The PolicyViz Podcast
1) From Data Literacy to Storytelling: Insights from The Little Book of Data
In this week's episode of the show, I sit down with Justin Evans, author of The Little Book of Data, to talk about what it means to truly think like a data person. Justin shares insights from his 20-y...Show More
2) Economic Data Under Fire: Accuracy, Trust, and Transparency with David Wessel
In this episode of the show, I talk with David Wessel from the Brookings Institution about the state of the US economy, the reliability of government statistics, and why trust in data matters more tha...Show More
3) Inside the BLS: William Beach on Trust, Data, and the Future of Federal Statistics
In this episode, I sit down with William Beach, former Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to dig into how America's most important economic data are produced. We talk about the nuts and b...Show More
4) Why the BLS Matters with Former Commissioner Erica Groshen
This is a very special episode of the PolicyViz Podcast. Â I'm joined by Erica Groshen, former Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to talk about the latest jobs report and what the numbers r...Show More
5) Season 12 Premiere!
I'm excited to kick off Season 12 of the PolicyViz Podcast! In this short premiere, I share a few personal and professional updates and preview what's ahead on the show. This season, I'll focus on thr...Show More
6) Shirley Wu on Data, Art, and Innovation in Visualization
Welcome to the Season 11 Finale of the PolicyViz Podcast! I'm ready for a summer break and am super excited to close the season talking with Shirly Wu—data visualization artist, technologist, and comm...Show More
7) Edward Tufte: Designing with Data, Art, and Purpose
In this week's episode of the PolicyViz Podcast, I am reposting my 2015 interview with Edward Tufte, one of the pioneers of data visualization and author of seminal books like The Visual Display of Qu...Show More
8) From Tableau to AI: Where Data Visualization Is Headed with Andy Kirk
My friend Andy Kirk joins the show to reflect on the changing landscape of data visualization. We discuss the evolution of tools like Tableau and Flourish, the dispersion of social media communities, ...Show More
9) The Power of Data: The Black Wealth Data Center and Harsha Mallajosyula
In this episode of the PolicyViz Podcast, I have the pleasure of talking with Harsha Mallajosyula, Director of Data at the Black Wealth Data Center [https://blackwealthdata.org/], about the center's m...Show More
10) Drawing Data with Dragons: Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic on Teaching Kids and Adults Alike
In this episode of the PolicyViz Podcast, Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic joins me to discuss the evolution of her work in data storytelling—from corporate workshops to her newest venture into children's lite...Show More