Michael Kaminsky
Co-CEO of Recast and an expert in media mix modeling and marketing measurement; organizer in analytics communities and frequent podcast guest sharing Bayesian and causal analysis perspectives.
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Nov 25, 2025 • 1h 7min
#285: Our Prior Is That Many Analysts Are Confounded by Bayesian Statistics
In this discussion, Michael Kaminsky, Co-CEO of Recast and a specialist in Bayesian statistics, offers intriguing insights into the complexities of Bayesian analysis. He emphasizes how human beings naturally think in Bayesian terms, often updating beliefs with new evidence. Kaminsky contrasts Bayesian and frequentist statistics, pointing out the limits of traditional methods. He advocates for involving domain experts to set realistic priors and explores the application of Bayesian modeling in real-world scenarios, including pandemic and decision-making contexts.
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Feb 24, 2026 • 35min
S5Ep7: What your CFO actually wants to hear from you
Michael Kaminsky, former analytics leader at Harry’s and founder & CEO of Recast, builds marketing- finance bridges. He dives into why forecasts miss, why finance distrusts marketing numbers, how to talk ROI and risk in finance terms, the pitfalls of last-click attribution, and the value of structured experiments and forecasting tools.
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Mar 18, 2026 • 38min
Recast CEO Michael Kaminsky on Attribution Myths and Analytics Entrepreneurship
Michael Kaminsky, Founder and CEO of Recast, a marketing measurement company with roots in statistical modeling. He explores why marketing analytics is unusually hard, the internal politics that shape measurement adoption, why upper-funnel channels get overlooked, and how AI is reshaping measurement tools and product development.
