Podcast Episodes

Flowers and Numbers: Natalia Kisileva's Journey of Creativity and Community

Season 11 Episode 269

In this week’s episode, I interview Natalia Kisileva about her transition from engineering to data visualization and her work in data art and physicalization. We discuss her great Substack newsletter…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Zach Bowders on Data-Driven Design: Navigating Inspiration, Innovation, and Client Collaboration

Season 11 Episode 268

In this episode of the PolicyViz Podcast, I talk with Zach Bowders on the intricacies of data visualization, the impact of dashboards on decision-making, and the fine line between plagiarism and insp…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

Empathy and Inequality: Unpacking America's DIY Safety Net with Jessica Calarco

Season 11 Episode 267

On this week’s episode, I talk with Jessica Calarco about her book “Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net” and the role of qualitative data in research and data visualization. Ca…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Visual Narratives: The Art and Craft of Data with Federica Fragapane

Season 11 Episode 266

Welcome to Season 11 of the PolicyViz Podcast! After a relaxing summer full of travel and reading and fun, I’m ready to kick off a whole new season of the show. To kick off this season, I’m excited t…

Published on 1 year ago

Bridging Data Gaps: Nancy Organ on Making Data Visualization Accessible for All Ages

Season 10 Episode 265

In this final episode of the season, I welcome Nancy Organ to the show to discuss her new book Data Visualization for People of All Ages. Nancy’s book aims to make dataviz accessible to everyday read…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Data with Heart: Giorgia Lupi's Journey from Visualization to Human Connection

Season 10 Episode 264

Georgia Lupi joins the show to discuss her work in data visualization, her journey from Accurat to Pentagram, and how she takes a human-centric perspective to working with and communicating data. Our…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Deconstructing Data: The Modular Information Design Handbook with Nicole

Season 10 Episode 263

Nicole Lachenmeier and Darjan Hil’s new book, Visualizing Complexity: Modular Information Design Handbook, focuses on deconstructing data encodings into fundamental elements to create effective visua…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Evolving Data Visualization: Crafting the Second Edition of Visualize This with Nathan Yau

Season 10 Episode 262

Nathan Yau’s Flowing Data website was one of the first data visualization websites I discovered in my own data journey. With his new book, Visualize This, now out, I thought it would be a great oppor…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Insights from the Tableau Conference in San Diego

Season 10 Episode 261

Welcome to a solo episode! In this special episode of the podcast, I talk about the recen Tableau Customer conference in San Diego, which drew over 9,000 participants. I reflect on various aspects of…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Visualizing the Future: Navigating the Shifts in Data Storytelling with Enrico Bertini

You know Enrico Bertini, right? Writer, teacher, co-host of the Data Stories podcast, Enrico does it all. Now at Northeastern University, I invited Enrico to the show to talk about his research, grea…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago