

The PolicyViz Podcast
The PolicyViz Podcast
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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Apr 30, 2019 • 27min
Episode #152: Cal Newport
Cal Newport is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University and the author of six books, including Deep Work and So Good They Can’t Ignore You. You won’t find him on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, but you can often find him at home with...
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Apr 16, 2019 • 30min
Episode #151: Kassia St. Clair
Kassia St Clair is a writer based in London. She studied women’s dress and eighteenth-century masquerade at the University of Bristol and Oxford.She has since written about design and culture for publications including the Economist, the Telegraph, TLS and Architectural...
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Apr 2, 2019 • 1h 24min
Episode #150: Learning R
Welcome back to this, the 150th episode of the PolicyViz Podcast! With four years of episodes (almost to the day!), I’ve had a lot of fun bringing you insights from people all across the globe doing amazing work in the...
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Mar 20, 2019 • 28min
Episode #149: Michael Freeman
Michael Freeman is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Washington Information School, where he teaches courses in data science, interactive data visualization, and web development. Prior to his teaching career, he worked as a data visualization specialist and research...
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Mar 8, 2019 • 34min
Episode #148: Jessica Bellamy
International speaker, Adobe Creative Residency alumna, and award-winning infographic designer, Jessica Bellamy, graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Louisville (UofL) with degrees in Drawing (BFA), Graphic Design (BFA), Pan African Studies (BA), and a minor in Communication. As...
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Feb 19, 2019 • 36min
Episode #147: Lazaro Gamio
Lazaro Gamio is a deputy managing editor at Axios, where he oversees a group of visual journalists that make charts, maps, interactive graphics and editorial illustrations. He previously worked at the Washington Post as an assignment editor on the graphics...
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Feb 5, 2019 • 29min
Creating bespoke data visualizations with Alyssa Fowers
Alyssa Fowers is a Ph.D. student at the University of Miami where she studies research methods, applied statistics, and data visualization. She writes about graphs (and sometimes swords) at Data & Dragons. Before returning to graduate school, she worked in...The post Episode #146: Alyssa Fowers appeared first on PolicyViz.

Jan 23, 2019 • 34min
Episode #145: RJ Andrews
RJ Andrews is a data storyteller. He is the author of the new book Info We Trust, a lavish adventure exploring how to inspire the world with data. RJ blends creative arts and data science to inform. As an independent creative...
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Jan 8, 2019 • 30min
Episode #144: Neil Richards
Happy New Year, everyone! And welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! I hope you had a happy and safe holiday season. I’ve got a great lineup of guests coming your way, so stay tuned to hear discussions with authors, designers,...
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Dec 25, 2018 • 1h 40min
Episode #142: Year in Review
Another year has passed and a lot has happened in the data visualization world. For this final episode of the PolicyViz Podcast for 2018, I’m reposting the year in review episode from Data Stories, in which I joined hosts Enrico...
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