Practical Significance
Episodes
‘Practical Significance’ | Episode 64: Playing for Real: Serious Gaming for Preparedness and Decision-Making
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, and Practical Significance is celebrating with a special guest—Francesca de Rosa, founder of FDR ...
Practical Significance | Episode 63: Real World Data Science: Who’s Writing the Story
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Practical Significance, cohosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein welcome Real World Data Science managing editor, Annie Flynn ...
‘Practical Significance’ | Episode 62: Volume One: A Conversation with the Editors of ASA Discoveries
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does a journal look like when you design it for the research world we’re living in, along with the one we’re building? In the latest ...
‘Practical Significance’ | Episode 61: Communities in Action—A Conversation with 2026 ASA President Jeri Mulrow
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A call to action kicks off the New Year and season six of “Practical Significance.” Cohosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein welcome inco...
‘Practical Significance’ | Episode 60: The Hand-Off: Wisdom, Memories, and Hope for What’s Coming
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During this traditional year-end edition of Practical Significance, co-hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein sit down with four outgoing ASA Board l...
Practical Significance | Episode 59: The Data We Need: The State of Federal Statistics
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two distinguished leaders in federal statistics—Nancy Potok, former chief statistician of the United States and CEO of NAPx Consulting, and Connie C...
Practical Significance | Episode 58: Celebrating Grace Wahba—Scholar, Mentor, Pioneer—with Ming Yuan and Yoonkyung Lee
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grace Wahba was awarded the 2025 International Prize in Statistics in recognition of her groundbreaking work on smoothing splines, which has transform...
Practical Significance | Episode 57: Strategic Alliances for Success: Inside the ASA’s Partner Program
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Building partnerships is at the heart of this month’s Practical Significance podcast, as cohosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein welcome American ...
Practical Significance | Episode 56: Amplifying Global Impact Through the ASA’s Educational Ambassador Program
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you combine statistical expertise, cross-cultural collaboration, and a mission to build statistical capacity internationally? You ge...
Practical Significance | Episode 55: Forward Stats—Frontiers of Statistics in Science and Engineering: 2035 and Beyond
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this forward-looking episode of Practical Significance, co-hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein sit down with a po...
Practical Significance | Episode 54: The Power of Saying, “Yes”— Volunteering & Service in the ASA
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Practical Significance focuses on the passion and commitment members bring to advancing the ASA’s mission of promoting the practice and professi...
Practical Significance | Episode 53: Beyond the Frame: Stories from the Telling Our Stories Video Project
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to generous support from Nan Laird, who was awarded the 2021 International Prize in Statistics in recognition of her transformative work, the A...
Practical Significance | Episode 52: Celebrating MSAM with Claire Bowen, the Inaugural Dionne Price Public Lecture Presenter
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On April 22, Claire McKay Bowen will deliver the inaugural Dionne Price Public Lecture. April is also Mathematics and Statistics Awareness M...
Practical Significance | Episode 51: Celebrating the Launch of ASA Career Connect: Strategies from Those Who’ve Been There
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To mark the launch of ASA Career Connect, a site that will make it easier for employers and ASA members to connect, this month’s “Practical Signif...