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The PolicyViz Podcast

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Learn how to be a great data communicator and visualizer with host Jon Schwabish. Hear from experts in the fields of data science, data visualization, and presentation skills to improve how you and your organization collect, analyze, and communicate your data in better, more efficient, and more effective ways.

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Episodes

Episode #46: Makeover Monday

Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! I’m pleased to welcome Andy Cotgreave and Andy Kriebel to the show this week. Each week, The Andys, as it were, are the primary authors of the Makeover Monday project in which they–and dozens... The post Episode #46: Makeover Monday appeared first on PolicyViz .

May 24, 201622 min

Episode #45: Seth Blanchard

I’m pleased to be joined by Seth Blanchard this week on the show. Seth is a Senior Developer on the engineering team of the graphics department at the Washington Post. He helps develop new story forms and smooths development process... The post Episode #45: Seth Blanchard appeared first on PolicyViz .

May 17, 201623 min

Episode #44: Lane Harrison

Recorded along the lovely Boston Harbor (enjoy the outdoor sounds), in this week’s episode of The PolicyViz Podcast, I chat with Lane Harrison, Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. We not only talk about Lane’s interesting... The post Episode #44: Lane Harrison appeared first on PolicyViz .

May 10, 201623 min

Episode #43: Marie Whittaker

In this week’s episode of The PolicyViz Podcast, I chat with Marie Whittaker from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) in Washington, DC. With a small team responsible for providing economic insight to DC’s... The post Episode #43: Marie Whittaker appeared first on PolicyViz .

May 03, 201621 min

Episode #42: Ben Jones

Welcome back to The PolicyViz Podcast. I’m happy to have Ben Jones on the show this week. Ben writes about data visualization on his popular blog Data Remixed and also helps run Tableau Public. Ben is a prolific writer, blogger, speaker,... The post Episode #42: Ben Jones appeared first on PolicyViz .

Apr 26, 201626 min

Episode #41: Mike Pell

As everyone knows, Microsoft creates a lot of stuff: software, hardware, services, cloud services, and more. But there is also a group at Microsoft that gets to play around and create cool stuff. In this week’s episode of The PolicyViz... The post Episode #41: Mike Pell appeared first on PolicyViz .

Apr 19, 201626 min

Episode #40: Zach Gemignani

Welcome back to The PolicyViz Podcast. This week, I’m pleased to chat with Zach Gemignani, CEO and Founder of Juice Analytics. Juice, a sponsor of the show, helps their customers analyze, visualize, and deliver their data. Their experiences with different clients demonstrates... The post Episode #40: Zach Gemignani appeared first on PolicyViz .

Apr 12, 201622 min

Episode #39: Alberto Cairo

Tomorrow (April 6) marks the first birthday of The PolicyViz Podcast! Thanks so much for continuing to tune in every week; your support makes the show worth doing. And a special thanks to Juice Analytics for sponsoring this and many other... The post Episode #39: Alberto Cairo appeared first on PolicyViz .

Apr 05, 201632 min

Episode #38: Steven Drucker

I’m pleased to welcome Steven Drucker to the show, who is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research. Steven and I talk about MSR’s new project, SandDance, a browser-based information visualization system that scales to hundreds of thousands of items. You... The post Episode #38: Steven Drucker appeared first on PolicyViz .

Mar 29, 201620 min

Episode #37: Sarah Kliff

On this week’s episode of The PolicyViz Podcast, I chat with Sarah Kliff from Vox. Sarah is a Senior Editor at Vox.com and oversees reporting on health and medicine. She previously worked at the Washington Post and Politico. Sarah and I... The post Episode #37: Sarah Kliff appeared first on PolicyViz .

Mar 22, 201623 min

Episode #36: Xaquín González Veira

Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! On this week’s episode, I chat with Xaquín González Veira who is the Editor of Visuals at the Guardian. Recorded live in Germany at the Dagstuhl Visual Storytelling conference, we talk about all the things... The post Episode #36: Xaquín González Veira appeared first on PolicyViz .

Mar 15, 201617 min

Episode #35: Irene Ros

If you haven’t heard, OpenVisConf 2016 is right around the corner (April 25-26 in Bostom). In its 4th year, OpenVis Conf is a two-day, single track conference centered around the practice of visualizing data on the web. The conference features... The post Episode #35: Irene Ros appeared first on PolicyViz .

Mar 08, 201621 min

Episode #34: Dominikus Baur

This week, I’m pleased to welcome Dominikus Baur to the program. Mobile interaction designer and developer, Dominikus creates usable, aesthetic, and responsive visualizations for all platforms. His latest project, Subspotting, logged the cell phoe reception of New York City’s four... The post Episode #34: Dominikus Baur appeared first on PolicyViz .

Mar 01, 201615 min

Episode #33: Chris Parmer from Plotly

In this week’s episode of the PolicyViz Podcast, I speak to Chris Parmer, Chief Product Officer and co-founder of Plotly, the online data visualization and analytics firm. Chris and I talk about Plotly’s tool, their business model, open source data... The post Episode #33: Chris Parmer from Plotly appeared first on PolicyViz .

Feb 23, 201621 min

Episode #32: Teaching Data Visualization

Welcome back to the show. In this week’s episode, we’re talking about teaching data visualization. What are best practices? Are there great exercises and assignments to give? What should students walk away with at the end of the day, week,... The post Episode #32: Teaching Data Visualization appeared first on PolicyViz .

