In this week’s episode Patrick and Greg have some serious fun with song lyrics they misunderstood at some point in their personal lives. They then use this as a thinly veiled excuse to explore some very basic statistical things that they have also misunderstood at some point in their professional lives. Along the way they […]
S6E19 Misheard (Statistical) Lyrics: A Mixtape Read More »
This week we just want to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season, and we look forward to sharing more quant fun in the new year. Please take care everyone! Related Episodes S5E11 Statistical Ideas That Die Hard S4E12 Secret Father Christmas Actually S3E14: Patrick & Greg’s New Year’s Balls Drop S2E16: Holiday Airing of Grievances
S6E11 A Brief Holiday Message… Read More »
In this week’s episode Greg tries to ambush Patrick by bringing back the popular feature pop quiz, this time with a statistical acronym theme, only to pretty much get crushed by Patrick in the end. Along they way they also discuss wow that’s fantastic, QR codes and octogenarians, Questionable Rectum, catharsis, grassy knolls, petards, Sean
S6E06 Pop Quiz: Acronyms Read More »
In this week’s episode, marking the fifth Quantitude Holiday Celebration, Greg and Patrick argue about their favorite holiday movies, including whether Die Hard counts as one or not; they then proceed to discuss several statistical ideas that also seem to Die Hard. Along the way they talk about so much gibberish that we don’t even
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In honor of April Fool’s Day, this week’s episode is about being fooled, specifically quantitative things that can fool you, accompanied by some classic songs about being fooled. Along the way, Greg and Patrick also discuss ukus, the spaghetti harvest, sucker!, meet the new boss, traditions of doing things wrong, naked garbage bag poker, old
S4E22 April Fools! The Quantitative Things That Fool Us Read More »
In this week’s episode the employees of Quantitude International, including some very special guests, treat Greg and Patrick to a Secret Santa (ahem….secret Father Christmas) office party that they will not soon forget. Along the way they also mention mince meat pies, bangers, gits and tossers, Qurling (trademark pending), Vengeance Spice, hostage negotiation, Kevlar, Cantucky,
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In this week’s Halloween-themed episode, Greg and Patrick have fun talking about things in their academic jobs that scare them, from things that are a little scary to things that they find absolutely terrifying. Along the way they also discuss Mrs. Kopicky’s caramel popcorn balls, Wolf of Wall Street, Kenny T, forgetting you’ve told a
S4E07 The Quanti-House of Horror Read More »
Greg and Patrick, perched in a glass booth high above New York’s Times Square, ring in 2022 with the help of some friends by counting down quantitative New Year’s resolutions. Along the way they also mention QPod catheters, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, groin height, yelling at NPR, Shimmer, O’Nuckles, intellectual gooses, European Quanterati, smoldering corpses, Dilbert,
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What starts as a friendly check-in with our intern Ethan McCormick in the Netherlands turns into Ethan’s Pop Quiz Revenge around the themes of statistical paradoxes and distributions. Along the way, Greg and Patrick also discuss headlamps, airport carousels, prostrate vs. prostate, operatic ambulances, ungulates, how X-mas got its X, Cobra Kai, bromeo, metric time,
S3E05: Pop Quiz 3: Ethan’s Revenge Read More »
Patrick and Greg celebrate international haiku day with listener-submitted HaiQs, and somehow tie that to a discussion of team science, all while interviewing intern applicant Ethan McCormick. Along the way they also discuss Googling as research, cheddar fries, Big Lima Bean, Mc vs. Mac, moody loners in Montana cabins, English particle accelerators, the Boulder Model,
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