The Policyviz Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Justin Grimes is a statistician, open data proselytizer, Code for America Brigade leader and all-around fun guy to be around. In this, the 16th episode of The PolicyViz Podcast, Justin and I talk about effective open data strategies, civic technology,... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #16: Justin Grimes appeared first on PolicyViz.

The 15th episode of the PolicyViz Podcast features Aron Pilhofer from the Guardian newspaper in the UK. Aron and I talk about how the Guardian is working to deepen reader engagement, measure how readers interact with their content, and how... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #15: Aron Pilhofer appeared first on PolicyViz.

In this, the 14th episode of the PolicyViz Podcast, I speak with Ken Melero, Director of Federal at Socrata. Socrata is a cloud-based open data software company that helps local, state, and federal governments open their data and make those data... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #14: Ken Melero from Socrata appeared first on PolicyViz.

In this episode of the PolicyViz Podcast, I speak with Adam Coyne and Jennifer de Vallance from Mathematica Policy Research. MPR conducts policy and economic research to improve public well-being by bringing the highest standards of quality, objectivity, and excellence... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #13: Mathematica Policy Research appeared first on PolicyViz.

Welcome to Episode #11 of the PolicyVIz Podcast! This week, I’m excited to welcome Scott Klein, Assistant Managing Editor at ProPublica. Scott and his team do really exciting work with data, by presenting large datasets with journalism. That is, they... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #12: Scott Klein appeared first on PolicyViz.

In this week’s episode, I speak with author, speaker, and dashboard expert Mico Yuk. Mico is co-founder and partner at BI Brainz, author of the book Data Visualization for Dummies, and leads business intelligence dashboard trainings around the world. In this... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #11: Mico Yuk appeared first on PolicyViz.

When it comes to creating visualizations with your data, it’s not the tool that “makes” things, it’s the user. I’ve heard lots of people say that Excel makes terrible data visualizations. It’s true that 3D cones and 3D exploding pie... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #10: Dave Bruns appeared first on PolicyViz.

What’s the best way to teach data visualization? How do you mix theory and practical applications? What tool or tools should you teach: Tableau, Excel, d3, Processing, something else? Scott Murray, Assistant Professor of Design at the University of San... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #9: Scott Murray appeared first on PolicyViz.

In this week’s episode, I chat with Nick Diakopoulos from the University of Maryland at College Park. Nick recently co-hosted an event on algorithmic transparency at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University. Nick and I chat about algorithms... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #8: Nick Diakopoulos appeared first on PolicyViz.