Jake Porway
Director
The Numbers Game (2013)
Season 1
Money. Sex. Marriage. Mortality. In each episode, data scientist Jake Porway tackles one of life’s most daunting topics revealing the surprising science behind them. From mind-bending stats, hilarious man on the street experiments, and interactive game play, this show delivers the answers to life’s mysteries and gives you the tools to help take charge of your destiny and change your life forever.
Released April 22, 2013
Episode 30 min
12+
Genres: Documentary, Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.statistics, imdb.non-fiction
Watch Providers: fuboTV
Production Companies: National Geographic, Goodbye Pictures
Network: National Geographic
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - When Will You Die?
Scientists now believe that your genetic makeup accounts for only about 25 percent of your potential life expectancy and that means 75 percent of the rest of your life is up to you! Host Jake Porway helps you figure out when you're going to die or, at least, find out more about your life expectancy! See how the hand you're dealt at birth can affect how long you can live and what you can do to change your odds. Want to know how? You'll just have to play The Numbers Game to find out.
April 22, 2013, midnight
S1E2 - Will You Make a Million?
What would you do for a million dollars? Find out the stats that affect your odds for getting rich. Data scientist and host Jake Porway explores how you can grow your bank account through entertaining experiments, cutting edge facts and real-life scenarios. Think that failure, procrastination and napping will stop you from becoming a millionaire? Think again. We'll give you the numbers and clues to your odds of making a million.
April 29, 2013, midnight
S1E3 - What Drives You Crazy?
From your co-workers to grating sounds to the obnoxious guy texting in his car ahead of you, we all have our list of what drives us mad. The world around us may be crazy, but do we have to be? Fasten your seatbelts as host, and data scientist Jake Porway explores the science and numbers behind daily stresses, everyday annoyances and pet peeves that can drive us crazy. We'll help you see how to read the signs of whether you are losing it and give clues, news and the answers on how to deal.
May 6, 2013, midnight
Network: National Geographic
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: April 22, 2013
Last Air Date: June 23, 2014, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Common sense age: 12+
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