Data Nation

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We face many overwhelming challenges in America today: systemic racism, data privacy, and political misinformation. These are big problems, and there are a lot of opinions and ideas on how to fix them. Scholars and industry experts often disagree on how to find solutions. So, how can we find the right way to move forward? We let the data speak for itself. Join hosts Liberty Vittert and Munther Dahleh as they gather data and get the facts about today's most pressing problems to find out: are solutions even possible? They'll investigate with MIT professors dedicated to researching these issues, and talk with the people on the ground encountering these problems every day so that we can find the best solutions that triumph over these challenges and solve America's biggest problems. Data Nation is a production of MIT's Institute for Data, Systems, and Society.

Episode Date
Data, Debt, and the Dollar: A Conversation with Ken Rogoff
Oct 30, 2025
Beyond the Trip: The Data on Psychedelics
Sep 30, 2025
Harnessing the Power of Data: Chat with Munzer Dahleh
Aug 28, 2025
De-Extinction, Data, and the Future of Conservation with Colossal
Jul 29, 2025
Behind the Tariff: What the Data Says
Jun 30, 2025
Immigration by the Numbers: What the Data Really Says
May 29, 2025
Jillian Michaels: Exposing the Truth About our Food and Weight Loss
Apr 29, 2025
Rising Tensions and Sea Levels: Advancing Extreme Weather Policy and Technology
Feb 25, 2025
Money, Sports, and Data: The World of College Athletics
Jan 30, 2025
Beyond Botox: The Future and Ethics of Anti-Aging Technologies
Dec 16, 2024
2024 Election Debrief: What actually happened?
Nov 26, 2024
What is going to happen on Nov 5, 2024?
Oct 24, 2024
The D in Democracy stands for Data
Sep 25, 2024
Driving technology change
Feb 29, 2024
Profit and profiteering in the housing market
Dec 12, 2023
The case for AI optimism
Oct 24, 2023
Data Dilemmas in Health
Sep 06, 2023
Can you steal an election?
Jun 08, 2023
AI, Avatars, and Augmented Reality
May 02, 2023
The inflection point: AI and the future of work
Apr 04, 2023
Counting ZZZs: What Brain Data Tells Us about Anesthesia and Sleep
Mar 07, 2023
The Data Dilemma of Racial Profiling
Oct 27, 2022
Robot Doctors, Who's a Fan of Them?
Oct 20, 2022
What in the World is the Metaverse?
Oct 13, 2022
The Dark Side to the Data Economy
Oct 06, 2022
The Deadly Epidemic That's Gone on Too Long
Sep 29, 2022
Credit Scores, No Friend of Ours
Sep 22, 2022
Misinformation…Democracy's Downfall?
Sep 15, 2022
Analytics, Are They Ruining Sports?
Sep 08, 2022
Introducing Data Nation
Aug 19, 2022