

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 18, 2017 • 26min
Episode #82: Rune Madsen
The “open” movement consists of different product types–we all know about open data and open source code, for example. But more and more, we’re seeing open book writing. Last year, Hadley Wickham wrote his book on R in an open platform....
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Apr 5, 2017 • 25min
Episode #81: Scott Schwertly
This podcast episode wraps up my Month of Story (and the end of my lost voice!). Over the past month, I’ve done a number of presentations and blog writing about stories, and I’ve talked to some incredible journalists and data...
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Mar 28, 2017 • 23min
Episode #80: Alvin Chang
I’m currently in Pamplona, Spain enjoying what is turning out to be a very rewarding and tiring week at the Malofiej Infographic World Summit (follow #malofiej25 on Twitter, if you like). If I can find the time, I’ll try to conduct...
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Mar 21, 2017 • 29min
Episode #79: Jan Willem Tulp
My “Month of Story” continues! And I’ve finally started publishing some blog posts on the issue, so check out the PolicyViz blog all this week. On the podcast, the Month of Story continues this week with Jan Willem Tulp. Jan...
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Mar 14, 2017 • 26min
Episode #78: Meredith Lee
As the “Month of Story” continues, I head out west this week to talk with the Executive Director of the West Big Data Hub, Meredith Lee. Meredith was a Science and Technology Fellow here in DC, worked at the Department...
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Mar 7, 2017 • 28min
Episode #77: John Yorke
I’m calling March the “Month of Story.” Kicking off with the Tapestry Conference in St. Augustine, Florida, the Socrata Connect conference in Washington, DC on March 7, and ending with the Malofiej Infographic World Summit in Pamplona, Spain, I’m focusing on...
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Feb 28, 2017 • 20min
Episode #76: Sarah Kalicin
Welcome back to the show! This week, I chat with Sarah Kalicin, Senior Statistician at Intel about how to get an organization to leverage their data to improve their work, analysis, and communication. We talk about all things organizational this...
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Feb 22, 2017 • 22min
Episode #75: David Bauer
Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! As I’m sure you’re aware, data visualization tools are a regular source of discussion: Which tools to use? Which one is best? Which one allows me to do this or that or the other?...
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Feb 14, 2017 • 27min
Episode #74: GovTech Singapore
Welcome back to The PolicyViz Podcast! On this week’s episode, I chat with Feng-yuan Liu and Shangqian Lee from GovTech Singapore. GovTech is responsible for using technology and data to help transform the public sector in Singapore. Their role includes deploying...
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Feb 7, 2017 • 25min
Episode #73: Xan Gregg
On this week’s episode of the show, I’m excited to chat with Xan Gregg, Data Visualization Development Director for JMP at SAS (see below). Xan regularly creates visualizations and makeovers for all sorts of interesting topics, as well as, of...
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