Will you be watching the Oscars this Sunday, comparing the winners with your predictions? Well one person who definitely will be is our first guest of season 4 - Ben Zauzmer, author of Oscarmetrics!  Ben, who is also the director of baseball analytics for the New York Mets, uses stats from past and present awards to try to predict this year's winners, and we also discuss representation and diversity among award winners and across all media, as well as the classic Math Therapy debate: can math and pop culture truly be BFF?

Show notes:

• Buy Ben’s Book: “Oscarmetrics: The Math Behind the Biggest Night in Hollywood”
• The article Ben co-wrote for The Hollywood Reporter about diversity in the Oscars: Is the Oscars’ Inclusion Push Working? Breaking Down the Surprising Academy Numbers
• Check out Ben’s predictions for the 2022 Oscars

Connect with us:

• Ben Zauzmer: (Twitter)
• Vanessa Vakharia: @themathguru (Insta, Twitter, TikTok)
• Math Therapy: @maththerapy (Twitter)

Transcript for today’s episode: www.maththerapypodcast.com