The Jeff-alytics Podcast
Can data uncover the real story of crime and justice in America?
Jeff Asher—nationally recognized crime data analyst, co-founder of AH Datalytics, co-creator of the Real Time Crime Index, and author of the Jeff-alytics Substack—sits down with policymakers, academics, journalists, and everyday people to reveal what the numbers actually show. Each episode challenges the myths we believe, exposes the gap between headlines and reality, and asks: what happens when we finally see crime clearly?
New episodes drop every other week! Visit ahdatalytics.com to learn more.
The Jeff-alytics Podcast
Latest Episodes
Crime, Policy, and What Has Changed with Charles Fain Lehman
Answering the why of crime trends is frequently much harder than answering the what. The same data inevitably leads to very different explanations depending on how you interpret them and what you think is driving them, and there are rarely “rig...
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Investigating Crimes That Were Never Meant to be Reopened with Jill Collen Jefferson
Sometimes the hardest part about a crime isn't figuring out what happened — it's revisiting what's already been decided. Once a case is closed and a conclusion settles in, changing that can be just as difficult as investigating it was in the...
How Criminal Justice Policy Gets Made In The White House With Rachel Harmon
What happens when the people shaping national crime policy don’t actually have the data they need?In this episode, I sit down with Rachel Harmon, law professor at the University of Virginia who previously served as a senior pol...
Covering the FBI and DOJ in 2026 with Ken Dilanian
Ken Dilanian is a seasoned journalist covering the Justice Department and FBI, and in this episode he shares his insights on the evolving landscape of covering those agencies. We talk about crime data, the challenges of media coverage ...
The Future of Criminal Justice in New Orleans with Mayor Helena Moreno
New Orleans has had one of the nation's highest murder rates every year for decades. Since 2023, however, violent crime has dropped sharply — and in this episode, I talk with Mayor Helena Moreno about crime and criminal justice in New Orlean...
