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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 #136:  W.E.B. Du Bois's Data Portraits

Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! I’m just back from Germany attending the Information+ Conference in Potsdam and am excited for this week’s episode. This week, I chat with Britt Rusert, one of the editors of the new book, W. E.... The post Episode #136: W.E.B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits appeared first on PolicyViz .

Oct 23, 201834 min

Episode #135: Kerri Ruttenberg

Kerri Ruttenberg is a partner at Jones Day and the Head of Litigation for the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. She has tried cases in state and federal courts around the country, representing clients in a broad range of cases including... The post Episode #135: Kerri Ruttenberg appeared first on PolicyViz .

Oct 09, 201826 min

Episode #134: Kevin Hassett

Welcome back to the show. On this week’s episode, I sit down with the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Kevin Hassett. Prior to his current stint at the CEA, Kevin was at the American Enterprise Institute. He was... The post Episode #134: Kevin Hassett appeared first on PolicyViz .

Sep 25, 201823 min

Episode #133: Hilary Mason

Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! After a lovely summer break, I’m back with new episodes focusing on data, data visualization, and presentation skills. I’m slowing things down a bit this year and going to an every-other-week format. Still on... The post Episode #133: Hilary Mason appeared first on PolicyViz .

Sep 11, 201822 min

Episode #132: Carmine Gallo

On today’s show, I’m very happy to welcome best selling author and speaker, Carmine Gallo. Carmine is the bestselling author of Talk Like TED, The Storyteller’s Secret, and most recently, Five Stars: The Communication Secrets to Get from Good to Great. He is... The post Episode #132: Carmine Gallo appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jul 03, 201832 min

Episode #131: Dan Roam

Dan Roam is the author of five international bestselling books on business-visualization which have been translated into 31 languages. “The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems with Pictures” was named by Fast Company, The London Times, and BusinessWeek as ‘Creativity Book... The post Episode #131: Dan Roam appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jun 26, 201836 min

Episode #130: A Tribute to Michael Cristiani

Michael Cristiani passed away at the end of May of this year. Michael was a well-known and well-loved member of the Tableau community. I didn’t know him well–I only met him in person once. But we communicated via Twitter and... The post Episode #130: A Tribute to Michael Cristiani appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jun 19, 201822 min

Episode #129: David Johnson

David Johnson is the Deputy Director of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics at the University of Michigan. Prior to that position, Dr. Johnson was the Chief Economist at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. He also served as the chief of the... The post Episode #129: David Johnson appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jun 12, 201822 min

Episode #128: Andrew Ibrahim

Andrew M. Ibrahim MD, MSc is a House Staff Surgeon at the University of Michigan and Chief Medical Officer at HOK Architects. He completed his undergraduate and medical degrees education both with Honors at Case Western Reserve University with a year... The post Episode #128: Andrew Ibrahim appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jun 05, 201822 min

Episode #127: OpenVisConf Recap

Welcome back to the podcast! On this week’s episode, I sit down with three amazing people from different parts of the data visualization world to recap the 2018 OpenVisConf conference held in Paris, France earlier this month. Who do I... The post Episode #127: OpenVisConf Recap appeared first on PolicyViz .

May 29, 201824 min

Episode #126: Alex Selby-Boothroyd & Marie Segger

Alex Selby-Boothroyd joined The Economist as an interactive visual data journalist in 2015 and now runs the data journalism department. His team writes data-driven articles and creates all of the static and interactive charts and maps for the website, apps and weekly... The post Episode #126: Alex Selby-Boothroyd & Marie Segger appeared first on PolicyViz ....

May 22, 201825 min

Episode #125: Laura Lindenfeld and Valeri Lantz-Gefroh

The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, hosted in the School of Journalism at Stony Brook University, empowers scientists and health professionals to communicate complex topics in clear, vivid, and engaging ways; leading to improved understanding by the public, media,... The post Episode #125: Laura Lindenfeld and Valeri Lantz-Gefroh appeared first on PolicyViz ....

May 08, 201836 min

Episode #124: Eileen Webb

Eileen Webb is a digital strategist and co-founder of webmeadow, a firm that helps progressive organizations develop content and technology strategies to make the world a better place. Her background is in server-side coding and being that odd person who... The post Episode #124: Eileen Webb appeared first on PolicyViz .

May 01, 201824 min

Episode #123: Scott Murray

Scott Murray is the Principal Learning Scientist at O’Reilly Media. Prior to that work, he was an Assistant Professor of Design at USF. He works with code, data, and computation to design learning experiences and is deeply interested in learning, teaching,... The post Episode #123: Scott Murray appeared first on PolicyViz .

Apr 24, 201836 min

Episode #122: Terri Trespicio

Terri Trespicio is an award-winning writer, speaker, and branding pro, and works with individuals and organizations to help nail their messaging and engage clients, customers, and fans. Her TEDx talk, “Stop Searching for Your Passion” has earned more than 3... The post Episode #122: Terri Trespicio appeared first on PolicyViz .

