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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

Data Sketches: Nadieh Bremer & Shirley Wu

Data Sketches authors Shirley Wu and Nadieh Bremer visit the PolicyViz Podcast to talk about their work, their process, and the future of dataviz. The post Episode #195: Nadieh Bremer & Shirley Wu appeared first on PolicyViz .

Apr 20, 202148 minSeason 7Ep. 195

Episode #194: Charlie Smart

New York Times graphics editor Charlie Smart visits the podcast to talk about his work creating the NYT Covid dashboard and more. The post Episode #194: Charlie Smart appeared first on PolicyViz .

Apr 06, 202146 minSeason 7Ep. 194

Episode #193: Kaz Sakamoto

Kaz Sakamoto teaches Urban Planning and GIS techniques at Columbia University. He visits the podcast to talk about his work and teaching. The post Episode #193: Kaz Sakamoto appeared first on PolicyViz .

Mar 24, 202127 minSeason 7Ep. 193

Episode #192: Eva Murray

Eva Murray visits the podcast to talk about her work and her new book, Empowered by Data The post Episode #192: Eva Murray appeared first on PolicyViz .

Mar 10, 202129 minSeason 7Ep. 192

Episode #190: Rhea Boyd

Rhea Boyd is a pediatrician, public health advocate, and scholar who writes and teaches on the relationship between structural racism, inequity and health. She visits the podcast to talk about her work and how she writes for different audiences. The post Episode #190: Rhea Boyd appeared first on PolicyViz .

Feb 09, 202138 minSeason 7Ep. 190

Episode #189: Mimi Onuoha

Artist, coder, and researcher Mimi Onuoha visits the podcast to talk about her work, her process, and how we should think about missing data. The post Episode #189: Mimi Onuoha appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jan 26, 202135 minSeason 7Ep. 189

I am a book authors Stefanie Posavec & Miriam Quick visit the show

Authors of "I am a book," Stefanie Posavec and Miriam Quick, visit the podcast to talk about their new book and their process pulling it together. The post Episode #187: Stefanie Posavec & Miriam Quick appeared first on PolicyViz .

Dec 22, 202036 minSeason 7Ep. 187

Episode #186: Krisztina Szűcs

Data visualization designer krisztina Szűcs joins the podcast to talk about her work and her process. The post Episode #186: Krisztina Szűcs appeared first on PolicyViz .

Dec 08, 202029 minSeason 7Ep. 186

Episode #185: Arathi Sethumadhavan

Arathi Sethumadhavan, Head of User Research for Ethics & Society at Microsoft's Cloud+AI, visits the podcast to talk about her work and what it means to use data ethically. The post Episode #185: Arathi Sethumadhavan appeared first on PolicyViz .

Nov 17, 202031 minSeason 7Ep. 185

Episode #184: IEEEVIS Recap

Alvitta Ottley and Robert Kosara visit the podcast to talk about the 2020 IEEEVIS virtual conference. We discuss favorite sessions and papers, and our take on the virtual experience. The post Episode #184: IEEEVIS Recap appeared first on PolicyViz .

Nov 10, 202047 minSeason 7Ep. 184

Algorithms of Oppression author Safiya Noble visits the show

Author and professor Safiya Noble visits the podcast to talk about the intersection of race and technology, and how "technological redlining" will impact people of color today and in the future. The post Episode #183: Safiya Noble appeared first on PolicyViz .

Nov 03, 202037 minSeason 7Ep. 183

Episode #182: Aaron Williams

On this week's show, I talk with Aaron Williams about his work as a data journalist, scientist and visualization expert tackling inequity in data and design at scale. The post Episode #182: Aaron Williams appeared first on PolicyViz .

Oct 20, 202048 minSeason 7Ep. 182

Automating Inequality author Virginia Eubanks talks inequality in tech

On this week's episode of the show, I chat with Virginia Eubanks about how high-tech tools and software profile and punish people of color and low-income people and families. The post Episode #181: Virginia Eubanks appeared first on PolicyViz .

Oct 06, 202039 minSeason 7Ep. 181

Episode #180: Zach Norris

Zach Norris, Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, author of We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities, and co-founder of Restore Oakland, visits the PolicyViz podcast to talk about working with and for people and families across the country. The post Episode #180: Zach Norris appeared first on PolicyViz .

Sep 22, 202033 minSeason 7Ep. 180

Episode #179. Kandrea Wade

Kandrea Wade visits the podcast to talk about her work on algorithmic identity and the digital surveillance of marginalized groups. More information and links in the full show notes. The post Episode #179. Kandrea Wade appeared first on PolicyViz .

