
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.
Latest episodes

May 8, 2018 • 36min
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,...
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May 1, 2018 • 24min
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...
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Apr 24, 2018 • 36min
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,...
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Apr 17, 2018 • 26min
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...
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Apr 10, 2018 • 37min
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...
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Apr 3, 2018 • 24min
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...
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Mar 20, 2018 • 21min
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...
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Mar 13, 2018 • 23min
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...
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Mar 6, 2018 • 28min
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...
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Feb 27, 2018 • 22min
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...
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