
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

Dec 5, 2017 • 24min
Episode #105: Kenton Powell
Kenton Powell is the Head of Design and Graphics at Vice News, a somewhat new venture from Vice and now showing on HBO. Prior to Vice, Kenton was a designer at Bloomberg Business Week and then an interactive editor for...
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Nov 28, 2017 • 27min
Episode #104: Matt Abrahams
Matt Abrahams is the author of the book Speaking Up without Freaking Out: 50 Techniques for Confident and Compelling Presenting which can help you address your presentation anxieties. Matt teaches Strategic Communication for Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and Presentation Skills for Stanford’s...
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Nov 21, 2017 • 26min
Episode #103: Francis Gagnon
Francis Gagnon is founder of the Voilà data analytics and visualization firm. He has worked in reporting and information design at the international level for the last decade. At the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, he designed...
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Nov 14, 2017 • 18min
Episode #102: Severino Ribecca
You know Severino Ribecca. He’s the one who runsThe Data Visualisation Catalogue, a library of different information visualisation types. Sev and I have also worked together for a few years developing the various Graphic Continuum products. Sev is a graphic...
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Nov 7, 2017 • 25min
Episode #101: Diana Yoo
Diana Yoo has over ten years of experience as an information graphic designer and as an art director/design director. As the Art and Creative Director at the Pew Research Center, Diana lead a multidisciplinary team to develop digital projects of all...
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Oct 31, 2017 • 25min
Episode #100: Jon Schwabish
Welcome to the 100th episode of the PolicyViz Podcast! 100 episodes! More than 100 guests spanning more than 33 hours to bring you the best of data visualization, open data, storytelling, and presentation skills. I hope you have enjoyed the...
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Oct 24, 2017 • 25min
Episode #99: Cambria Brown
Cambria Brown is a Performance Management and Data Specialist with the Office of Planning, Partnerships and Improvement at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. She specializes in performance management, data visualization and data dashboard development for divisions and...
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Oct 17, 2017 • 32min
Episode #98: Mark Monmonier
Mark Monmonier is a Distinguished Professor of Geography at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. In the data visualization field, he is probably best known for his fantastic book, How to Lie with Maps. Professor Monmonier’s research focuses on the history...
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Oct 10, 2017 • 22min
Episode #97: Tom Weatherburn and William Davis
Working together, Tom Weatherburn and William Davis run the mapTO website a project where they make maps of Toronto and the surrounding areas. I found their project on rescaling the Toronto subway system to actual geography really intriguing, so I invited them to come...
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Oct 3, 2017 • 24min
Episode #96: Neil Halloran
Neil Halloran is one of those people who, in my mind, is pushing the data visualization field in different directions. In his two data-driven documentaries, The Fallen and The Shadow Peace, Neil uses different ways of showing data to convey...
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