Feb 16, 201638 min

Episode #31: Rees & Mushon on DataViz Empathy

A few weeks ago, I attended an interesting one-day workshop on the responsible and ethical use of data in the data visualization field in New York City. The Responsible Data Forum brought together about 35 people to address issues and topics... The post Episode #31: Rees & Mushon on DataViz Empathy appeared first on PolicyViz .

Feb 02, 201636 min

Episode #30: Jon Acampora from Excel Campus

We turn back to tools this week on the PolicyViz Podcast. I’m pleased to have with me Jon Acampora who runs the very popular Excel Campus website. Jon provides tutorials on VBA, formulas, and many other tools. As an Excel... The post Episode #30: Jon Acampora from Excel Campus appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jan 26, 201623 min

Episode #29: Discussion on Open Data

Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! A special episode this week–a panel discussion, as it were, about open data. This conversation was sparked by a presentation I gave at the 2015 Socrata Customer Summit about the need to make open... The post Episode #29: Discussion on Open Data appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jan 19, 201632 min

Episode #28: Lynn Cherny

Happy New Year! I hope you had a terrific holiday season and kickoff to the new year. I also hope you’re ready for an exciting year of The PolicyViz Podcast because I’ve got some unbelievable guests lined up for the... The post Episode #28: Lynn Cherny appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jan 12, 201626 min

Episode #27: Dear Data Wrap-Up

For the final episode in 2015, I’m excited to welcome Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec back to the show to talk about their year of Dear Data, their analog data visualization project. Our conversation is a bit broader than just... The post Episode #27: Dear Data Wrap-Up appeared first on PolicyViz .

Dec 22, 201528 min

Episode #26: Jim Vallandingham

Very excited to welcome Jim Vallandingham to this week’s episode of the podcast. Jim is a Data Visualization and Open Web Engineer at Bocoup. He writes regularly about everything open: code, projects, collaborative tools, building great stuff. In this episode,... The post Episode #26: Jim Vallandingham appeared first on PolicyViz .

Dec 08, 201521 min

Episode #25: Andy Cotgreave

I’m happy to invite my good friend Andy Cotgreave from Tableau Software to the 25th episode of The PolicyViz Podcast. Andy is the Technical Evangelist at Tableau software and writes and speaks regularly and widely about all things data: how to analyze... The post Episode #25: Andy Cotgreave appeared first on PolicyViz .

Nov 24, 201525 min

Episode #24: Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic

Welcome back to The PolicyViz Podcast! This week, I speak with Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, who runs the Storytelling with Data blog and whose new book–Storytelling with Data–was just released. I was fortunate enough to get a copy of the book... The post Episode #24: Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic appeared first on PolicyViz .

Nov 10, 201527 min

Episode #23: Arvind Satyanarayan

Welcome back to The PolicyViz Podcast! In this week’s episode, I chat with Arvind Satyanarayan, Computer Science PhD candidate at Stanford University, working with Jeff Heer and the Interactive Data Lab. Arvind’s research seeks to lower the threshold for design, with a... The post Episode #23: Arvind Satyanarayan appeared first on PolicyViz .

Oct 27, 201520 min

Episode #22: Rebecca Williams

Welcome back to The PolicyViz Podcast! In this week’s episode, I chat with Rebecca Williams, open data and civic tech guru extraordinaire. Rebecca is on detail at the Office of Management and Budget from her usual job at Data.gov. We... The post Episode #22: Rebecca Williams appeared first on PolicyViz .

Oct 20, 201521 min

Episode #21: Edward Tufte

On this, the 21st episode of The PolicyViz Podcast, I am very excited to welcome Edward Tufte to the show. As you might expect, I was excited to talk with Professor Tufte, so this episode is quite a bit longer than... The post Episode #21: Edward Tufte appeared first on PolicyViz .

Oct 13, 201549 min

Episode #20: Nigel Holmes

This is a special bonus episode of the PolicyViz Podcast. I was in New Orleans last week for the Presentation Summit and Nigel Holmes kicked things off with his presentation about the role of humor in presentations. Formerly of Time... The post Episode #20: Nigel Holmes appeared first on PolicyViz .

Oct 06, 201526 min

Episode #19: Chris Ingraham

In this week’s episode, I’m happy to welcome to the show Chris Ingraham from Wonkblog at the Washington Post. We talk about good and bad data, interesting and unique data, and his process for writing and pulling together great stories.... The post Episode #19: Chris Ingraham appeared first on PolicyViz .

Sep 22, 201521 min

PolicyViz Podcast Episode #18: Tiago Veloso

Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! I hope you had a great summer! I’m excited to kick off the fall slate of episodes with Tiago Veloso from Visual Loop. Tiago has been curating some of the best data visualization and... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #18: Tiago Veloso appeared first on PolicyViz .

Sep 08, 201522 min

PolicyViz Podcast Episode #17: Alyson Hurt

Episode Number 17! This is the last episode for the summer, folks. Time to take a little break and recharge the batteries. I have a whole new slate of guests scheduled for the fall and I’ll also have a sponsor... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #17: Alyson Hurt appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jul 28, 201521 min
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