Normal Curves Podcast: Mixing Sexy Science & Statistics

Imagine sitting in a room crafting a concept for a new podcast. After hours of brainstorming, lousy coffee, flaky croissants, and short tempers, the group hits upon an idea they can move forward with.

The group decides to “start a podcast with two college professors who are statistics nerds and talk a lot about dissecting data.”

They bring their idea to the boss, who looks like the Community Chest guy in Monopoly. The boss barks, “Are you kidding me? This will never work. It’ll put people to sleep.”

Then you listen to the first episode of Normal Curves and realize how wrong the boss was — again!

Normal Curves is a podcast about sexy science & serious statistics. The marketing pitch is a good one: “Ever try to make sense of a scientific study and the numbers behind it? Listen in to a lively conversation between two stats-savvy friends who break it all down with humor and clarity. Professors Regina Nuzzo and Kristin Sainani discuss papers like a journal club does — except with more fun, less jargon, and some irreverent, PG-13 content sprinkled in. Join Kristin and Regina as they dissect the data, challenge the claims, and arm you with tools to assess scientific studies on your own.”