
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 17, 2016 • 23min
Episode #45: Seth Blanchard
I’m pleased to be joined by Seth Blanchard this week on the show. Seth is a Senior Developer on the engineering team of the graphics department at the Washington Post. He helps develop new story forms and smooths development process...
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May 10, 2016 • 23min
Episode #44: Lane Harrison
Recorded along the lovely Boston Harbor (enjoy the outdoor sounds), in this week’s episode of The PolicyViz Podcast, I chat with Lane Harrison, Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. We not only talk about Lane’s interesting...
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May 3, 2016 • 21min
Episode #43: Marie Whittaker
In this week’s episode of The PolicyViz Podcast, I chat with Marie Whittaker from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) in Washington, DC. With a small team responsible for providing economic insight to DC’s...
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Apr 26, 2016 • 26min
Episode #42: Ben Jones
Welcome back to The PolicyViz Podcast. I’m happy to have Ben Jones on the show this week. Ben writes about data visualization on his popular blog Data Remixed and also helps run Tableau Public. Ben is a prolific writer, blogger, speaker,...
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Apr 19, 2016 • 26min
Episode #41: Mike Pell
As everyone knows, Microsoft creates a lot of stuff: software, hardware, services, cloud services, and more. But there is also a group at Microsoft that gets to play around and create cool stuff. In this week’s episode of The PolicyViz...
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Apr 12, 2016 • 22min
Episode #40: Zach Gemignani
Welcome back to The PolicyViz Podcast. This week, I’m pleased to chat with Zach Gemignani, CEO and Founder of Juice Analytics. Juice, a sponsor of the show, helps their customers analyze, visualize, and deliver their data. Their experiences with different clients demonstrates...
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Apr 5, 2016 • 32min
Episode #39: Alberto Cairo
Tomorrow (April 6) marks the first birthday of The PolicyViz Podcast! Thanks so much for continuing to tune in every week; your support makes the show worth doing. And a special thanks to Juice Analytics for sponsoring this and many other...
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Mar 29, 2016 • 20min
Episode #38: Steven Drucker
I’m pleased to welcome Steven Drucker to the show, who is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research. Steven and I talk about MSR’s new project, SandDance, a browser-based information visualization system that scales to hundreds of thousands of items. You...
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Mar 22, 2016 • 23min
Episode #37: Sarah Kliff
On this week’s episode of The PolicyViz Podcast, I chat with Sarah Kliff from Vox. Sarah is a Senior Editor at Vox.com and oversees reporting on health and medicine. She previously worked at the Washington Post and Politico. Sarah and I...
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Mar 15, 2016 • 17min
Episode #36: Xaquín González Veira
Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! On this week’s episode, I chat with Xaquín González Veira who is the Editor of Visuals at the Guardian. Recorded live in Germany at the Dagstuhl Visual Storytelling conference, we talk about all the things...
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