So y’all know I really enjoy blogs. So much so I think they often have a higher value added than traditional peer review papers. There are other mediums I would like to recognize, and those are Podcasts and video tutorials. So while I like to do lab tutorials (pretty much like my blog posts in which I step through some code), I know many students would prefer I do videos and lectures. And I admit some of these I have seen done quite well on Coursera for example.

Another source I have been consuming quite a bit lately are Podcasts. These often take the form of an interview. So are not technical in nature, but are more soft story telling, such as talking about a particular topical area the interviewee is expert in, or that persons career path. So here are my list of these resources I have personally learned from and enjoyed.

None of these I have listened/watched 100% of the offerings, but have listened/watch multiple episodes (and will continue to listen/watch more)! These are very criminal justice focused, so would love to branch out to data science and health care resources if folks have suggestions!

Podcasts

Reducing Crime – Jerry Ratcliffe interviews a mix of academics and folks working in the criminal justice field. I have quite a few of these episodes I found personally very informative. John Eck, Kim Rossmo, and Phil Goff were perhaps my favorites of academics. Danny Murphy and Thomas Abt were really good as well (for my favorite non-academics offhand).

Niro Knowledge – Nicholas Roy is a current crime analyst, and interviews other crime analysts and academics. Favorite interviews so far are Cynthia Lum and Renee Mitchell. Similar to reducing crime is typically more focused on a particular topic of interest to the person being interviewed (e.g. Renee talked about her work on crime harm indices).

Analyst Talk – This is a podcast hosted by Jason Elder where he interviews crime analysts from all over about their careers. Annie Thompson and my former colleague Shelagh Dorn’s are my favorite so far, but I also need to listen in sometime on Sean Bair’s series of talks as well.

Abt Podcasts – This I only came across a week ago, but have listened to several on data science, CJ, and social determinants of health. These are a bit different than the other podcasts here, they are shorter and have two individuals from different fields discuss social science relevant to the chosen topic.

Videos

Canadian Society of Evidence Based Policing – Has many interviews of academics in crim/cj. I have an interview with them (would not recommend, I need to work on sitting still!) I really enjoyed the Peter Neyroud interview though is my favorite.

UARK CASDAL – These are instructional videos uploaded by Grant Drawve, mostly around doing crime analysis in Excel, but also has a few in ArcGIS.

StatQuest with Josh Starmer – This is one of the few non crim/cj examples I watch regularly. As interview questions at my work place for entry data scientists we often ask folks to explain machine learning models (such as random forests or XGBoost) in some simple terms. These videos are excellent resources to get you to understand the basics of the mathematics behind the techniques.

Again let me know if of podcasts/video series I am missing out on in the comments!