
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

Jul 26, 2016 • 32min
Episode #55: William Cleveland
Welcome back to The PolicyViz Podcast. Number 55 if you’re keeping count. This is the final episode for the summer; I’m going to take some time off from recording, editing, and setting up before coming back in the fall with...
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Jul 19, 2016 • 23min
Episode #54: Zan Armstrong
Welcome back to The PolicyViz Podcast. On this week’s show, I chat with Zan Armstrong (in person, no less!) about her work analyzing and visualizing data. I first met Zan in the spring at the OpenVisConf following her great talk...
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Jul 11, 2016 • 22min
Episode #53: Jen Christiansen
Welcome back to The PolicyViz Podcast. Episode #53, if you’re keeping count. On this week’s show, I’m happy to chat with Jen Christiansen, Senior Graphics Editor at Scientific American. We talk about a whole range of issues this week, folks:...
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Jul 4, 2016 • 23min
Episode #52: Carmen Simon
Welcome back to the show! As you may know, I’m a big fan of data and research that shows how we do or don’t acquire information. But so much of that research–or purported research, I should say–sits on dubious methods...
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Jun 28, 2016 • 21min
Episode #51: Kennedy Elliott
I’m very excited to welcome Kennedy Elliott to this week’s episode of The PolicyViz Podcast. Kennedy is a member of the graphics department at the Washington Post and part of the team that recently won a Pulitzer Prize for their...
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Jun 21, 2016 • 22min
Episode #50: Max Galka
Welcome back to the show! This week, I’m pleased to have Max Galka join me on the show. Max is a data enthusiast and has created a lot of great visualizations, ranging from such topics as immigration, traffic, and climate...
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Jun 14, 2016 • 21min
Episode #49: Brian Boyer
This week’s episode was recorded live at NPR in Northeast Washington, DC with Supervising Senior Editor of the NPR Visuals team, Brian Boyer. No, I didn’t get to sit in one of the fancy chairs, but I did get to...
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Jun 7, 2016 • 17min
Episode #48: Center for Government Excellence
Welcome back to the show! On this week’s episode, I’m pleased to welcome Rebecca Williams and Eric Reese from the Center for Government Excellence at the Johns Hopkins University. We talk about all things open data, open technology, and how...
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May 31, 2016 • 24min
Episode #47: Isabel Meirelles
Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast. Thanks for tuning in each week to hear about people doing great work in data, open data, data visualization, and other related fields. In this week’s show, I’m happy to have Isabel Meirelles join...
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May 24, 2016 • 22min
Episode #46: Makeover Monday
Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! I’m pleased to welcome Andy Cotgreave and Andy Kriebel to the show this week. Each week, The Andys, as it were, are the primary authors of the Makeover Monday project in which they–and dozens...
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