [Emergent Deception in LLMs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic/emergent-deception-in-llms) — 2023-10-09T15:26:00+00:00

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