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24 alternatives to Rationally Speaking - Andrew Gelman on "Why do Americans vote the way they do?"
Episode on why Americans vote, and if voting is rational.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Rationally Speaking - Andrew Gelman on "Why do Americans vote the way they do?" launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A podcast episode about minorities voting for Trump
2016 · thisissomenoise.com · its alternatives →
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Scientific evidence that podcasts are good for your brain
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
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Does it make a difference by getting engaged & voting?
2016 · podomatic.com · its alternatives →
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A podcast co-hosted by Amazon's Alexa
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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A pre-launch experiment for their new politics podcast
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Episode "Election Reflection" #TheBlameGame
2016 · podomatic.com · its alternatives →
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Carl Diggler, the most successful election forecaster
2016 · open.spotify.com · its alternatives →
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The first presidential podcast
2015 · wtfpod.com · its alternatives →
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How we are willing to fault everyone except ourselves
2016 · its alternatives →
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Quite possibly one of my favorite podcast episodes ever.
2016 · tim.blog · its alternatives →
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>50% of Americans dislike both presidential candidates
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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How voting for yourself creates wealth and freedom
2016 · archive.jamesaltucher.com · its alternatives →
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Why democracies choose bad policies
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A reddit podcast for all the stories behind the stories
2015 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Why do we even need sales?
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Many strangers give us their take on podcasting
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I expected this episode to be amazing, and Seth 10x’d it.
2016 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
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An episode about "Early Education"
2015 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
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Data/Stats/ML podcast with a great Mini series
2015 · dataskeptic.com · its alternatives →
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Podcast about podcasts (and the podcast media problems)
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →