The Behavioral Data Science Podcast
Episodes
Episode 038: Interview with Dr. Adam Hahs
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we have the distinct honor of being joined by Dr. Adam Hahs to discuss his perspective on quality measurement and client outcomes in ...
Episode 037: Interview with Dr. Amber Valentino
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we have the distinct honor of being joinedby Dr. Amber Valentino to discuss her perspective on quality measurement and client outcome...
Episode 036: Interview with Dr. Cody Morris & Dr. Bryant Silbaugh
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we have the distinct honor of being joined by Dr. Cody Morris and Dr. Bryant Silbaugh to discuss their perspective on quality measure...
Episode 035: Understanding Variability in Client Profiles
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is the third of the three-part introduction to thisseason of the Behavioral Data Science Podcast. During this season, Jake and I discuss the inte...
Episode 034: Outcomes in ABA and What Data Science Can Contribute
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second of the three-part introduction to this season of the Behavioral Data Science Podcast. During this season, Jake and I discuss the in...
Episode 033: The History of Quality Measurement
15 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first of the three-part introduction to this season of the Behavioral Data Science Podcast. During this season, Jake and I discuss the int...
Episode 031: Reviewing and Extending the Recent Issue of JABA
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jake and David discuss articles from the recent issue of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. They also discuss how the under...
Episode 030: Reviewing and Extending the Recent Issue of AI in Medicine
25 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jake and David discuss articles from the recent issue of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. They also discuss how the underlying te...
Episode 029: ChatGPT Health & Claude Healthcare
18 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI and Anthropic have recently released products where users can connect health-related data and receive healthcare advice and guidance. Jake and ...
Episode 028: Building the Dataset: From Chaos to Order
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Realistically, you can't build any model of behavior-environment relations if you can't (a) find the data you need and (b) integrate those dat...
Episode 027: Operationalizing Behavior in the Wild
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Crucial to any behavioral data science project is identifying either (a) what behavior you want to analyze and how you'll get the data; or (b) wha...
Episode 026: From Hot Take to Testable Question
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In each episode of Season 3, we take a claim from a news story, paper, or hot topic, and walk through how a behavioral data scientist would think abou...
Episode 025: Reflections on LLMs and AI with Dr. Garrison
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we close out Season 2 and our emphasis on LLMs, we had the distinct privilege of chatting with Dr. Elizabeth Garrison. She is one of the few people...
Episode 024: Are we in an AI bubble?
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Bubbles" are an economic phenomenon characterized by a rapid increase in asset prices that far exceed the asset's underlying fundamenta...
Episode 023: Your Brain on LLMs
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jake and David discuss the burgeoning area of research looking at how interacting with LLMs impacts our skills and abilities in good ...
Episode 022: The Ethics of LLMs that Few Talk About
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Conversations around AI ethics often focus on a suite of incredibly important topics such as data security and privacy, model bias, model transparency...
Episode 021: Explainable AI and LLMs
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Explainable AI", aka XAI, refers to a suite of techniques to help AI system developers and AI system users understand why inputs to the sys...
Episode 020: Evidence-Based Practices for Prompt Engineering
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prompt engineering involves a lot more than simply getting smarter with how you structure the prompts you enter in an LLM browser interface. Furthermo...
Episode 019: LLM Evaluation Frameworks
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lots of people like to talk about the importance of prompts, context, and what is sent to an LLM. Few discuss the even more important aspect of an LLM...
Episode 018: Data Privacy and Security Considerations When Working with LLMs
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jake and David chat about best practices and considerations for those building and using AI systems that leverage LLMs.
Episode 017 - Demystifying how GenAI Works
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jake and David chat about types of GenAI, and specifically how LLMs work—from input text or audio through the output you read.
Episode 016: What would you trust an LLM with?
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jake and I chat about current hot topics in the LLM space and what we would (and would not) trust an LLM with.
Episode 015: Welcome to the Era of Experience
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jake and I chat about a forthcoming book chapter titled, "Welcome to the Era of Experience" by David Silver and Richard Sutton (link below)....
Episode 014: Conversation with Dr. Beth Garrison
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with Dr. Beth Garrison about her journey in behavior analysis, what led her to pursue a PhD in artificial intelligence, and h...
Episode 013: The Quantified Self
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, David talks about the dataset he's been collecting on his own, daily behavior over the last 15 years; and, how behavior science +...
Episode 012: Backyard Behavior Analysis- Squirrels and Cigarettes
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jake talks about his backyard science project where he used computer vision to detect squirrels in his backyard.
Episode 011: What is Unsupervised Machine Learning? And, Why Should You Care?
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive into some basics around unsupervised machine learning and how behavior analysts might use it in their work.
Episode 010: Guest Chat with Zach Morford
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 010: Guest Chat with Zach Morford
Episode 009: What does it take to go end-to-end with an AI application? Part III - The Deployment Lifecycle
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 009: What does it take to go end-to-end with an AI application? Part III - The Deployment Lifecycle
Episode 008: What does it take to go end-to-end with an AI application? Part II - The Model Lifecycle
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss the end-to-end pipeline when creating a model.
Episode 007: What does it take to go end-to-end with an AI application? Part I - The Data Lifecycle
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about the many components of data engineering and parallel work data scientists get into as data moves from its data collecti...
Episode 006: Bridging the Research-to-Practice Gap in BDS
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss common barriers and solutions for bridging the research-to-practice gap in behavioral data science. We also talk about man...
Episode 005: Do LLMs display Verbal Behavior?
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 005: Do LLMs display Verbal Behavior?
Episode 004: Vector Embeddings: What, how, and why for BSci
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 004: Vector Embeddings: What, how, and why for BSci
Episode 003: Getting into data science with a behavioral science background
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 003: Getting into data science with a behavioral science background.
Episode 002: What the hell is behavioral data science, anyway?
21 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jake and David discuss how one might even define what it means for something to exist at the intersection of behavior science and dat...
Episode 001: Introduction to the Podcast
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Behavioral Data Science podcast. A podcast for those interested in what's going on at the intersection of behavior science and data...