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Podcast · By Eric Nantz · American English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
9
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Sep 11, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

    Issue 2026-W37 Highlights (opens the original)

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    A data-driven investigation on how September is a dangerous month for bikers in Wisconsin, a novel look at the distribution of castles across the globe, and the fundamentals behind an influential analysis method commonly used in experimental designs. Episode Links This week's curator: Jonathan Kitt - @jonathankitt.bsky.social (Bluesky) Madison bike crashes peak in September An Atlas of Stone Repeated measures ANOVA in R Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W37 Supplement Resources Madison

  2. Episode · Sep 4, 2026

    Issue 2026-W36 Highlights (opens the original)

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    The newest linter on the R block gains a bold new feature in version 0.6.0, and a new package documentation framework altdown enters the world. Episode Links This week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter) Jarl 0.6.0: A fast R linter A new take on documentation sites for R packages Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W36 Supplement Resources Ark: An R kernel https://github.com/posit-dev/ark Arf: Alternative R Frontend https://github.com/eit

  3. Episode · Aug 28, 2026

    Issue 2026-W35 Highlights (opens the original)

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    A collection of techniques to unlock creativity for your next visualisation, a look at the exciting present and future of the futurize transpiler package, and how to avoid an all-to-common pitfall managing database connections in mirai daemons. Episode Links This week's curator: Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) & @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) & @theRcast (X/Twitter) Why creativity matters in data visualisation useR! 2026: Futurize - Tearing Down Parallelization Barriers in

  4. Episode · Aug 14, 2026

    Issue 2026-W33 Highlights (opens the original)

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    A collection of tips to ensure reproducibility for R-based clinical submissions, a modern architecture lands in R-Universe, and going beyond the built-in mtcars set to educate students with NYC Open Data. Episode Links This week's curator: Sam Parmar - @parmsam@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @parmsam_ (X/Twitter) Making R Submissions Reviewable for FDA Windows ARM64 comes to R-universe The Journey of {nycOpenData}: From Classroom to Community Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W33 Supplement

  5. Episode · Aug 7, 2026

    Issue 2026-W32 Highlights (opens the original)

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    Orchestrating multiple package quality checking frameworks all within a single R package, and how learning in the world of AI has fundamentally shifted once you get over that initial hump (inspired by a quick quote from one of your hosts). Episode Links This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - @batoolmm.bsky.social (Bluesky) & @batool664 (X/Twitter) rsonar: The R equivalent of SonarQube - centralizes code quality analysis into a single interactive report Cognitive Courage: The Real Bottleneck to

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