Apr 17, 201826 min

Episode #121: Erin Hengel and Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham

On this week’s episode of the podcast, I’m joined by two guests to talk about gender discrimination in the field of economics. Erin Hengel is an assistant professor of Economics at the University of Liverpool. She evaluates bankruptcy vis-à-vis recent... The post Episode #121: Erin Hengel and Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham appeared first on PolicyViz .

Apr 10, 201837 min

Episode #120: Alberto Cairo

Alberto Cairo is the Knight Chair in Visual Journalism at the University of Miami. He teaches data visualization and infographics in our Journalism and Interactive Media Masters programs, and he is also the director of the Visualization Program at UM’s Center... The post Episode #120: Alberto Cairo appeared first on PolicyViz .

Apr 03, 201824 min

Episode #119: Emma Bannister

Emma Bannister is the founder and CEO of Presentation Studio, a presentation-design firm based in in Sydney, Australia. Emma has designed presentations for banks, technology firms, and others to help them communicate better. Emma and her staff of 20 are... The post Episode #119: Emma Bannister appeared first on PolicyViz .

Mar 20, 201821 min

Episode #118: Stephy Lewis

From chemist to artist to designer, Stephy Lewis used to be a total Adobe snob until she was thrust into the world of presentation design. Ever since, she’s been passionately evangelizing the field in an attempt to elevate our industry as high... The post Episode #118: Stephy Lewis appeared first on PolicyViz .

Mar 13, 201823 min

Episode #117: Steve Haroz

Steve Haroz is a postdoc researcher at Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris. His research explores how the brain perceives and understands visually displayed information like charts and infographics. We talk about data visualization research, uncertainty, connected scatterplots, and... The post Episode #117: Steve Haroz appeared first on PolicyViz .

Mar 06, 201828 min

Episode #116: George Johnston

George Johnston is the founder of Nitrous, a platform to help startup companies collaborate with governments to ensure more sustainable and cost effective innovation. They also help government open and share their data through collaboration with other partners. George is also... The post Episode #116: George Johnston appeared first on PolicyViz .

Feb 27, 201822 min

Episode #115: Data Ethics with Laura Noren & Hetan Shah

On last week’s episode, I sat outside Facebook and chatted with Andy Kirk about our experience at the Social Science Foo Camp, a two-and-a-half day conference at Facebook that brought together all sorts of social scientists. One of the first... The post Episode #115: Data Ethics with Laura Noren & Hetan Shah appeared first on PolicyViz .

Feb 20, 201820 min

Episode #114: Andy Kirk at SocSciFoo

I just returned from a 10-day data visualization trek from DC to New York to San Francisco to Los Angeles where I talk workshops, gave talks, and attended the Social Science Foo Camp at Facebook. SocSciFoo, as it’s called, is... The post Episode #114: Andy Kirk at SocSciFoo appeared first on PolicyViz .

Feb 13, 201823 min

Episode No. 113: What's Going On in This Graph?

Michael Gonchar and Sharon Hessney lead a new project at the New York Times called “What’s Going On in This Graph?” (WGOITG). Every second Tuesday of every month, the NYT publishes a graphic on a topic suitable for subjects across... The post Episode No. 113: What’s Going On in This Graph? appeared first on PolicyViz .

Feb 06, 201823 min

Episode #112: Len Burman

We take a turn towards public policy and communicating research in this week’s episode of the podcast. My guest is my Urban Institute colleague Len Burman, an Institute Fellow and the Paul Volcker Professor and a Professor of Public Administration and... The post Episode #112: Len Burman appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jan 30, 201826 min

Episode #111: Len Kiefer

Len Kiefer is the Deputy Chief Economist at the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, better known, as Freddie Mac. Freddie Mac is the government sponsored enterprise that helps keep mortgage money flowing to home buyers and home owners, across America.... The post Episode #111: Len Kiefer appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jan 23, 201821 min

Episode #110: Ben Welsh

Ben Welsh is the editor of the Data Desk at the LA Times (@LATdatadesk), a team of reporters and computer programmers in the newsroom that works to collect, organize, analyze and present large amounts of information. Projects that he has contributed... The post Episode #110: Ben Welsh appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jan 16, 201824 min

Episode #109: Jenn Schiffer

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you were able to enjoy some R&R, and spend some time with friends and family. To kick of a great new slate of guests in 2018, I’m very excited to welcome Jenn Schiffer to the... The post Episode #109: Jenn Schiffer appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jan 09, 201830 min

Episode #108: Andy Kirk

For the final episode of 2017, I’m super excited to chat with my old friendAndy Kirk from Visualising Data. You undoubtedly know Andy from his website, books, presentations, Twitter feed, monthly roundups, and overall data viz awesomeness. Andy is also a... The post Episode #108: Andy Kirk appeared first on PolicyViz .

Dec 26, 201732 min

Episode #107: Jane Pong

Jane Pong is a Data Visualization Journalist at the Financial Times. Previously, she produced information graphics at Thomson Reuters in Singapore and South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. She is a graduate of the University of Sydney with a combined Arts/Science... The post Episode #107: Jane Pong appeared first on PolicyViz .

Dec 19, 201726 min
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