• How Movies and TV Affect Us

  • Nov 4 2024
  • Length: 39 mins
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How Movies and TV Affect Us

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  • When we think of data and movies the first (and maybe only) thing that comes to mind for many of us is movie reviews. But there is so much more we can learn about movies and ourselves if we just think outside the box a little bit and apply data and scientific thinking in creative ways. We talk with Walt Hickey, author of the book You Are What You Watch: How TV and Movies Affect Everything, about all kinds of exciting applications of data to track how movies affect us physically and emotionally, the value of exporting (and importing) culture internationally, whether superpowers predict evilness, how the plots of many movies have changed over time, why we like what we like, and how movies can change our entire life trajectory. Plus, prepare to learn why we should all watch Titanic again, as well as maybe consider (gasp) ignoring reviews of movies altogether.


    Relevant materials and links mentioned:


    • Buy Walt's book
    • Subscribe to Numlock
    • Check out Sherwood News
    • More about Walt
    • Follow Walt on X


    More on Andrea here and on Instagram.




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