Behind the Data

Andrea Jones-Rooy

Behind the Data is a podcast about the hidden stories tucked inside the data that shapes our world. From political polls to global happiness indexes, we go beyond charts and headlines to uncover where data comes from, why it’s collected, and what we can (and cannot!) learn from it. Each episode explores a fascinating dataset that helps us better understand the systems, policies, and people around us. Whether you're new to data or work with it every day, you'll find approachable conversations, surprising lessons for making sense of data *and life* (!!), and a reminder that every dataset reflects a ch...

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Behind the Data

Episodes (21)

Sep 8, 2025 What's actually in US jobs data?
Aug 23, 2025 Why don't we do what makes us happier?
Aug 19, 2025 Season 3 trailer

Behind the Data

Sep 8, 2025
41½ minutes
71 MB

Data about the US labor market has been all over the headlines of late -- but what's actually in these numbers? Beyond the recent political upheaval surrounding the August 1, 2025, jobs report, the process of translating complex and nuanced things like labor market activity into numbers, and then making sense of those numbers while also being mindful of long-term deeper trends that might affect those interpretations -- is super fascinating and important. In this episode we talk with Ben Casselman, Chief Economics Correspondent at the New York Times, about how to think about these numbers, how they...

Behind the Data

What's actually in US jobs data?

Andrea Jones-Rooy

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