Podcast · Tech & Science
by Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan · English · Tech & Science
This is Regression to the Mean Girls where we chat with brilliant data people about their silliest side quests. We’re mean, as in average, but actually very nice! Come sit with us!
12 Oct 2026 · 37 minNew
Roger Peng joins Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan with a data-driven side quest into becoming an accidental business man. Check out the details here: regressiontothemeangirls.com Follow along on instagram: @regressiontothemeangirls
S1 · E6 · 5 Oct 2026 · 44 min
Mattan Ben-Shachar joins Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan with a data-driven side quest into whether different colored marshmallows taste different. *Be sure to listen to the end for a surprising addendum! Check out the full process here: regressiontothemeangirls.com Follow along on instagram: @regressiontothemeangirls
28 Sep 2026 · 43 min
Emily Riederer (Capital One) joins Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan with a data-driven side quest into scraping election data. Check out the full process here: regressiontothemeangirls.com Follow along on instagram: @regressiontothemeangirls
S1 · E4 · 21 Sep 2026 · 40 min
Hadley Wickham (Posit) joins Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan with a data-driven side quest into building a web scraper to help acquire art. Check out the full process here: regressiontothemeangirls.com Links to content we chat about on the episode: Weston Lambert Art Parallel strands between learning crochet and learning programming by Maëlle Salmon Follow along on instagram: @regressiontothemeangirls
S1 · E3 · 14 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 14 min
Christine Zhang ( New York Times ) joins Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan with a data-driven side quest into the TV show Law and Order . Check out the full analysis here: regressiontothemeangirls.com Links to content we chat about on the episode: Wrong Number newsletter The Speed of Justice, According to Law & Order Follow along on instagram: @regressiontothemeangirls
S1 · E2 · 7 Sep 2026 · 42 min
Lucy D'Agostino McGowan and Sarah Lotspeich return with a data-driven side quest into the TV show Severance . Lucy analyzes whether Milchick really uses more complicated language than his colleagues. Check out the full analysis here: regressiontothemeangirls.com Links to content we chat about on the episode: Lucy's Severance data R package [mdr] Lucy's other Severance analyses Dunnet Radial plot of who is speaking in Severance Follow along on instagram: @regressiontothemeangirls
S1 · E1 · 31 Aug 2026 · 57 min
Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan introduce Regression to the Mean Girls , a podcast about data-driven side quests in pop culture. In this episode, Sarah analyzes 45 recent romance novels to find out how different romance tropes affect the timing of the couple’s first kiss. Check out the full analysis here: https://regressiontothemeangirls.com/ Links to content we chat about on the episode: Edward L. Kaplan and the Kaplan-Meier Survival Curve Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations Not just love, actually: why romance fiction is booming What is the lipstick index?…
This is Regression to the Mean Girls where we chat with brilliant data people about their silliest side quests. We’re mean, as in average, but actually very nice! Come sit with us!
Regression to the Mean Girls is a English tech & science podcast from Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.
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