Best Work In Estonia Podcasts (2025)

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BITESIZE | Practical Applications of Causal AI with LLMs, with Robert Ness 25:28

13h ago25:28

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Today’s clip is from episode 137 of the podcast, with Robert Ness. Alex and Robert discuss the intersection of causal inference and deep learning, emphasizing the importance of understanding causal concepts in statistical modeling. The discussion also covers the evolution of probabilistic machine learning, the role of inductive biases, and the pote…

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Guardrails or Surveillance? The Great Summer Gemini Debate | Ep. 68 53:38

6d ago53:38

53:38

In this episode of ChatEDU (Guardrails or Surveillance? The Great Summer Gemini Debate), Matt and Liz kick things off with a peek into robot-filled Austin, Texas. Think driverless Jaguars and winking food-delivery cubes. They also share a few updates from their trip to AESA’s summer conference. From there, they dive into three major stories shaping…

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How to Be Two-Marshmallow Humans (with Aza Raskin) 1:12:38

8d ago1:12:38

1:12:38

Back in 2006, a young interface designer came up with the idea that rather than making people click to another page to continue reading, they should just get an endlessly reloading single page that goes on forever. That "infinite scroll" wound up being a centerpiece of the attention economy — it's how you can scroll mindlessly for hours without tak…

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#137 Causal AI & Generative Models, with Robert Ness 1:38:19

8d ago1:38:19

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Proudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch! Intro to Bayes Course (first 2 lessons free) Advanced Regression Course (first 2 lessons free) Our theme music is « Good Bayesian », by Baba Brinkman (feat MC Lars and Mega Ran). Check out his awesome work! Visit our Patreon page to unlock exclusive Bayesian swa…

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College Degrees to Beat the Bot | Ep. 67 54:10

13d ago54:10

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In this episode of ChatEDU (College Degrees to Beat the Bot), Matt and Liz kick things off with a voice AI agent for small businesses (including Liz’s very own Studio 217) and trippy new uses for chatbots. From there, they dig into the fast-moving world of robotics, sharing stories of clumsy soccer-playing humanoids, robot warehouse takeovers, and …

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BITESIZE | How to Make Your Models Faster, with Haavard Rue & Janet van Niekerk 17:53

15d ago17:53

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Today’s clip is from episode 136 of the podcast, with Haavard Rue & Janet van Niekerk. Alex, Haavard and Janet explore the world of Bayesian inference with INLA, a fast and deterministic method that revolutionizes how we handle large datasets and complex models. Discover the power of INLA, and why it can make your models go much faster! Get the ful…

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Viral or Villain - Is the AI Backlash Just Beginning? | Ep.66 57:17

20d ago57:17

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In this episode of ChatEDU (Viral or Villain - Is the AI Backlash Just Beginning?), Matt and Liz open with travel updates from Liz’s time at ISTE/ASCD, shoutouts to listeners met on the road, and a quick prompt hack before diving into three big stories shaping the tension between AI’s rapid adoption in schools and growing backlash in society. From …

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#136 Bayesian Inference at Scale: Unveiling INLA, with Haavard Rue & Janet van Niekerk 1:17:37

22d ago1:17:37

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Proudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch! Intro to Bayes Course (first 2 lessons free) Advanced Regression Course (first 2 lessons free) Our theme music is « Good Bayesian », by Baba Brinkman (feat MC Lars and Mega Ran). Check out his awesome work! Visit our Patreon page to unlock exclusive Bayesian swa…

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How to Defeat Loneliness (with David Jay) 1:04:02

22d ago1:04:02

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We’ve all experienced loneliness, but could you really describe what it is, and what it does to you, beyond the physical experience of isolation? Before this conversation, I couldn’t. But David Jay has taken the invisible, unnameable effects of loneliness and turned them into an actionable recipe for evaluating and improving friendship and communit…

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BITESIZE | Understanding Simulation-Based Calibration, with Teemu Säilynoja 21:14

