Finale: Most Important Numbers in the World
If GDP and the stock market don't fully capture the economic health of the U.S. and its citizens, what numbers should we be watching? What are the key...
Numbers Geek with Steve Ballmer
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Numbers Geek is the podcast where we use numbers and data to make sense of the world. We take on issues from education to politics to basketball and beyond — with leaders in business, tech and entertainment. Our resident Numbers Geek is Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft CEO and current owner of the L.A. Clippers. Numbers Geek is a GeekWire podcast, produced in partnership with USAFacts, the nonprofit data initiative founded by Ballmer.
A picture of America in numbers
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's non-partisan, not-for-profit civic data initiative, USAFacts, today is publishing its third annual report on U.S....
What Happened to the Middle Class?
People from across the political spectrum use a lot of different words to answer the question of what happened to the middle class: Hollowed out, wipe...
Bonus: Steve Ballmer analyzes his team's historic NBA win
With even more yelling and fist-pumping than normal, Steve Ballmer might not have seemed like an analytical guy to casual fans watching his LA Clipper...
Numbers of the NBA: Courtside with Steve Ballmer
Sure, you know how many points your favorite NBA player scored in his last game. But how do turnovers, field goal percentage and rebounds improve chan...
Shark Tank's billion-dollar blunder
Back in 2013, Jamie Siminoff was the founder and chief inventor of a struggling video doorbell company, pinning all the startup’s hopes on his appeara...
Crunching the Numbers of 'Shark Tank': A $30M Rejection
$30 million. That number will forever be associated with our guest on this week's Numbers Geek podcast, Arum Kang, co-founder and co-CEO of Coffee Mee...
Diagnosing U.S. healthcare: Steve's key numbers to know
Healthcare is suddenly back on the U.S. political agenda, and it remains one of the most important and misunderstood issues in the country. On this ep...
The Case of the Mysterious Income Statement
Can Steve Ballmer figure out the identity of an anonymous company just by looking at the numbers on its income statement? On this episode of Numbers G...
Peter Sagal, 'Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me' host
Peter Sagal is best known as the host of NPR’s weekly quiz show, Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me, which marked its 20th anniversary in October. But he’s also...