S5E3: From Cashew Nuts to Counterfactuals

In this episode of SERious Epidemiology, Matt and Hailey welcome guest Dr. Peter Tennant to discuss chapters 2 and 3 of Causal Inference: What If. After learning about Peter’s late ‑discovered love of cashew nuts despite past nut allergies, we shift to a discussion about observational studies and randomized trials. Like the textbook, we start talking about why randomized trials are a helpful…