27d ago21:14

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Get 10% off Hugo's "Building LLM Applications for Data Scientists and Software Engineers" online course! Today’s clip is from episode 135 of the podcast, with Teemu Säilynoja. Alex and Teemu discuss the importance of simulation-based calibration (SBC). They explore the practical implementation of SBC in probabilistic programming languages, the chal…

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Check Please: Is Your AI Paying Off? | Ep.65 1:04:00

26d ago1:04:00

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In this episode of ChatEDU (Check Please: Is Your AI Paying Off?) Matt and Jonathan open with updates about Liz’s at ISTE/ASCD. From there, they tackle a practical and philosophical look at AI’s rapid growth, job impacts, classroom adoption, and hidden trade-offs as leaders rethink what to automate. The episode closes with a bright byte on how AI i…

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Brain Rot or Brain Stretch? Rethinking Rigor in the Age of AI | Ep. 64 59:59

1M ago59:59

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In this episode of ChatEDU (Brain Rot or Brain Stretch? Rethinking Rigor in the Age of AI), Matt and Liz kick things off with a little sarcasm, a Meta AI privacy disaster, and the debut of a new segment: “Liz is Freaking Out.” From there, they dig into three big stories about AI's impact on student well-being, meaningful learning, and what really h…

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The Life and Death of Booze (with Adam Rogers) 59:31

1M ago59:31

59:31

Adam Rogers is a science journalist and the author of two amazing books about how we experience the world. His second, Full Spectrum, is about color. But we're here to discuss his first, Proof: The Science of Booze. Not just booze, though — what it symbolizes about magic and alchemy and history and chaos, and why our relationship to it is so fraugh…

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#135 Bayesian Calibration and Model Checking, with Teemu Säilynoja 1:12:13

1M ago1:12:13

1:12:13

Proudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch! Intro to Bayes Course (first 2 lessons free) Advanced Regression Course (first 2 lessons free) Our theme music is « Good Bayesian », by Baba Brinkman (feat MC Lars and Mega Ran). Check out his awesome work! Visit our Patreon page to unlock exclusive Bayesian swa…

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AI Ate My EdTech Stack | Ep. 63 55:27

1M ago55:27

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In this episode of ChatEDU (AI Ate My EdTech Stack), Matt and Liz open with a failed product demo, a viral subway AI romance, and some studio chaos before diving into three stories with big implications for classrooms and edtech. They explore how Canva is reinventing itself, why Estonia wants students to use their phones more, and how AI may soon r…

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Live Show Announcement | Come Meet Me in London! 3:04

1M ago3:04

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ICYMI, I'll be in London next week, for a live episode of the Learning Bayesian Statistics podcast 🍾 Come say hi on June 24 at Imperial College London! We'll be talking about uncertainty quantification — not just in theory, but in the messy, practical reality of building models that are supposed to work in the real world. 🎟️ Get your tickets! Some …

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The Trump Moment is Global (with Bart Bonikowski) 1:11:08

1M ago1:11:08

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Trump's sudden, strange appeal took most political observers by surprise (it broke their necks, frankly), but not Bart Bonikowski. The NYU professor of politics and sociology has been looking at the global rise of populism for over a decade, along with the ideologies and forms of nationalism that help to explain why it's got us all in its grasp at …

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BITESIZE | Exploring Dynamic Regression Models, with David Kohns 14:34

1M ago14:34

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Today’s clip is from episode 134 of the podcast, with David Kohns. Alex and David discuss the future of probabilistic programming, focusing on advancements in time series modeling, model selection, and the integration of AI in prior elicitation. The discussion highlights the importance of setting appropriate priors, the challenges of computational …

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Academic Earthquake: When AI Passes Peer Review | Ep. 62 56:52

