Bright Lights Big Data

It’s happening! #blbdpod is back with brand new episodes starting NEXT WEEK! See pic for dates and topics. To celebrate our return *and* 50th episode, we’re also launching a merch shop in the very near future, including stickers and sexy, bright orange t shirts 🤓

@ChrisSGlass @jpc19671 Sorry for the wait! Dealing with some extended health issues but planning to get back to recording ASAP.

In the meantime, enjoy our back catalog and keep those topic suggestions coming!

Our data host has apparently been battling a nasty sinus infection for the last few weeks. As she’s still on the mend, we will not be posting a new episode tomorrow. After the antibiotics do their thing, we’ll record our coverage of the Aug 18 NLP roundtable.

And join your data host in attending DSM Data & Analytics’ NLP Roundtable this Wednesday, 8/12 at noon meetup.com/Des-Moines-Dat…

Also make sure to check out our planner host on @YourGreenPortal anchor.fm/lynnae-hentzen…

Have you ever wondered why the US doesn’t have high speed passenger rail? So did Tammy! Check out BLBD 57: How Train Go? (Spoiler: we do technically have a high speed train) bit.ly/BLBD57

In BLBD 56: Hodgepodge, we take listener questions about career inspiration and podcasts we follow (thanks @ChrisSGlass) and Call Me Algorithm makes a return. What podcasts do you listen to? Send us questions and we may answer them in future episodes! bit.ly/BLBD56

@marleyisdeadPOD @jpc19671 @leigh_antle @smarshxo @saraturner19 @loveshockey20 @mikewichter @MeemoMary youtu.be/fczPlmz-Vug (with permission from the incredible Regina Spektor)

@jpc19671 @leigh_antle @smarshxo @saraturner19 @loveshockey20 @blbdpod @mikewichter @MeemoMary freemusicarchive.org/music/Badgerla…

"BLBD 55: Book Lights, Big Words" is now live! littledatablog.com/podcast/2021/7…

And the most important map of Tammy’s childhood: the Atlas of Pern

In BLBD 54: I’m the MAAAAP!, we discuss maps - real, fake, and fictional - and an image compression method. We’d love to hear from you about your favorite maps! bit.ly/BLBD54 bit.ly/BLBD54

A zoo map @blankparkzoo

Here’s the @TfL map Mike referenced

I demand to know who is responsible for this nytimes.com/2021/06/22/sci…

Hey @netflix are you looking for new reality show ideas? Check out BLBD 53: Flip for it! bit.ly/BLBD53

Whoopsie! Somehow we accidentally posted a 3-second clip instead of a full episode. That has been corrected :)

@jpc19671 @SalPetrino @mikewichter @MeemoMary @bsp_13 Thanks for the love Jim!

🎂Happy birthday to our planning host! To celebrate here's an episode about one of his favorite topics. Enjoy BLBD 52: Board Games! bit.ly/BLBD52

@ChrisSGlass I was really into the @FiveThirtyEight show What’s The Point when it was on. There’s also @NSSDeviations which updates pretty frequently

Did you know billionaire singer Akon is building a brand new city in Senegal? Mike and Tammy discuss new cities, cryptocurrency, and a bunch of cities Tammy has totally heard of in BLBD 51: I know jack about cities bit.ly/BLBD51