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Jill Lepore On The Dawn Of Political Predictions

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Historian, Harvard professor and author of "If Then - How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future" Jill Lepore
Historian, Harvard professor and author of “If Then – How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future” Jill Lepore with the book’s cover. Photograph taken by Dari Pillsbury. Images courtesy of Liveright Publishing Corporation.

Before there were massive data mongers like Facebook and Google, there was a small company in the 1960s that pioneered using data for political and election predictions. We discuss the history and evolution of these predictions with author Jill Lepore.

Episode Credits

  • Kate Archer Kent Host
  • Steven Potter Producer
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • Jill Lepore Guest

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