Sep 08, 202033 minSeason 7Ep. 179

Episode #178: Valentina D'Efilippo

Valentina D’Efilippo is an award-winning designer, creative director, and author based in London. Working across formats and industries, her work takes many forms – from theatre productions and exhibitions to editorial content and digital experiences. She has co-authored “The Infographic... The post Episode #178: Valentina D’Efilippo appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jun 30, 202039 min

Episode #177: Christine Zhang

Christine Zhang just joined the Financial Times as a data journalist on the US elections team for 2020. Previously, she was a data journalist at The Baltimore Sun, where she used numbers, statistics and graphics to tell local news stories... The post Episode #177: Christine Zhang appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jun 23, 202047 min

Episode #176: Manuel Lima

Manuel Lima is the author of three books and a leading voice on information visualization. He has worked with an array of organizations designing digital experiences and leading product teams. On this week’s episode of the podcast, I’m reposting a... The post Episode #176: Manuel Lima appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jun 09, 202058 min

D3 creator Mike Bostock visits the show

Mike Bostock is the creator of D3, a popular open-source JavaScript library for visualizing data and Observable, an open-source notebook for exploring data and thinking with code. Previously, Mike was a graphics editor for The New York Times, where he helped produce a... The post Episode #175: Mike Bostock appeared first on PolicyViz .

May 26, 202056 min

Episode #174: Graham MacDonald and Claire Bowen

In case you don’t know, for the last 12 weeks or so I’ve been hosting live video chats with experts in the fields of data, presentation skills, and data visualization. This Data@Urban Digital Discussion series gives (I hope!) people an... The post Episode #174: Graham MacDonald and Claire Bowen appeared first on PolicyViz .

May 19, 202059 min

Episode #173: Niklas Elmqvist

Niklas Elmqvist is a full professor in the iSchool at University of Maryland, College Park where he directs the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory (HCIL). His research area is information visualization, human-computer interaction, and visual analytics. He was elevated to the rank... The post Episode #173: Niklas Elmqvist appeared first on PolicyViz .

May 05, 202027 min

Episode #172: Alper Sarikaya

Alper Sarikaya is a Research and Development Engineer at Microsoft working on Power BI and its visualization features. His experience has focused on enabling people to create summary visualizations for the purposes of effectively communicating trends, patterns, and distributions in... The post Episode #172: Alper Sarikaya appeared first on PolicyViz .

Apr 21, 202031 min

Episode #171: Jake Berman

Jake Berman is an artist, historian, and attorney. His celebrated project The Lost Subways of North America has been featured in The Guardian, The Daily Mail, and Atlas Obscura. In this week’s episode of the podcast, Jake and I talk about his work and get a... The post Episode #171: Jake Berman appeared first on PolicyViz .

Mar 31, 202028 min

Episode #170: DataViz in the Time of COVID

As the world hunkers down to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a lot of information is making its way to our information channels. Some of this information is true, some is false, and some is misleading in one way... The post Episode #170: DataViz in the Time of COVID appeared first on PolicyViz .

Mar 18, 202055 min

Episode #169: Meagan Longoria

Meagan Longoria is a business intelligence consultant with Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting and a Microsoft Data Platform MVP. She helps people understand their data and use it to make better decisions. While her skills include data modeling, data warehousing,... The post Episode #169: Meagan Longoria appeared first on PolicyViz .

Mar 03, 202028 min

Episode #168: Ann Emery

Over the past few years of doing this show, I’ve made a whole new bunch of friends. Honestly, some guests I would call ‘acquaintances’, but for others, we’ve either become new friends because of the show or they were friends... The post Episode #168: Ann Emery appeared first on PolicyViz .

Feb 25, 202053 min

Episode #167: Elevate the Debate: How to Drive Fact-Based Policy Conversations

In this week’s episode, I start to celebrate my new book, Elevate the Debate: A Multilayered Approach to Communicating Your Research. Co-authored with my colleagues in the communications department at the Urban Institute, the goal of the book is to... The post Episode #167: Elevate the Debate: How to Drive Fact-Based Policy Conversations appeared first on PolicyViz ....

Feb 04, 202023 min

Episode #166: Jessica Witt

Dr. Jessica Witt is a Professor in Psychology at Colorado State University. Dr. Witt received her Ph.D from the University of Virginia in 2007, and has been at CSU since 2012. Dr. Witt recently won the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Scientific... The post Episode #166: Jessica Witt appeared first on PolicyViz .

Jan 21, 202035 min
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