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Everything Everywhere Daily - How to Lie With Statistics

Mark Twain once said, 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.'

The reason why he placed statistics into its own category is because it is possible to use numbers to misrepresent the truth, distort reality, or outright lie. 

However, if you know what to look for, you can catch misuses of statistics, and if really pay attention, you can find these misuses almost everywhere.

Learn more about how you can lie with statistics on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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More or Less: Behind the Stats - The magic of trigonometry

You might have found it boring in school maths classes, but Matt Parker thinks we should all learn to love trigonometry.

The ?Love Triangle? author talks to Tim Harford about the maths used in GPS, architecture and special effects.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - One of the hottest jobs in AI right now: ‘types-question guy’

U.S. job growth cooled this month. But one job is hot to the touch: AI prompt engineer. The role can command a six figure salary, but ... what is it? Today, we speak to an AI prompt engineer to figure out what they actually do and how long the job could remain hot.

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NPR's Book of the Day - Kevin Kwan explores race and identity in ‘Sex and Vanity’ and ‘Lies and Weddings’

Today's episode features two interviews with Kevin Kwan, author of the Crazy Rich Asians series. First, former NPR host Lulu Garcia-Navarro spoke to the writer in 2020 about Sex and Vanity, exploring identity through the lens of a biracial character and setting a new trilogy between Europe and the U.S. Then, Here & Now's Robin Young asks Kwan about his newest novel, Lies and Weddings, and his thoughts on the fascination with wealth and power in literature.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Questions and Answers: Volume 20

The month of July is named after Julius Caesar. In 44 BC, after his assassination, the Roman Senate renamed the month of Quintilis after him in honor of the month he was born.

The fact that he was appointed dictator for life probably had something to do with it. 

All the emperors that came later never changed it, so instead of Quintilis, we have July. 

So stay tuned for the Quintilis episode of questions and answers on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Bad Faith - Episode 386 – Kenyans vs The IMF (w/ Dr. Grieve Chelwa)

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Economist Grieve Chelwa joins Bad Faith to explain how mass protests in Kenya defeated IMF-backed austerity policies, and how the IMF and World Bank use debt as a mechanism of political & economic control. Dr. Chelwa charts how the BRICS bank & dedollarization may provide a way out for countries struggling under western debt-control, and the crucial role global solidarity must play. This is one of those big picture episodes you wont want to miss.

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Produced by Armand Aviram.

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