Mean, Median and Moose

Mean, Median and Moose

A Data Podcast in Canada. On this show, our panel of data professionals - Frazier Fathers, John Haldeman, Katie Renaud and Doug Sartori bring their perspective to the world of public-interest data. Find details, links and visualizations on our web page: meanmedianmoose.ca Theme Music: RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-clean License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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March 25, 2025 60 mins
On this show your panel of data professionals - Katie Renaud, Frazier Fathers, John Haldeman and Doug Sartori - take a look at the world of public-interest data in Canada. This time around we’re talking about a trade war.

Theme Music: RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Our panel this time is Frazier Fathers, Rashmi Krishnamohan, Rachael Myers and Doug Sartori.

This month we look at data on food and agriculture in Canada, including an in-depth look at Little Foot Foods, a pierogi manufacturer in Windsor, Ontario. Check out the blog post for more details: https://meanmedianmoose.ca/2025/03/03/food-and-agriculture-data-in-canada/

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This month we're looking at tools and methods for working with unstructured data. The panel is Andy Dyck, John Haldeman, Frazier Fathers, and Doug Sartori.

Check out the blog post for links, charts and more: https://meanmedianmoose.ca/2025/01/20/inflation-intelligence-and-interesting-canadians


Theme Music: RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod
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December 20, 2024 45 mins
Our 2024 Christmas episode features two new voices alongside regulars Doug Sartori and John Haldeman. Lee Doucet of Niagara College joined us to share his students' work inspired by the podcast, and Andy Dyck of Open Data Saskatchewan (https://www.opendatask.ca/) was kind enough to put together a terrific dataset demoing the impressive capabilities of R for visualizations.
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The Growing Your Workforce Conference is an annual event organized by the Workforce Boards of Ontario. This year, the conference was hosted by Workforce WindsorEssex, on November 21-22.

The Mean, Median and Moose panel were invited to host a live episode at the conference, to share data and tools related to jobs and the economy. This is the live recording of the session.  Check out the blog post for charts and links to source data a...
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October 30, 2024 39 mins
On this show our panel of data professionals - Katie Renaud, Frazier Fathers, John Haldeman and Doug Sartori - take a look at the world of public interest data. This time around, we look at public data on Hallowe'en.

Check out the blog for more information, charts and graphs: https://meanmedianmoose.ca/2024/10/30/canadian-halloween-data-special

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September 30, 2024 38 mins
Your panel of data professionals is Rashmi Krishnamohan, John Haldeman, and Doug Sartori. On each episode, we take a look at the world of public-interest data in Canada. This time around, we look at tooling for data professionals.

Check out the blog post on our website for charts, graphs and links to data.
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July 2, 2024 43 mins
Your panel of data professionals is Katie Renaud, John Haldeman, Frazier Fathers, and Doug Sartori. On each episode, we take a look at the world of public-interest data in Canada. This time around, we created data sets of our own!

Check out the blog post on our  website for charts, graphs and links to data.
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May 4, 2024 41 mins
Hello and welcome to Mean, Median and Moose: A podcast about data in Canada. Your panel of data professionals - Katie Renaud, John Haldeman, Frazier Fathers and me Doug Sartori take a look at the world of public-interest data. This time around we’re looking at data on cannabis in Canada. Check out the blog post for links and charts: https://meanmedianmoose.ca/2024/05/04/cannabis-cheech-and-chong
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April 8, 2024 36 mins
On this show our panel of data professionals - Katie Renaud, Frazier Fathers, John Haldeman and Doug Sartori - discuss the world of public-interest data. This month the topic is discontinued data.

Check out the blog post for charts, graphs and links to source data: https://meanmedianmoose.ca/2024/04/08/coins-colonists-and-cost-recovery
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February 28, 2024 60 mins
On this show our panel of data professionals - Katie Renaud, Frazier Fathers, John Haldeman and Doug Sartori - discuss the world of public-interest data. This month the topic is fast food data. Stay tuned for our interview with Saskatchewan Open Data activist Andy Dyck.

Check out the blog post for charts, graphs and links to source data: https://meanmedianmoose.ca/2024/02/28/cilantro-crust-and-crullers
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December 19, 2023 63 mins
In our annual Christmas episode Katie, John, Frazier and Doug look at a dozen datasets from across Canada. Check out the blog post for charts, graphs and data sources:
https://meanmedianmoose.ca/2023/12/19/12-datasets-at-christmas-2023

Theme Music: RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-clean
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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November 3, 2023 56 mins
John, Katie, Frazier and Doug take a look at transparency data from tech firms Meta, X, Google, and Tik Tok.

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October 1, 2023 38 mins
This episode has two segments.

First, a our look at public data on shipping and containers, the great lakes, and Ontario water quality.

Later, an interview with Canadian Open Data Society Executive Director Paul Connor.

This time your panel of data professionals is Frazier Fathers, John Haldeman and Doug Sartori.
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June 29, 2023 43 mins
On this show our panel of data professionals - Katie Renaud, Frazier Fathers, John Haldeman and Doug Sartori - cover about the world of public-interest data in Canada. This month, we talk about our experiences and the career path for data professionals. Mean, Median and Moose will be back in September with a new data-driven season.

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On this show our panel of data professionals - Katie Renaud, Frazier Fathers, John Haldeman and Doug Sartori - cover about the world of public-interest data in Canada. This time around we're comparing European and Canadian data. Check out the blog for links to source data and visualization: https://meanmedianmoose.ca/2023/05/17/european-trade-tourism-and-trade-schools/


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April 11, 2023 43 mins
Our panel of data professionals - Frazier Fathers, John Haldeman, Katie Renaud and Doug Sartori will bring their perspective to the world of public-interest data. This time around we're loking at climate data.

Theme Music: RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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February 28, 2023 44 mins
On this show, our panel of data professionals - Frazier Fathers, John Haldeman, Katie Renaud and Doug Sartori - bring their perspective to the world of public-interest data. This month we are looking at economic indicators in Canada.

Theme Music: RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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February 1, 2023 60 mins
On this show, our panel of data professionals - Frazier Fathers, John Haldeman, Katie Renaud and Doug Sartori will bring their perspective to the world of public-interest data. This month we are looking at data on social media in Canada. Check out our blog for charts and links to data: https://meanmedianmoose.ca/2023/02/01/social-media-in-canada/

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December 21, 2022 59 mins
In our annual Christmas episode Katie, John, Frazier and Doug look at a dozen holiday themed datasets from across Canada. Check out the blog post for charts, graphs and data sources: https://meanmedianmoose.ca/2022/12/21/twelve-datasets-of-christmas-2022/

Theme Music: RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-clean
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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