2M ago56:52

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In this episode of ChatEDU (Academic Earthquake: When AI Passes Peer Review), Matt and Liz open with a quirky AI challenge: generate Liz’s perfect romantic partner. The results are strangely consistent, but the fun quickly turns to focus. They dive into three big stories shaping the future of work, education, and research. From job evolution to cla…

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An Expert in Violence Explains the Path to Peace (with Lord John Alderdice) 1:04:46

2M ago1:04:46

1:04:46

When I was writing my book The Loop, I was looking for experts in the degree to which we misunderstand one another, and several people pointed me at this week’s guest. He and I had an hourlong phone conversation, and while he undoubtedly doesn’t remember it (but is too polite to say so), for me it was a deeply formative experience. Lord John Alderd…

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Bonus: What It's Like at a Protest, and Why It's So Dangerous! 9:47

2M ago9:47

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Here's what it's like on the ground when you're covering a protest, why it's so hard to give an accurate picture of what's happening, and why it can be misleading. Also: police targeting journalists is very much a thing.

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#134 Bayesian Econometrics, State Space Models & Dynamic Regression, with David Kohns 1:40:55

2M ago1:40:55

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Proudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch! Intro to Bayes Course (first 2 lessons free) Advanced Regression Course (first 2 lessons free) Our theme music is « Good Bayesian », by Baba Brinkman (feat MC Lars and Mega Ran). Check out his awesome work! Visit our Patreon page to unlock exclusive Bayesian swa…

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Nice Try, Tech Bro: Schools Aren’t Daycare and AI Isn’t in Charge | Ep. 61 55:48

2M ago55:48

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In this episode of ChatEDU (Nice Try, Tech Bro: Schools Aren’t Daycare and AI Isn’t in Charge), Matt and Liz dive into three stories shaping the future of learning and tech. They start with a prank, then cover an Axios AI survey, Google’s new Beam tech, and a hot debate over whether Duolingo’s CEO dissed teachers. It’s a fast ride across the AI-in-…

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The Battle for Your Brain (with Nita Farahany) 1:00:24

2M ago1:00:24

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Duke Professor of Law Nita Farahany has documented the growing industry of companies and devices that try to read your intentions, analyze your mind state, and generally get inside your brain. No, really: in her 2023 book The Battle for Your Brain she documents hundreds of instances in which everyone from employers to authoritarian regimes are hopi…

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BITESIZE | Why Your Models Might Be Wrong & How to Fix it, with Sean Pinkney & Adrian Seyboldt 17:04

2M ago17:04

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Today’s clip is from episode 133 of the podcast, with Sean Pinkney & Adrian Seyboldt. The conversation delves into the concept of Zero-Sum Normal and its application in statistical modeling, particularly in hierarchical models. Alex, Sean and Adrian discuss the implications of using zero-sum constraints, the challenges of incorporating new data poi…

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Reading: The All-American Surveillance System is Coming 8:40

2M ago8:40

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The Trump administration is describing its Palantir project as an effort to do away with waste and fraud by eliminating silos. But as other nations have learned, the silos are what make the difference between an efficient digital government and chilling, oppressive surveillance. Read this piece and more at TheRipCurrent.com.…

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What are we protecting? AI, learning, and the myth of the good old days | Ep. 60 53:48

2M ago53:48

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In this episode of ChatEDU (What are we protecting? AI, learning, and the myth of the good old days), Matt and Jonathan return to the ChatEDU studio while Liz globe-trots her way to ASCD authorship, to tackle two big stories shaping the AI-in-education conversation. First, they dive into NASA’s spring guidance warning that generative AI is too unre…

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#133 Making Models More Efficient & Flexible, with Sean Pinkney & Adrian Seyboldt 1:12:12

2M ago1:12:12

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Proudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch! Intro to Bayes Course (first 2 lessons free) Advanced Regression Course (first 2 lessons free) Our theme music is « Good Bayesian », by Baba Brinkman (feat MC Lars and Mega Ran). Check out his awesome work! Visit our Patreon page to unlock exclusive Bayesian swa…

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