We have the pleasure of bringing you a very special crossover episode this week: our friends at Partially Derivative (another great podcast about data science, you should check it out) recently interviewed White House Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil.  We think DJ's message about the importance and impact of data science is worth spreading, so it's our pleasure to bring it to you today.  A huge thanks to Jonathon Morgan and Partially Derivative for sharing this interview with us--enjoy!

Relevant links:
http://partiallyderivative.com/podcast/2016/12/13/dj-patil

Data and the Future of Medicine : Interview with Precision Medicine Initiative researcher Matt Might

Linear Digressions is a podcast about machine learning and data science.  Machine learning is being used to solve a ton of interesting problems, and to accomplish goals that were out of reach even a few short years ago.