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S4E01: Can math predict the Oscars? w/ Ben Zauzmer

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Will you be watching the Oscars this Sunday, comparing the winners with your predictions? Well one person who definitely will be is our first guest of season 4 - Ben Zauzmer, author of Oscarmetrics! Ben, who is also the director of baseball analytics for the New York Mets, uses stats from past and present awards to try to predict this year's winners, and we also discuss representation and diversity among award winners and across all media, as well as the classic Math Therapy debate: can math and pop culture truly be BFF?

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Transcript for today’s episode: www.maththerapypodcast.com

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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Ben's path to prediction (00:01:54)

3. Can math & pop culture be friends? (00:04:33)

4. How to predict the Oscars (00:10:41)

5. Oscars so ... diverse?! (00:14:48)

6. Q1: How math is taught in school (00:23:00)

7. Predictions gone wild! (00:25:54)

8. Oscar for Best Keanu? (00:27:26)

9. Outro (00:29:22)

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Will you be watching the Oscars this Sunday, comparing the winners with your predictions? Well one person who definitely will be is our first guest of season 4 - Ben Zauzmer, author of Oscarmetrics! Ben, who is also the director of baseball analytics for the New York Mets, uses stats from past and present awards to try to predict this year's winners, and we also discuss representation and diversity among award winners and across all media, as well as the classic Math Therapy debate: can math and pop culture truly be BFF?

Show notes:

Connect with us:

Transcript for today’s episode: www.maththerapypodcast.com

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Ben's path to prediction (00:01:54)

3. Can math & pop culture be friends? (00:04:33)

4. How to predict the Oscars (00:10:41)

5. Oscars so ... diverse?! (00:14:48)

6. Q1: How math is taught in school (00:23:00)

7. Predictions gone wild! (00:25:54)

8. Oscar for Best Keanu? (00:27:26)

9. Outro (00:29:22)

83 episodes

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