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Talk Python To Me - #516: Accelerating Python Data Science at NVIDIA

Python’s data stack is getting a serious GPU turbo boost. In this episode, Ben Zaitlen from NVIDIA joins us to unpack RAPIDS, the open source toolkit that lets pandas, scikit-learn, Spark, Polars, and even NetworkX execute on GPUs. We trace the project’s origin and why NVIDIA built it in the open, then dig into the pieces that matter in practice: cuDF for DataFrames, cuML for ML, cuGraph for graphs, cuXfilter for dashboards, and friends like cuSpatial and cuSignal. We talk real speedups, how the pandas accelerator works without a rewrite, and what becomes possible when jobs that used to take hours finish in minutes. You’ll hear strategies for datasets bigger than GPU memory, scaling out with Dask or Ray, Spark acceleration, and the growing role of vector search with cuVS for AI workloads. If you know the CPU tools, this is your on-ramp to the same APIs at GPU speed.

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RAPIDS: github.com/rapidsai
Example notebooks showing drop-in accelerators: github.com
Benjamin Zaitlen - LinkedIn: linkedin.com
RAPIDS Deployment Guide (Stable): docs.rapids.ai
RAPIDS cuDF API Docs (Stable): docs.rapids.ai
Asianometry YouTube Video: youtube.com
cuDF pandas Accelerator (Stable): docs.rapids.ai
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Episode #516 deep-dive: talkpython.fm/516
Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm
Developer Rap Theme Song: Served in a Flask: talkpython.fm/flasksong

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What A Day - The AI Chatbot Childhood Is Officially Here

The conversation surrounding artificial intelligence in the US is hard to avoid right now. Powerful companies like Nvidia are making AI chips, doctors are using AI to revolutionize and enhance healthcare, and companies like Waymo have implemented the technology in self-driving cars. But even with all these advances, concerns continue to grow over how children are using AI. Reports about chatbots engaging children in "sensual" conversations have led to amplified concerns. However, others have found that students and teachers alike are using AI to complete schoolwork and create class assignments. For more information about the intersection of AI and America's children, we spoke with Lila Shroff, Assistant Editor at The Atlantic.

And in headlines, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spruces up for his White House visit, President Donald Trump rants about the evil that is mail-in ballots, and MSNBC is changing its name to MS NOW.

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The NewsWorthy - Trump’s Push for Peace, Ticket Sellers Sued & Internet Slang Defined – Tuesday, August 19, 2025

The news to know for Tuesday, August 19, 2025!

We’re talking about crucial negotiations at the White House, and what still needs to happen before Ukraine sees peace. 
Also, we’ll tell you what a former attorney general told Congress about the so-called Epstein files. 
Plus — President Trump wants voting to be different for the midterms, another ad campaign is facing backlash, and words like skibidi and delulu have made it into the dictionary.

 

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Pod Save America - Blessed are the Peacemakers (Trump and Putin)

Following an unproductive day of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders to discuss a potential deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine. Favreau, Lovett, and Tommy discuss the meetings, the MAGA press corp's bizarre questions for Zelensky, and Trump's latest Putin-inspired fixation—eliminating mail in ballots. Then, they react to Republican governors sending armed troops to DC, ICE saying the quiet part out loud, and Governor Newsom's new social media strategy. To close the show, Bridget Brink, the former United States Ambassador to Ukraine, joins Tommy to talk about Ukraine's reaction to Trump's unusual approach to peace talks.

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WSJ Tech News Briefing - Billionaires Lean on AI to Bring Sci-Fi Dreams to Life

Tech giants are pouring money into efforts to usher in a new world filled with robot cars, killer drones and solar power. WSJ columnist and Bold Names co-host Tim Higgins walks us through how their investments are making the stuff of science fiction real. And WSJ’s Julie Jargon tells us why the nation’s leading autism advocacy organization is calling for OpenAI to add guardrails to its ChatGPT chatbot. Liz Young hosts.


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The Best One Yet - 🍒 “$200 SmartBra” — Forme’s high-tech bra. Can’t buy house, buy crypto. Fast Casual’s bowl recession.

Nick is back! And he recaps his health ordeal in the intro. Our 3 stories: 

A $200 posture-correcting bra?... It’s gone viral, and could be Apple’s next acquisition target.

Why are Millennials buying crypto instead of homes?... Because nest eggs are stuck in Bitcoin. 

Chipotle, Cava, & Sweetgreen aren’t fast casual anymore, they’re slow… And the solution lies in the Olive Garden.

Plus, Nick’s back from the hospital… He’s eager to share his prognosis (and 3 stock picks)


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Native America Calling - Tuesday, August 19, 2025 – Native athletes rally on the local and international levels

Haudenosaunee Nationals Lacrosse player Bean Minard (photo by Charlie Ragusa), boxer George "Comanche Boy" Tahdooahnippah (photo by Colin Henderson) and college swimmer, Kaylah Yazzie (photo courtesy UNM Lobo Athletics)

Incoming Tishomingo High School senior golfer Carli Upton. (Photo: Christiana Alford)

Among the big wins in athletic competition this summer is the victory by the Haudenosaunee Nationals at the Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Championship. They are first time medalists at the senior level and their win over Puerto Rico has far-reaching implications. We’ll hear from a player and a coach for the team and take the opportunity to catch up with some other notable Native athletes, from a Comanche professional boxer to the Diné college swimmer.

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Carli Upton (Chickasaw and Choctaw), student and golfer at Tishomingo High School

Bean Minerd (Onondaga Nation), Haudenosaunee Nationals women’s lacrosse team member and head women’s lacrosse coach of Buffalo State University

George “Comanche Boy” Tahdooahnippah (Comanche), former professional boxer, North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, and CEO of Numunu

Kaylah Yazzie (Navajo, Comanche, and Sac and Fox), swimmer for the University of New Mexico

 

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The Indicator from Planet Money - How algorithms are changing the way we speak

Social media has birthed an entire lexicon replicated by millions online — even if these words don’t actually mean skibidi. On today’s show, we talk to author Adam Aleksic about how TikTok and Instagram's engagement metrics, and viral memes, are rewiring our brains and transforming language at warp speed.

Adam Aleksic’s book is Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language 

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Zelensky Brings a Posse to Washington

After visiting with Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, and European leaders, where does Donald Trump stand on the Ukraine-Russia war—and where does that leave Ukraine?

Guest:  Tim Mak, editor of the Kyiv-based publication The Counteroffensive.

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Chapo Trap House - 961 – The Dogs of War feat. Seth Harp (8/18/25)

Journalist and author Seth Harp returns to the pod to talk about his horrifying and expansive new book The Fort Bragg Cartel. We talk with Seth about America’s forever-war machine and the global drug empire it empowers, with a special focus on the case of Delta Force officer William Lavigne, who killed his best friend before turning up dead near Fort Bragg in a still-unsolved murder. We also discuss the rise of JSOC, the third Iraq War and its ongoing ramifications, the US military’s ties with the brutal Los Zetas cartel, and the eternal shadow war waged in the name of empire. Buy Seth’s book here (and give it 5 stars on Amazon!): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730414/the-fort-bragg-cartel-by-seth-harp/ And follow him on X at @sethharpesq