Control F
Control F is a podcast about data — hard, fuzzy, surprising, and sometimes unreliable data — and all the ways it influences our daily lives. In each episode, we dig deep on a topic and search through research, algorithms, and assumptions to bring you insights on how stuff works. In a world ruled by numbers, Control F reads between the (spreadsheet) lines to find the bigger story.
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Episodes
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We are really good at predicting the weather, actually
Winter storms this week have shattered records, taken lives, and forced people to hunker down at home from Texas to Maine. The ability to forecast weather this severe days in advance helps people prepare, and get to safety when they can. Today's detailed and precise forecast models are only possible because of data — data that meteorologists have gathered and analyzed for decades with increasingly vast reach and sophisticated technology.
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How did we get so good at predicting the weather?
Two journalists explain how weather forecasting works, and how it has developed over the last 65 years into a more precise prediction than ever before.
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What's hidden behind your credit score?
Follow along as we try to buy a hat in each of America's three major credit eras to see what data is collected and used to determine creditworthiness at different points in American history.
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What does your credit score really say about you?
Two journalists explain the history of credit scores, how credit scores are calculated and the complex ways that financial data impacts our daily lives.
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Introducing Control F, a podcast about the hidden data that influences our lives